About - Community Tech Network

Our mission is to unite organizations and volunteers to transform lives through digital literacy.

We believe that access to the Internet is a human right, and that those without the skills to use a computer are at risk of social and economic disadvantage. Public services and essential information are increasingly moving online, and many people are unable to access those resources. While many organizations are working to spread Internet connectivity to the underserved, access to technology is only a partial solution. Connectivity needs to be coupled with digital skills training that is relevant and delivered in a way that won’t intimidate the adult learner.

In 2020, Community Tech Network turned 12 years old. Our goal to eliminate the digital divide has been consistent, but the pace of change means the goalposts are constantly being moved. Therefore, CTN must continue using its experience to build a more inclusive digital world for the future in which everyone has the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of life online.

Three years ago, CTN expanded its reach to include the Austin, Texas area, with the continuing mission to establish additional digital inclusion hubs wherever we find meaningful partnerships that serve communities in need of digital skills. Contact us if you’d like to partner.

History

Community Tech Network gained its 501(c)3 nonprofit status and became an independent nonprofit organization in 2008 with grant support from the Full Circle Fund.

However, our origins can be traced back to 2001, when we started as a program of TechSoup (then called CompuMentor) to address a rapidly growing need for public digital literacy training. In 2007, our role was reviewed in a community survey, the results of which clearly indicated an ongoing need for CTN’s digital literacy work, and the transition to charitable status was made.

Back in 2008, when CTN became a nonprofit, Twitter was just a fledgling social media experiment, Facebook had barely begun its rise to world dominance, and Instagram wasn’t even a twinkle in its creator’s eye. Twelve years later, the internet is central to everyday life and access to it has become a right, not a privilege.

During these 12 years, CTN grew from one volunteer Program Manager and a handful of helpers to an organization of over a dozen staff, 60 active volunteers and 50 partner locations. It also spread its sphere of influence beyond San Francisco to the wider Bay Area. and to Central Texas. Today, CTN is led by an active and diverse Board of Directors comprising community leaders, business leaders, and technology advocates from local nonprofits in both the San Francisco and Austin areas.

Staff

Kami Griffiths

Executive Director/Co-Founder

Austin, TX

With over 15 years of experience working in the public sector, Kami has developed a passion for helping people gain access and better utilize technology, after witnessing firsthand how the digital divide and low literacy levels were aiding the cycle of poverty. She has worked for the City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation, managing 27 public access computing centers, teaching computer classes and establishing their volunteer trainer program. As the Training and Outreach Manager for TechSoup Global, Kami greatly expanded her knowledge and understanding of the nonprofit technology field, having conducted over 200 interviews with librarians and producing over 100 webinars. She is a founding member of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) and speaks nationally about digital inclusion.

Carol Simmons

Operations Director

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Carol Simmons is an experienced consulting professional with a long history of working in the libraries industry. She is skilled in managing non-profit organizations, fundraising, strategic planning, building design and programs, civic engagement, recruitment and research. She has been a public library director, executive director of the California Library Association, and has served on a wide variety of non-profit boards including the San Francisco Opera Guild, the Daly City Public Library Associates, and the Seton Medical Center Community Advisory Board. In her free time, she loves to travel, read (of course) and hike in the Bay Area and beyond.

Lauren Cotter

Marketing & Communications Director

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

For over 25 years, Lauren was a senior-level marketing and advertising professional. She produced high-impact campaigns delivering dramatic gains in revenue, visibility, and market share. Her experience ranges from television, radio, print, and sports marketing (having worked with all Bay Area sports teams). Her core competencies also include web design, search, social media, film and video production, sponsorship, and public relations. Today Lauren is passionate about bringing her marketing experience to nonprofits and has consulted for clients such as FNDHope International, Stanford Valley Care Hospital Charitable Foundation, Hers Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Northern CA Epilepsy Foundation.

Anna Beth Lane

Marketing and Communications Associate

Philadelphia, PA

Originally from West Texas, Anna Beth currently lives and works (remotely) in Philadelphia, PA. She holds a B.A. in English creative writing with a minor in cultural anthropology. Anna Beth has spent time living with host families and working with nonprofits in Rwanda, Israel, Jordan, and Italy. Throughout her travels, she cultivated a passion for storytelling and its capacity to increase empathy among different people groups. Interested in the social implications of emerging technology, Anna Beth views CTN as the perfect fit to apply her communication skills for a cause she is enthusiastic about-- eliminating the digital divide and sharing stories of vulnerable communities.

