We recognize the impact and contribution of everyone who has been a part of the Local Contexts team. Former team members are acknowledged here with the dates of their tenure.
Sabeen Ammar, Full Stack Software Engineer (2023-2026)
Paulina Ascencio Fuentes, Research Associate (2022-2023)
Dr. Kim Christen, Council Founding Member, Co-Founder (2010-2024)
Heidi Brandow, (Diné & Kānaka Maoli), Governance Consultant (2021)
Rebeca Cintrón-Loáisiga, (Detribalized Boricua), Outreach Research Assistant (2022-2023)
Herbert Dawkins, DCS (Maroon), Full Stack Software Developer and Consultant (2023-2025)
John Deck, Hub Technical Architecture (2020-2022)
Dakota Feirer (Bundjalung, Gumbaynggirr), Outreach Assistant (2023)
Melissa Flamand (Cree/Chippewa), Outreach Assistant (2023)
Felicia Garcia (Samala Chumash), Community Liaison and Community Outreach Manager (2021-2023)
Laure L. Haak, PhD, Council Secretary, Governance and Operations Consultant (2023-2024)
Nicole Hunt, Website Manager (2022)
Stephany RunningHawk Johnson, PhD (Oglala Lakota Nation), Founding Executive Director (2023-2024)
Shannon Martin (Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe)), Governance Consultant (2021)
Seth Kurke (Blackfeet/European Descent), Communications and Marketing Lead (2024-2025)
Vanessa Smith, Project Coordinator (2021-2023)
Allison Spanger, Institutional Implementation & Metadata Lead (2021)
Renee Waiwiri (Ngāti Tara, Ngāti Naho and Ngāti Hineuru), UX Designer, IDIA (2021-2024)
