The People of Wired for Change

All of us at Wired for Change are passionate about what we do.

Wired for Change has three Principals:

April Pedersen, Principal

For the past 10 years, April has worked in the nonprofit sector as an online campaign strategist, writer, organizer and now social entrepreneur. She launched several innovative projects for organizing online, created vibrant online communities and managed online communications and grassroots lobbying for a coalition of 20 national environmental advocacy organizations. She continues to provide guidance and strategic advice to the nonprofit community on online activism and outreach best practices. April is a devoted human rights & social justice advocate and organizer and also served as the Acting Executive Director of CIVIC, an organization that seeks to mitigate the impact of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and its aftermath by ensuring that timely and effective assistance is provided to unintended victims of conflict.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors of CIVIC. April is a graduate of Friends World College of Long Island University and has lived and worked in several countries in Latin America and Morocco. In addition to her work at Wired for Change, April is the Executive Director of DemocracyInAction, an organization she co-founded in 2003 with the belief that technology has a critical role to play in building a progressive infrastructure both in the U.S. and abroad.

Chris Lundberg, Principal

Chris is responsible for technical direction, software development and administration - bringing 10 years of software development and management experience to the organization. He now focuses on developing "mission technology" and making sophisticated communication technologies accessible to nonprofits. Chris has managed teams developing software for the Library of Congress, worked with the Department of the Navy to develop satellite communications software, and consulted for Accenture developing telecom internet solutions.

Prior to that, he produced internet solutions for the financial and entertainment sectors as Director of Applications at Opion, Inc. A committed open source advocate, Chris strongly supports the online growth of nonprofits using readily available open source tools. He holds degrees in both Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering and is a (Virginia Tech) Hokie through and through.

Marc Laitin, Principal

In addition to his work at Wired for Change, Marc is the treasurer of StartChange PAC and was a director of the Running for Change PAC, which organized the Run Against Bush campaign, Stop Sinclair and Concerts for Change, and raised over $700,000 from over 20,000 donors. Prior to founding Running for Change, Marc was working part-time as a high school economics teacher at a DC public charter school and researching and writing a high school economics textbook with Alan Krueger. Marc is a graduate of Harvard where he majored in Economics. At Wired for Change, Marc focuses on providing strategic advice to clients and managing development projects.

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