Open Humans Foundation

The Open Humans Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals and communities 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


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 (Part-time)

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

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras

Since 2019
Secretary
Since 2018
Vice President

Beau Gunderson
2018-2021 Board-elected Seat

Since 2019
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


George Church
Founder

2008 - 2018
President
2008 - 2018
Director
2018 - 2019
Director Emeritus

Steven Keating

2018 - 2019
Vice Chair
2015 - 2019
Director

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