Note: Organizations listed for identification purposes only.

The Official Honoree
Fred Goff
Fred is co-founder and former President of the DataCenter.  In 1966 he co-founded and served 12 years as President of the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA), from which the DataCenter emerged in 1977.   Previously, he worked with the American Friends Service Committee, and in 1966 served as coordinator in Santo Domingo of the Commission on Free Elections in the Dominican Republic.  He received his BA in History from Stanford University.  Fred has served on the boards of the Funding Exchange, Grassroots Fundraising Journal, and NACLA.  In 1997 he was awarded a Gerbode Professional Development Fellowship.

NPO Conference Keynote Speech – Seoul, Korea 2009 (pdf)
Click to read Fred’s speech which details his background and provides historical context to the eventual creation of the DataCenter.

The Emerging Leader
Miho Kim
Miho Kim, a nonprofit leader in community research for justice, formally became the Executive Director of DataCenter in 2009 after serving as the Environmental Justice Information Activist since 2003, and as a senior management team member since 2006.  Miho has led the organizational transition process to adapt and retool research for social change in the dynamic field of organizing and movement-building, and in that process, she coined the term “research justice” as DataCenter’s theory of change, an explicit social change agenda that seeks to position community knowledge as basis of expertise that, along with scientific data and ‘expert’ information, meaningfully inform policy-making.  Read more

The Emcee
Kim Klein
Kim Klein is an internationally known fundraising trainer and has worked in all aspects of fundraising: as staff, as volunteer, as board member, and as consultant. She is best known for adapting traditional fundraising techniques, particularly major donor campaigns, to the needs of organizations with small budgets working for social justice.  Read more at Klein & Roth Consulting

The Honorary Host Committee (as of September 23rd)
The list is growing by the day.  Please check back again soon!

Ai-Jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Domestic Workers United
Alan & Andrea Rabinowitz
Alex Tom, Chinese Progressive Association
Anne Hess & Craig Kaplan
Beth Rosales
Betita Martinez
Biju Mathew
Chris Lymbertos
Dahnesh Medora
Dan Noyes,  Founder of Center for Investigative Reporting
Danny Park, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance
Dan Siegel
Elizabeth Farnsworth
Eric Leenson,Progressive Asset Management
Evelyn Kelsey
Fekkak Mamdouh, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Gary Delgado
Glenda Pawsey
Grace Chang
Helen Kim
Isao Fujimoto
Jean Hardisty,Political Research Associates
Jo Comerford, National Priorities Project
Jon Frappier, Co-founder of DataCenter
Judith Barish, AFL-CIO,
June Makela
Kim Klein, Founder of GIFT, Klein & Roth Consulting
Kimo Campbell
Linda Burnham
Mary Anna Colwell, Former DataCenter Board Member & Current Volunteer
Michael Leon Guerrero,Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Patricia St. Onge, Former Interim DataCenter Executive Director
Paul Haible, Peace Development Fund
Paul Kivel & Mary Luckey
Peter Stern
Peter Wiley
Pilar Gonzales
Rinku Sen, Applied Research Center
Sharon Martinas, Challenging White Supremacy
Stephen Silberstein
Susanne Jonas
Tammy Luu, The Labor/Community Strategy Center
Tim Christoffersen
Victor Wallis
Walter Davis, National Organizers Alliance
Wilson Riles, Jr.
Zoia Horn, Champion of the People’s Right to Know

The Planning Committee

Jane Armbruster
Gala Co-Chair (and Chair, DataCenter Oral History Task Force)
Veena Dubal, Secretary, DataCenter Board of Directors, Asian Law Caucus Gala Co-Chair (Official DataCenter Representative)
Laurie Earp, Earp Events
Event Planning Contractor
Celia Davis, Deputy Director, DataCenter
Project Controller
Miho Kim, Executive Director, DataCenter
Project Manager
Mary Anna Colwell, Former Board Member, DataCenter
Major Donor Advisor
Leilani Nguyen, former Information Activist, DataCenter, SEIU Local 1877
Gala Ceremonies & Cultures Coordinator
Lincoln Cushing
Curator, One-Day Historical Gallery on Research
Glenda Pawsey, St. John’s Presbyterian Church
Faith-based Donor Liaison
Jesus Solorio, former Board Co-Chair, DataCenter
Former Board Liaison
Shakirah Simley, Volunteer, DataCenter, Slow Jams, Prevention Institute
Public Relations/Media Coordinator
Allen Sin, Communications Associate, DataCenter
ReGeneration Blogger & Admin Support Specialist

Cohorts and Task Forces

Movement Constituency Liaison Task Force
Jessica Tovar, member of the Board of Directors, DataCenter,
Community Organizer, Communities for a Better Environment
Saba Waheed, Research Director, DataCenter

DataCenter Oral History Task Force
Norma Smith, The Edge of Each Other’s Battles
Isaac Ontiveros, Freedom Archives, Creative Interventions
Pratap Chatterjee, Journalist

“DataCenter Librarians for Intellectual Freedom” Cohort

DataCenter Board of Directors (not listed above)
Andrea Cristina Mercado Valle, Mujeres Unidas y Activas
Max Weintraub, Co-Chair, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Neil Tangri (on leave through February 2011), Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Swati Prakash, Treasurer