Erika Jones-Clary

Online Communications Consultant

Fredonia, NY

Since 2002, as the principal of MsJones Design, Erika has developed and facilitated web solutions for international nonprofit and public affairs/relations organizations. Erika was a CTN Board member from 2011-2013 and developed an early version of the CTN website. Her projects have included global education regarding the mining effects on native communities in Brazil, community outreach to gather support for a $2.5 billion hospital project in San Francisco and building a comprehensive online insurance resource library for natural disaster survivors. Recently, she relocated from her hometown of San Francisco to Western New York and hopes to buy a goat someday and create a homestead for her family.

Kate Sheludziayeva

Administrative Manager

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Kate immigrated to the United States from Belarus in 2011. In Belarus, Kate studied psychology and volunteered as a surveyor. She also volunteered in a nonprofit organization to provide support to physically disabled youth so they could integrate into society. She has experience as an office assistant at San Francisco General Hospital and recently earned a certificate from the Office Assistant Program from LEN Business and Language Institute. She is fluent in Russian and is studying English as a second language at CCSF. She considers herself to be tech savvy and wants to help people stay connected in the digital world, especially those who are immigrants. She thinks CTN is the right place to share her enthusiasm for helping people.

Dale Thompson

Finance Manager

Austin, TX

Dale has been involved in closing the digital divide since 1998 through her work as financial consultant with the City of Austin which led to her becoming interim Executive Director of Austin Free-Net from 2006 to 2011. She brings 29 years of experience in accounting and Quickbooks, 13 of those years as a lender for a national bank. Dale also volunteers for NTEN and organized their monthly 501 Tech Club in Austin.

Xandi Wright

Training & Development Manager

Denver, CO

Xandi hails from Sacramento, California, but since 2016 has been living and working (remotely) in Denver, Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English Literature and an M.Ed. in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning. She has taught, tutored, and managed academic programs since 2005, but it was during graduate school that she discovered her professional passion: working to close the digital divide, particularly where it impacts people's access to education and economic opportunity. Xandi consults with CTN on curriculum development, volunteer management, and volunteer training.

Sabrina Tam

Senior Program Manager

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Sabrina is a native of Hong Kong. She first came to the States as a cultural exchange student in the early 90’s. After spending several years in Arkansas and South Carolina, she decided to make the Bay Area her home. Along with her patient and caring personality, Sabrina brings to CTN her extensive experience managing multi-cultural projects in the financial services, advertising and market research arena. Sabrina is fluent in English and Cantonese, and conversational in Mandarin. She wants to use both her language and technical skills to help people to enjoy the benefits of using technology and not feel left behind in the digital age.

Stephen Minor

Senior Program Manager

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Stephen Minor has expertise in the fields of organizational development and program event implementation. Prior to Community Tech Network, Stephen realized his passion for supporting others while owning his own franchise, The Key Stop. Following his venture, he was able to give support to people with developmental and physical disabilities as an Employment Consultant and Program Coordinator at Ardmore Enterprises outside of Washington, DC. He was even chosen to take his attributes and love for supporting others abroad while serving the United States as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador. Stephen is beyond excited for the opportunity to continue his career by helping adults advance their digital literacy skills.

Patricia Jew

Volunteer & Program Coordinator

San Francisco, CA

A San Francisco bay area native, Pat developed a passion for helping others in high school. She volunteered at soup kitchens, community clean ups, holiday kid-shopping events through Glide, and with her hometown community service group. Recently, she leveraged her data analytics expertise she developed in corporate retail to provide reporting and analysis needs for community support organizations in San Francisco. Pat realizes the potential of the digital literacy for the adult community as she sees her family working to learn this skill. She is extremely excited to support helping people gain the confidence to master the online platform.

Jannell Mateo Rivas

Bilingual Digital Literacy Program Manager

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Born and raised in the Bay Area, Jannell has personal, professional, and volunteer experience working with underserved communities. She is fluent in Spanish and has a variety of experience mentoring, teaching, and leading groups of people. During her time at San Francisco State University, she studied Child and Adolescent Development and grew in her passion to meet the needs of both the youth and adult populations. Even more so, she is excited to share her skills and knowledge to further support San Francisco adult communities through digital literacy.

