One day, every nonprofit board will include a technical governance seat to responsibly harness the power of technology to maximize their impact.

Board.Dev is a community of tech leaders advancing technology governance in the nonprofit sector. Founded in 2023 by pioneers in social impact, we partner with companies and nonprofits to ensure responsible tech use and amplify nonprofit missions.
We conduct research, set governance standards, train leaders, and place tech professionals on nonprofit boards to drive progress. We believe that effective tech governance and the expertise of tech-focused board members are essential for nonprofits to succeed in today’s world.
By providing the "how"—clear roles, connections, and proven strategies—Board.Dev empowers leaders and nonprofits to achieve meaningful, lasting impact together.
Our approach
Building a community of technology leaders who want to engage more deeply
We’re sharing the resources and networks tech leaders need to serve effectively through the Board.Dev community. Tech leaders serving as board members can tap this network for expertise, pro bono resources, and problem-solving; nonprofit CEOs can recruit board members or source ideas for change management across board and operations.
Activating and empowering nonprofits to build tech governance into their board model
We’re sharing the playbook nonprofit CEOs need to define the right technical board role, introduce the model to their current board, and recruit and manage a technical board member. Sign up to access resources, get on the list for upcoming webinars, and stay connected for our community launch.
Working with corporate tech, talent, and social impact teams to connect leaders to opportunities
Tech leaders are searching for more meaningful impact and community engagement opportunities, and board service brings a range of benefits to companies, from retention to innovation. We can help you activate your team in ways that make sense in your community.
Amplifying the impact of grants and investments in the social sector
Grantmakers want to power their community partners in ways that go beyond the check. Tech board leadership can help you drive digital transformation, strengthen organizations, and support mission achievement across your portfolio.
Our team

Co-Founder/CEO
Alethea Hannemann
Alethea Hannemann has extensive expertise in cross-sector collaboration, including building standard-setting programs at the Taproot Foundation, the nonprofit capacity builder that has delivered $100M in critical services to nonprofits and social enterprises around the world, and launching Taproot+, the first online marketplace for skills-based volunteering. She has also served as strategic advisor to social impact teams at companies like Okta, Google, and Splunk, and as COO of a $25M food access nonprofit. With co-founder Aaron Hurst, she wrote Powered by Pro Bono. Alethea started her career writing technical and product content in Boston and Silicon Valley, bridging the gap between brilliant engineers and the people who used their products. She serves on two nonprofit boards.

Co-Founder, Chair
Aaron Hurst
Aaron Hurst is a serial social system entrepreneur who catalyzed the $15 billion pro bono service market as the founder of the Taproot Foundation. He most recently co-founded Board.Dev, a social venture working to catalyze the field of technical governance. Aaron has served on multiple nonprofit boards including BoardSource and Net Impact as well as an advisor to LinkedIn in the development of their member board placement strategy. Prior to Board.Dev, he founded and was CEO of the Imperative, a venture backed B Corp. He is the author of Powered by Pro Bono and the Purpose Economy as well as an Ashoka, Draper Richards Kaplan, and Manhattan Institute fellow. He began his career as a software developer and product manager in Silicon Valley.

Head of Programs & Operations
Jessica Cameron
Jessica Cameron, J.D. has deep experience building, operating, and scaling social ventures and programs in the philanthropic, nonprofit and private sectors. She has led cross-sector collaborations as a Global Director for Social Impact & Culture at WeWork and as an Executive Director for Notley Foundation, with a particular focus on programs that engage the expertise of tech leaders to support nonprofit capacity-building. Jessica has also previously built and launched three social ventures delivering solutions to challenges across health care, access to justice, and emotional wellness. She is a certified Executive Coach and a Partner with Social Venture Partners in Austin.
Jessica started her career as an attorney serving clients from startups to Fortune 50 across Technology, Healthcare and Financial Services with Ropes & Gray LLP and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP in New York and Paris.

Co-Director, Nonprofit Technical Governance Congress
Jake Porway
Jake Porway co-founded and ran DataKind, a nonprofit that harnesses the power of AI in the service of humanity. Prior to DataKind, Jake was the data scientist in the New York Times R&D lab and worked building machine learning solutions across organizations like NASA, DARPA, Google, and Bell Labs. While a research fellow with data.org, he developed a taxonomy for classifying "Data for Good" and "AI for Good" groups to better characterize the space. With the Ford Foundation, he built a guidebook for supporting foundations in funding data and AI projects.
Our members
Nonprofit Tech Governance Congress
The Board.Dev Tech Gov Advisory Council is a national team of tech leaders who steer and advance the field of technical governance for the nonprofit sector. Our members promote the need for technical governance and tech board leadership, inform best practices and standards for technical governance across the nonprofit sector, and promote the business case for companies to invest in placing their tech leaders on boards.

Chief Information Officer, Okta
Alvina Antar

Chief Executive Officer, NTEN
Amy Sample Ward

VP of Developer Experience, Fastly; board member, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Anil Dash

AI Strategy, Annenberg Foundation
Chantal Forster

Founder, Nonprofit Bootcamp;
Author, AI for Nonprofits
Darian Rodriguez Heyman

VP and CTO, Association of Corporate Counsel
Edima Elinewinga

General Manager and Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Philanthropies
Erik Arnold

VP Product Engineering, LinkedIn
Erran Berger

Executive Director, Superbloom
Georgia Bullen

Founder/CEO at Tech Matters
Jim Fruchterman

CIO, MacArthur Foundation
John Mohr

Founder of TechActivist.org
Idalin Bobé

CEO, Fast Forward
Kevin Barenblat

Director, AI Institute at Schmidt Futures
Mike Belinksy

Partner, Bridgespan Group
Nate Wong

CTO and Head of Product, DonorsChoose
Oliver Hurst-Hiller

Chief Digital and Transformation Officer, Tides; former Chief Innovation Officer, American Red Cross
Sajit Joseph

Chief Technology Officer, Atria Health
Satwik Seshasai

Chief Product and Strategy Officer, BoardSource
Tara Huffman
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Okta is committed to:
• Using their voice and expertise to develop the field of tech governance
• Engaging their tech leaders on nonprofit boards
• Using their voice and expertise to develop the field of tech governance
• Engaging their tech leaders on nonprofit boards
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Our values
Pragmatic Optimism
We believe it takes audacity to try to change the world and effective management to follow through.
Impact Oriented
We believe effective board service puts the needs of the organization first.
Playful Professionalism
We believe when people integrate their personality and values into their work, they have the greatest impact and are most fulfilled.
Progress
We believe people, organizations and societies must constantly move forward to survive.