Tate Hausman
Director
Tate Hausman is an online strategy consultant for progressive campaigns
and organizations. That means he helps clients like Dean for America,
SEIU, Sierra Club and IAVA figure out how technology can further their
goals, and then helps them execute strategic, cost-effective online
projects. He has served as online director for two congressional races (John Hall, Donna Edwards)
and associate online director for one gubernatorial race (Arianna
Huffington), and he ran an online / offline urban voter project in 2004
(Slam Bush).
Tate spent two years as Director of Strategy at Free Range, a top progressive communication / design firm, where he specialized in groundbreaking viral marketing campaigns like The Meatrix and Store Wars. His online career started at AlterNet, where he served as managing editor during that site's explosion into one of the country's top independent news sites. Tate holds an honors degree in Education from Brown University.
By
helping progressives become more strategic with their online efforts,
turn armchair activists into active supporters, and ultimately win
their campaigns, Tate has become a respected leader in the emerging
field of web strategy.
Leda Dederich
Founder/Chair, Advisory Board
 Leda is a veteran technology strategist who has managed online campaigns and Web sites for the nonprofit and
political sector since 1995.
As an online
producer, consultant, and trainer, she has helped countless
organizations leverage the power of the Internet to meet
their goals. With experience in all areas of the Web development
process, she advocates for the vital intersection of innovative tools,
enterprise class technology standards, relevant information, offline
integration and social justice values.
In 2004, Leda founded ScoutSeven to address the growing need for online capacity building support in the nonprofit, social change sector. dotOrganize emerged as an outgrowth of that effort.
Previous projects include serving as Online Campaign Manager
for California gubernatorial candidate Arianna Huffington, collaborating with the Israeli-based Agenda
to deliver trainings to Israeli and Palestinian social change
organizations, and implementing the 2004 online campaign strategy for
the League of Young Voters.
Through 2002, Leda served as Online Director for the Independent
Media Institute. In this capacity, she managed all of IMI�s
online initiatives, including the design, development and day-to-day
operations of the award-winning AlterNet.org,
an online magazine for independent journalism. She has also worked
as a graphic design instructor, media strategist, and community
organizer.
Leda serves on the technical advisory boards for the Ella
Baker Center for Human Rights and the League
of Young Voters.
She holds an honors degree in Comparative Literature from the
University of California at Berkeley.
Project Contributors Sonny Cloward
Web Development, Strategic Planning
Susan Maxwell
Report Content, Communications
Catherine G. Geanuracos
Research, Strategic Planning Amanda Hickman
Research Paul Hagen
Report Content
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