Our Team

Our team works together to build and operate shared platforms and services that neither governments nor tech companies are well-positioned to create. We are passionate technologists, entrepreneurs, public servants, academics, scientists, industry leaders and advocates from across the globe who have gathered to use our collective knowledge and expertise for the common good.

Executives

Meet our leadership team.

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Zhenya
Lindgardt
CEO & President
United States
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JP
Pollak
Co-founder & Chief Architect
United States
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Jean
Philbert Nsengimana
Managing Director, Africa
Rwanda
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Jeff
Kenney
CISO
United States
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Lesley
Edwards
Board Liaison
United States

Board of Directors

The Commons Project Foundation is governed by an independent Board of Directors. Our board includes leaders and innovators in healthcare, business, technology, and philanthropy from around the world.

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Esther
Dyson
Board Chair
Executive Founder, Wellville
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Zhenya
Lindgardt
CEO & President
United States
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Robert
Wah
Board Member
United States
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Jen
Zhu Scott
Board Member
China
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Alexander
Saint-Amand
Board Member
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Gabriela
Kennedy
Board Member
Partner, Co-chair Intellectual Property Practice, Head of Asia IP & TMT Group, Mayer Brown
United States
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Howard
Morgan
Board Member
Chair, B Capital Group
United States
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John
Dutton
Board Member
Head of UpLink; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

General Assembly

Our general assembly members support our Swiss Federation and come from across the globe, spanning the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Their expertise lends insight to our work.

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Esther
Dyson
Board Chair
Executive Founder, Wellville
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Robert
Wah
Board Member
United States
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Paul
Meyer
Executive Founder
United States
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Jen
Zhu Scott
Board Member
China
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Gabriela
Kennedy
Board Member
Partner, Co-chair Intellectual Property Practice, Head of Asia IP & TMT Group, Mayer Brown
United States
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John
Dutton
Board Member
Head of UpLink; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
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JP
Pollak
Co-founder & Chief Architect
United States
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Akudo
Anyanwu
United States
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Alvaro
Rodriguez
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, IGNIA
Mexico
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Andrew
Cohen
Australia
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Aneesh
Chopra
United States
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Ángel
Cabrera
Spain
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Anir
Chowdhury
Bangladesh
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Anuj
Hasija
VP WW Oncology LCM and Established Medicines, Novartis
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Arturo
Condo
Costa Rica
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Brad
Perkins
Co-founder & Chief Medical Advisor
United States
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Brian
Trelstad
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Bruce
Greenstein
Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, LHC Group
United States
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Catherine
Zhu
Canada
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Christina
Lopes
United States
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Daniel
Kraft
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Daniel
Sachs
Sweden
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David
Brailer
United States
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David
Rothenberg
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Deborah
Estrin
Professor and Associate Dean, Cornell Tech
United States
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Douglas
Rushkoff
Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics, CUNY/Queens
United States
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Edem
Adzogenu
Ghana
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Gabe
Rijpma
CEO, Aceso Health
New Zealand
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Hiroaki
Miyata
Japan
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Ida
Sim
Professor of Medicine, UCSF
United States
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Jaewoong
Lee
South Korea
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Jaime
de Bourbon de Parme
Netherlands
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James
Chau
Host of The China Current, WHO Goodwill Ambassador
Hong Kong SAR
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Jason
Li
Australia
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Jean
Philbert Nsengimana
Managing Director, Africa
Rwanda
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Jeremy
Garrett-Cox
Company Director
United Kingdom
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Jitesh
Gadhia
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Jonathan
Spalter
United States
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Julie
Gerberding
United States
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Kamal
Amakrane
Managing Director, Africa Climate Mobility Initiative & Rising Nations Initiative; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University
Morocco
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Kathryn
Tucker
Co-founder & Advisor
United States
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Kathy
Roth-Douquet
CEO, Blue Star Families
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Khadija
Rejto
Advisor
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Linda
Rottenberg
Co-Founder & CEO, Endeavor
United States
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Lisa
Witter
Germany
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Matt
Anestis
United States
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Mina
Al-Orabi
UAE
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Miriam
Altman
South Africa
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Mona
Siddiqui
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Muna
Abu-Sulayman
Saudi Arabia
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Ninie
Wang
China
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Pamela
Johnson
United States
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Penny
Low
Singapore
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Peter
Neupert
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Peter
Rabley
Managing Director, PLACE
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Priya
Jaisinghani Vora
United States
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Rajiv
Shah
United States
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Ray
Yang
China
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Rebekah
Gee
President and Founder of Nest Health
United States
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Reuben
Abraham
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Ron
Piervincienzi
United States
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Schubert
Lou
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Stanley
Shuman
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Tahasin
Alam
Co-founder & Advisor
Bangladesh
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Thomas
Crampton
SVP and Head of Corporate Affairs, GreenLight Biosciences
United Kingdom
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Tim
Brown
United Kingdom
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Tom
Kalil
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V. Bunty
Bohra
Singapore
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Zainab
Salbi
Co-founder, Daughters for Earth; Chief Awareness Officer, FindCenter
Iraq

Team

Meet our staff.

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Alissa
Chung
IT Operations Support Manager
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Eddie
Cruz
Jr. Software Engineer
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Karen
Truluck
Project Manager
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Yuri
Fukuda
Lead Mobile Developer
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Tiphany
Jones
HR Operations Manager
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Kerry
Keys
Director, Legal Operations
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Christopher
Lumpkin
Director, Enterprise Architect
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Adrian
Soghoian
Technical Advisor
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Benjamin
Tseytlin
Lead Android Developer
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Annet
Steenbergen
Advisor, Europe
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Rob
Broere
Industry Specialist
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Sandra
Kinzler
Director, Client Onboarding
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Richard
Gakuba
Advisor, Africa
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James
Kizer
Technical Advisor

Van Niersen

Director, Business Development Operations

Tseytlin

Lead Android Developer

Stein

Product Marketing Manager

Soghoian

Technical Advisor

Pierre

Implementation Manager

Phiri

Senior Program Manager, Africa

Paymaster

Head of Finance

Ostrowalker

Customer Success Manager

Ly

Implementation Manager

Lumpkin

Director, Enterprise Architect

Lee

Product Manager

Keys

Director, Legal Operations

Jones

HR Operations Manager

Heinlein

Development Operations & Site Reliability Engineer

Fuller

UX Designer

Patrick

Carter

Sr. Software Engineer, Healthcare

Alissa

Chung

IT Operations Support Manager

Naomi

Cosman

Head of Marketing

Ed

Cruz

Software Engineer

Yuri

Fukuda

Lead Mobile Developer

Richard

Gakuba

Program Manager, Africa

Tiphany

Jones

Director, HR Operations

Kerry

Keys

Director, Legal Operations

Sandra

Kinzler

Director, Client Onboarding

Chris

Lumpkin

Director, Enterprise Architect

Paul

Meyer

Volunteer, President of TCP General Assembly

Evans

Munene

Software Engineer

Rachel

Savitt

Social Media Manager

Ben

Tseytlin

Lead Android Developer