Nate is an evangelist focused on community development, digital communications, meaningful education, open technologies, and sustainable growth. He has worked across a wide variety of organizations, including global communities like the Apereo Foundation, Creative Commons, Mozilla Open Leaders, and Virtually Connecting; open-source technology providers like Hypothesis and rSmart; startups like Lumen Learning and Little Bird (acquired by Sprinklr); and public/nonprofit institutions like Portland State University and the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry. Nate is ABD for a PhD in American Civilization with a focus on critical media studies. Nate lives in Portland, Oregon USA with some other cats and humans. Learn more about Nate on his blog or Twitter.