The Tiny News Collective is supported by a committed team of staff, board members and advisers.

Together we all share the same mission and vision.

Staff

Amy L. Kovac-Ashley

Executive Director

Erica Perel

Operations Director

Elaine Díaz Rodríguez

Membership Director

Jason Tompkins

Finance Manager

Luisa Suarez

Collective Fellow

“I support the Tiny News Collective because I want to make it easier for others like me — women, people of color, young people, and those with nontraditional journalism backgrounds — to enter this industry and build successful companies.”

Kara Meyberg Guzman, Board Member. Co-Founder, Santa Cruz Local

I'm part of the Tiny News Collective because I believe journalism's future begins with anti-oppression, and Tiny News is working to build a more socially-just news ecosystem.

Jillian Bauer-Reese, Board Treasurer. Co-Founder, Kensington Voice

Board

Lillian Ruiz

Board Chair & Founder of Ci-X Strategies

Tyler Fisher

Co-Founder and Board Secretary of Tiny News Collective & Founder of Euphonos

Jillian Bauer-Reese

Co-Founder and Board Treasurer of Tiny News Collective & Co-Founder of Kensington Voice

Kara Meyberg Guzman

Board Member & Co-Founder of Santa Cruz Local

Amy Austin

Board Member & President and CEO of Theatre Washington

Friends and Alumni

Heather Bryant

Co-founder & Interim Executive Director 2021-24, Tiny News Collective

Aron Pilhofer

Co-founder of Tiny News Collective & Chief Product and Membership Officer, Chicago Public Media

André Natta

Executive Director, Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism

Anika Anand

Co-founder, Commoner Company

Chris Krewson

Executive Director, LION Publishers

Jacqui Lough

Lead Developer, News Catalyst

Gina Chua

Executive Editor of Semafor

Lisa Heyamoto

Vice President of Portfolio Learning, American Journalism Project

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

CEO, J. The Jewish News of Northern California

Jessica Morrison

Product Lead, News Catalyst

Chelsea Johnson

Director of Technology, Tiny News Collective

Ángel González

Software Engineer, Tiny News Collective

Pilar de Haro

Support Engineer, Tiny News Collective

Andrea Faye Hart

Membership Director, Tiny News Collective

Temple University students Brooke Beyer, Colin Evans, Emma Goldhaber, Madison Karas, Moumita Paladhi, Mara Tannenbaum, Ian Walker, and Amelia Winger and Ryan Hankens contributed to this project.

Our Advisers

Nabiha Syed

President, The Markup

Jennifer Brandel

Founder, Hearken

Ava Lubell

Cornell Law First Amendment Clinic

Alexander Papachristou

ED, Vance Center/Lawyers for Reporters

Adam Huttler

CEO, Monkeypod

Our Funders and Supporting Partners