There is a core group of dedicated individuals who are working and have worked hard on MoveSmart.org:

• project coordinator: Justin Massa
• lead developer: Rebecca White
• Guide editor: Mark Boyer
• grantwriter: Brendan Crain
• graphic designer: Cecile Yu
• developer: Eric Cooper

An outstanding Board of Directors and National Advisory Board that support this important work.

In the winter quarters of 2009 and 2010, MoveSmart.org worked with an amazing team of student consultants, and an MBA mentor, at the University of Chicago through campusCatalyst. We are incredibly grateful for the amazing work of these two teams, who drafted our business plan and a marketing plan.

Biographies:

Justin Massa’s work centers around civil and human rights, new technologies, open data, and new forms of collaboration. He is a co-founder and the project coordinator of MoveSmart.org and is currently the Project Director for Data Services at the Metro Chicago Information Center. Justin sits on the Reader’s Bureau of the Chicago Reporter and the Program Committee of the Community Media Workshop. He is also a co-covener of Chicago Net Tuesdays. In 2009, he was named one of the “35 Under 35″ emerging civil rights leader in Chicago by the Community Renewal Society. He previously served on the board of directors for the Fund for an OPEN Society, Fair Housing for All, Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance, and the National Advisory Board of NeighborScapes. From the spring of 2009 through February 2010 Justin was the Program and Technical Coordinator at NetSquared, where he coordinated internal communication and helped run innovation competitions. Before that, he was the Fair Housing Testing and Outreach Coordinator for the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. There he supervised the testing program, handled intake and investigation, and conducted fair housing trainings for 3.5 years. At CLCCRUL, his work focused on the intersection of fair housing and technology and he the led the investigation into craigslist’s publication of discriminatory advertisements, helping create the model for pursuing complaints against creators of discriminatory online housing ads.

Rebecca White is a freelance PHP and GIS developer who previously worked with the Chicago Technology Cooperative. Before joining CTC, she performed web development and GIS as an Americorps VISTA member. Rebecca is based in Chicago, IL.

Mark Andrew Boyer is a writer and photographer based in Chicago whose writing and photographs have appeared in the Columbia Journalism Review, Chicago magazine, In These Times, and Baltimore magazine. Originally from Buffalo, NY, he moved to Chicago to attend the University of Chicago in 2003, where he received a B.A. in Comparative Literature. Mark most recently worked as the Staff Writer of New Homes Magazine, a monthly magazine covering residential real estate, and for YoChicago.com, a blog about new-construction real estate in Chicago. He is currently the editor / photographer / partner of the start-up OrganicNation.tv.

Brendan Crain is a development volunteer with MoveSmart.org and the founder and editor of the urbanism blog Where.  Previously, he served on the Chicago and National Boards of the Neighbors Project.  He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a veteran of the Americorps VISTA program.

Cecile Yu is an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, expecting to graduate in 2011.  She used to row and rock climb, but now just spends all her time in libraries on Photoshop, where computing power is more advanced than her (currently) janky MacBook Pro. Outside of school, she spends most of her time dancing ballet and doing freelance graphic design for various businesses and online ventures.

Eric Cooper bio coming soon...