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Lea Endres | Activist Advisor |
Lea Endres is a writer and educator who has spent the past 14 years
designing curricula and facilitating conferences around the world.
Most recently, she served as the Education Director for Reclaim the Future, a program of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, CA. In this position, she authored a curriculum on the green economy, eco-equity and eco-privilege, model cities, and restorative
justice. (http://ellabakercenter.org/page.php?pageid=27&contentid=23)
As the Program Director of WorldLink Foundation's Power Shift
Initiative, Lea managed a nation-wide education campaign on renewable energy and co-authored the Power Shift Teacher Guide, a curriculum for secondary school teachers on energy and sustainability. She has worked with Human Rights Watch, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, the National Campaign on Peace Education, and the World Youth Education Project developing programs that engage young people in the process of social change. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of LEAP, (http://www.leapspiral.org) an organization working to preserve
ecological biodiversity on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.
When not working directly for a just green economy, Lea is singing or acting somewhere in Los Angeles.
B.A., International Development Studies & Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles (1999); M.A., Creative Inquiry, New College of California (2004)
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Joseph Ridgway | Lead Developer |
Joseph Ridgway began developing websites just outside of Washington, DC in 2000, with Cold Fusion, SQL Server, and JavaScript.
He gained considerable experience with a wide range of technologies since his debut, including Ruby on Rails, PHP, Joomla, Java, and MySQL. After shifting towards contract work in 2003, he enjoyed many unique opportunities to help his clients realize their goals. Joseph believes his strong background in computer science mixed with a dash of graphic design and marketing enables him to be a great resource for his clients.
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Thuy-Kim Nguyen | User Experience Designer |
Kimmie designs the user experience and graphics for all Soapbxx clients. She's learned the ancient Ways of the Computer on the knee of her technician father--but like her sisters, inherited right-brain artistry from her mother. The lack of C++/Java programmers among his daughters periodically saddens him.
Her capabilities vary from corporate web design to children's books illustrations. She prides herself on her quest to master the ins and outs of Web usability and user experience design principles. Kimmie graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a concentration in Fine Arts (plus some dabbling in Japanese language and religion, computer science, and mythology.) Her favorite Soapbxx designs include: gbge.aclu.org, www.coolvines.com, www.joespub.com and www.drugpolicyevent.com.
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Simon Baumer | Lead Developer |
A founding member of the Collective, Simon Baumer is a web developer and web technologies specialist based in New York.
An advocate of the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement, Simon has spent the last two years assisting clients in integrating open tools to improve the efficacy of their web-based education, outreach, and advocacy. His passion for web technologies has led him to consult for large non-profits such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to small private audio technology firms like UMixIt Technologies. He has produced podcasts, contributed to the development of search engines, installed content management systems, optimized existing web analytics solutions, and the list goes on.
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Amanda Steinberg | Founder & Executive Producer |
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Amanda is the Founder & Executive Producer of The Soapbox Collective.
Her
decade of experience in non-profit website management includes strategic
planning, project management, computer programming, and user-interface design.
In 1999,
Amanda founded and grew the New York and Baltimore offices of national
Web services agency CitySoft, a
boutique consultancy focused on nonprofit Web development. There she
architected complex Web solutions for the company's largest clients, including America Online Foundation, Red Cross, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller
Foundation and Jumpstart for Young
Children.
In 2003, Amanda joined the national headquarters of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
as Internet Operations Manager where she orchestrated a transformation of the
organization's enterprise Web publishing, fundraising and advocacy systems. At
the ACLU, her technical solutions now enable departments across the
organization to self-manage their Web initiatives.
As
Founder and Executive Producer of The Soapbox Collective, Amanda currently
serves as a strategist and information architect to all Soapbox clients.
Amanda has degrees in Urban Studies and Architecture from Columbia University.
Visit her on Linkedin
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