Carlos Sivira Falcon

Bilingual Digital Literacy Program Associate

Sunnyvale, CA

Carlos was born in Venezuela and immigrated to the U.S. in the early 90s. He is a San Jose State University alumnus, raised in the heart of the Silicon Valley. He grew up having hands on experience with different technological advances. Being family-oriented, he assisted family members to use technology. He taught others how to protect their finances, use their emails, reset their passwords, and access their social media while working in field of finance. Due to this passion to serve the community, he branched out and focused on helping others in the nonprofit sector.

Dima Khoury

Training Manager

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

An accomplished business operations leader with extensive background in technology. Dima has over 20 years of experience in high tech companies, leading software engineering teams as Director of engineering and as a Director of business operations. Dima retired from Cisco in October 2014 and is now focused on leveraging her knowledge and experience for the nonprofit sector. Dima’s passion and philanthropic interest is to leverage technology to benefit the less privileged in the world at large and strongly believes that social entrepreneurship is the right model to accelerate the path of pulling people out of poverty. Dima also believes in the power of mentorship. She currently mentors with Miller center, Global Social Benefit Institute, at Santa Clara university, coaching social entrepreneurs from all over the world and also mentors with Takween accelerator in Iraq. In retirement, she served for 3 years, as an Encore Fellow director of Generation to Generation campaign, in the office of the mayor of San Jose, connecting older adults with kids in low income through mutually beneficial relationships and programs. In her free time, Dima loves to travel, read, hike, and spending time with her family especially her two daughters.

Annie Tan

Bilingual Digital Literacy Program Associate

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

After getting a degree in Community Based Public Health, Annie developed a passion to serve and to meet the needs of low-income and underserved communities. She was a Senior Information and Assistance Specialist with the Aging and Disability Resource Center for four years providing supporting services for seniors and disabled population and recently a Community Navigator for the Chinese Community Health Resource Center. Fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, Annie wants to use her language skills and technical knowledge to help seniors enjoy the benefits of using technology as a tool to make connections with friends and families, and for getting involved in their communities.

Josie Boyle

Bilingual Digital Literacy Program Manager

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Originally from Iowa, Josie first realized the importance of giving back to the community in high school, when she volunteered for a therapeutic horseback riding program for adults with disabilities. Josie went on to study biology and Russian, after which she became involved in teaching English as a Second Language. She has extensive experience teaching youth and adults, both in a Russian charter school in Minnesota and in Russia. Teaching has given her rich opportunities to interact with a broad diversity of people, and she finds it extremely fulfilling to build relationships with students and help them improve their lives. Her experience traveling and living as an expat has highlighted the importance of digital literacy for communication and daily life. A newcomer to San Francisco, she's enjoying the mild climate and is especially excited about getting involved in the community and working in the nonprofit sector.

Adrian Tisbe

Program Coordinator

Austin, TX

Adrian is a California native and currently lives in Austin, TX. While studying at UC Berkeley, he developed his passion for service by volunteering at afterschool programs in Oakland, CA. Adrian worked as a microbiologist before becoming an AmeriCorps member in Austin, where he taught elementary students reading and early literacy skills. In working with his students, Adrian has seen how essential literacy skills can set our communities on a path for greater opportunity and better access to essential resources. He is excited to use his passion and experience to support the development of digital literacy skills in our communities.

Al Ho

Bilingual Digital Literacy Instructor

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Alex studied for his Bachelor, Master and PhD programs at Union College, Cornell University, and Caltech, respectively. He was a researcher and system/user administrator for the Caltech Supercomputing Facility. He was an IBM developer and researcher in parallel supercomputing. He won IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards (the highest IBM technical award) and other awards. In his career he has played the roles of startup co-founder, product manager, project manager, coder, principal investigator, and researcher. He served in the Organizing Committee for the IEEE International Symposium for Collaborative Technologies and Systems (2008-2011), and was an overseas teacher for PhD students in Osaka Prefecture University (2011-2012). Al is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin; and recently spends more time on non-profit community service programs.

Mercedes Marroquin

Bilingual Digital Literacy Instructor

Sunnyvale, CA

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Mercedes’ passion for helping people can be traced back to High School, where she spent significant time working in the Best Buddy Organization. It was there where she developed a love for working with people with special needs. She also spent some time working with preschool-age children. She is now a current student at San Jose State University, where she is studying Nutritional Science. She is very excited to have the opportunity to work in the digital literacy program.

