Public Lab is open for anyone to join -- please [sign up](http://publiclaboratory.org/join)! However, 7 staff members run the Public Lab non-profit organization, which supports the open research community with digital infrastructure, building organizational partnerships, community development, planning and executing organization-wide events such as barnraisings and conferences, fundraising, and facilitating open source publication of the community's work, along with a variety of other tasks. The staff includes:

* [**Liz Barry**](mailto:liz@publiclaboratory.org): Director of Urban Environments 
Director of [TreeKIT](http://treekit.org); Faculty at Parsons, Pratt, Columbia. Urban designer and landscape architect, SOM 2007-09
* [**Becki Chall**](mailto:becki@publiclaboratory.org): Development Manager
Development Assistant, Global Green USA 2009-2012; Environmental Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton 2006-2008; MA International Development Studies, The George Washington University; BA Environmental Studies, University of Michigan
* [**Shannon Dosemagen**](mailto:shannon@publiclaboratory.org): Director of Outreach and Partnerships
Researcher and Ethnographer, Louisiana State University Anthropology and Geography Dept. 2011-2012; Oil Spill Response Director, [Louisiana Bucket Brigade](http://labucketbrigade.org) 2009-11; Grassroots Mapping Gulf Coast Coordinator; M.S. Anthropology 2009
* [**Noah Hochman**](mailto:noah@publiclaboratory.org): Retail Fulfillment
Organizer/Activist [Portland Rising Tide](http://portlandrisingtide.org/) 2010-2013;  Legal SpokePerson, [Portland Action Lab](http://www.portlandactionlab.org/) 2011-2012; Environmental Consultant, AEI Consultants 2009.  B.S. Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning, UC Davis 2009.
* [**Stewart Long**](mailto:stewart@publiclaboratory.org): Director of Geography and Data 
[GonzoEarth](http://gonzoearth.com) mapping services, Grassroots Mapping Gulf Coast map processing & publication lead
* [**Mathew Lippincott**](mailto:mathew@publiclaboratory.org): Director of Production
Artist and Designer, Co-Founder & Partner,[MDML](http://MDML.co); B.A. Oberlin College
* [**Jeffrey Warren**](mailto:jeff@publiclaboratory.org): Research Coordinator
[Center for Civic Media Fellow](http://civic.mit.edu), 2008-10; Partner & co-founder, Vestal Design; B.A. Yale; M.S. MIT, 2010; [Cartographer](http://unterbahn.com)

Public Lab was co-founded in 2011 by Liz Barry, Shannon Dosemagen, Adam Griffith, Stewart Long, Jeff Warren and Sara Wylie.