Open Humans Foundation

The Open Humans Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals around their personal data, to explore and share for the purposes of education, health, and research. The organization operates and manages Open Humans, a project and community that enables individuals to connect their data with research and citizen science.

www.openhumans.org

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Contact Us

Email

Email is our preferred contact method! You can email us at support@openhumans.org

Mail

Open Humans Foundation
500 Westover Dr #10553
Sanford, NC 27330

Team

Mad Ball

Since 2017
Executive Director
2015 - 2017
Director of Research
2014 - 2015
Senior Research Scientist

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras

Since 2017
Director of Research

Mairi Dulaney

Since 2018
Web Development & Operations

Mike Escalante

Since 2018
Web Development / Operations (Part-time)

Governance

As part of our commitment to transparency, the governance documents of Open Humans Foundation are publicly available:

Board of Directors & Officers

Mad Ball
2017-2020 Seat

Since 2018
Executive Director and President
Since 2017
Director
2017 - 2018
Executive Director

Karien Bezuidenhout
2017-2020 Seat

Since 2017
Director

George Church
Founder & Director Emeritus

2008 - 2018
President
2008 - 2018
Director
Since 2018
Director Emeritus

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras

Since 2018
Vice President

Steven Keating
2017-2020 Seat

Since 2018
Vice Chair
Since 2015
Director

Dana M. Lewis
2018-2021 Community Seat

Since 2018
Director

Marja Pirttivaara
2019-2022 Community Seat

Since 2019
Director

James M. Turner
2018-2021 Board-elected Seat

Since 2018
Chair
Since 2018
Treasurer
Since 2018
Director

Gary Wolf
2019-2022 Board-elected Seat

Since 2019
Director

Alexander (Sasha) Wait Zaranek
2019-2022 Board-elected Seat

Since 2019
Director

Former Board & Officers

Michelle Meyer

2015 - 2019
Secretary
2015 - 2019
Director

Misha Angrist

2012 - 2019
Director

Chris Gorgolewski

2018 - 2019
Director

John Cammack

2015 - 2018
Director
2012 - 2018
Treasurer

Esther Dyson

2008 - 2018
Director

Juan Enriquez

2011 - 2018
Director

Jason Bobe

2011 - 2017
Executive Director
2008 - 2011
Treasurer
2008 - 2010
Director

Ryan Phelan

2008 - 2017
Director

John Halamka

2008 - 2013
Director

Joseph Thakuria

2008 - 2011
Director