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Small core, our research fellows, a great board, and our wise and generous advisors!

The Team

George Oates

Co-Founder & Executive Director
George is a designer and director who has worked on the web since 1996. She was the first designer at flickr.com from 2003-2008 and has centered her practice in the cultural heritage sector since then.
Email: glo@flickr.org

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Jessamyn West

Community Manager, Flickr Commons
Jessamyn is a veteran online community manager, library technologist, and creator of excellent documentation.

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Dan Catt

Tech Co-Lead
Dan is an artist and technologst exploring AI’s role in documenting and archiving a living art practice.

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Research Fellows

Oreoluwa Ifamodupe Akinyode

Research Fellow, 2025
A griot telling and carrying stories through the language of photography, film, writing, and music, based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Meet Oreoluwa | LinkedIn | Personal Site

Emily Fitzgerald & Molly Sherman

Research Fellows, 2025
Emily Fitzgerald and Molly Sherman are mothers, artists, and educators based in Portland, Oregon, and San Antonio, Texas.

Meet Emily & Molly

Prakash Krishnan

Research Fellow, 2024
Prakash Krishnan (he/him) is an artist-researcher and cultural worker based in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal, Canada) on the stolen lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation.

Meet Prakash
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Eryk Salvaggio

Research Fellow, 2024
Eryk Salvaggio is a researcher and new media artist interested in the social and cultural impacts of artificial intelligence.

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Jenn Phillips-Bacher

Inaugural Research Fellow, 2023
Jenn is a digital and web all-rounder who’s managed products and projects, conducted user research and UX design, and genuinely enjoys organizing information. She’s been working in cultural heritage and non-profits since the early 2000s.

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Our Board of Directors

Ryan Merkley

Board Chair
Ryan is COO of NPR.org. Prior to that he was CEO of Conscience, managing director at Aspen Digital, Chief of Staff at the Wikimedia Foundation, and CEO of Creative Commons.

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Stephanie McVey

Treasurer
Stephanie is the Chief Financial Officer at SmugMug + Flickr.

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Ben MacAskill

Board Observer
Ben is President & COO of SmugMug + Flickr, and Co-Founder of flickr.org.

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Rachel L. Frick

Rachel is a digital libraries and cultural heritage leader with over twenty years of experience in transformational leadership, community building, and ensuring equitable access to information and resources.

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