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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.

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Amy L. Kovac-Ashley

Executive Director

Andrea Faye Hart

Membership Director

Erica Perel

Operations Director

Jason Tompkins

Finance Manager

“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

Board Secretary & Chief Technology Officer at the 19th

Jillian Bauer-Reese

Board Treasurer & Co-Founder of Kensington Voice

Kara Meyberg Guzman

Co-Founder of Santa Cruz Local

Aron Pilhofer

Chief Product Officer of the Minneapolis Star Tribune

Chris Krewson

Executive Director of LION Publishers

Gina Chua

Executive Editor of Semafor

Friends and Alumni

Heather Bryant

Co-founder, Interim Executive Director 2021-2024

André Natta

Executive Director of the Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism

Anika Anand

Deputy Director, LION Publishers

Jacqui Lough

Lead Developer, News Catalyst

Lisa Heyamoto

Director of Teaching and Learning, LION Publishers

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

Coach, Tiny News Collective

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

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.