Maria Vazquez

Bilingual Digital Literacy Instructor

Sunnyvale, CA

Maria is a native of Mexico City and came to the states 30 years ago. She is fluent in Spanish and have experience working with the Spanish-speaking communities in the non-profit organization sector. She is one of the translators for MADD organization (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and Teaches Spanish at Stratford School in Sunnyvale. She was the Co-Founder for “Organizacion Edificando Vidas” providing Positive Parenting Classes to the Latino Community in the Bay Area. Maria wants to bridge the gap by using her language and technical skills to help, teach and support older adults to get involved with technology as well as using it as a tool to communicate with friends and family in their native country and here in the U.S.

Valerie Robateau

Bilingual Digital Literacy Instructor

Austin, TX

Ms. Robateau has worked for several nonprofit organizations over the past 6 years helping the less fortunate with housing, supportive services to achieve educational success, financial stability, and developing healthier lifestyles. During this time, she saw that a common issue was lack of basic technology skills. This led her to go back to school where she is currently working towards a degree as a Network Administrator and Cyber Security. She recently completed internships with the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) and Austin Pathways where she taught basic technology and software skills to clients and staff members.

Patrick Qiu

Bilingual Digital Literacy Instructor

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Patrick is a native of Hong Kong. He came to the United States in 2019 with his family and settled down in the Bay Area. Patrick has a bachelor’s degree in Human Geography from the University of Hong Kong. He is a certified Professional Education trainer with proper training on special education. Patrick was a high school teacher in Hong Kong for fifteen years. He was the subject matter expert and helped to build up the curriculum for the school. In addition to teaching, Patrick was the chief consultant for the Student Union and the headmaster for different school activities and clubs. Patrick is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. He loves sports and traveling. The elderly always love to play mahjong with him and you can surely guess the reason why. Patrick strongly believes that it is more of a blessing to be able give rather than to receive and it’s never too late to learn new skills. He always likes to share with others and to learn from them. Patrick is very enthusiastic to begin his new life in the United States with Community Tech Network.

Nyarie Zhou

Bilingual Digital Literacy Instructor

Austin, TX

Nyarie Zhou is a dedicated Network Engineer, well versed in several computer networking platforms. She is currently based in Austin Texas. Prior to this role, Nyarie worked for 12 years with Humana People To People, as a Project Coordinator, where she traveled all over the world. She also worked for 5 years at Senior Lifestyle and Spectrum supporting the elderly. Nyarie is passionate about supporting the elderly in our community and is also experienced in working with people from diverse, multi-cultural background. Joining CTN as a digital trainer enabled her to fulfill her passion and interest transforming the lives of the seniors through giving them the opportunity to learn about technology and make them feel part of the society of today. It is her passion to teach, motivate, encourage, and support seniors throughout their learning process.

Eva Jimenez Reyes

Bilingual Digital Literacy Instructor

San Francisco, CA

Eva brings over 10 years of experience in advertising account management. Graduating with a double major in Marketing and Design, and Industry from San Francisco State University, she has worked with clients such as General Motors, Bank of America, Chevron, AT & T, Comcast, and the California Department of Health and Human Services in areas of advertising ranging from television to print to the internet. She left a solid career in ad agencies to pursue her passion of public service. Through a demonstrated commitment to excellence in diversity, Eva has worked with diverse groups of people in the public and private sectors. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and is bicultural having been born and raised in the United States but has also lived in various countries in Latin America. Eva is a proud San Franciscan who enjoys outdoor activities and volunteering with her husband and two young children.

Emma Reeder

Bilingual Training Associate

Providence, Rhode Island

Originally from Idaho, Emma is dedicated to making social justice a reality. A passionate intersectional feminist, she is a student at St. Olaf College majoring in both Spanish and women’s and gender studies. She has volunteered as a language tutor, helping English- and Spanish-learners with their conversational language skills. She is also a proud member of the Spanish House at St. Olaf, facilitating conversation tables and cultural activities in Spanish. Emma is excited to use her Spanish skills at CTN to teach digital literacy and help seniors overcome barriers to digital resources, something incredibly important in today's world.

Melissa Bravo

Bilingual Digital Literacy Instructor

San Francisco, CA

Melissa was born and raised in Salinas, CA and has lived in San Francisco for the past 7 years. She has a B.S. in Kinesiology and is currently pursuing a career in cyber security. Melissa loves to learn new things, stays active, and is passionate about combating the digital divide. Her job experience has been primarily working with vulnerable and underserved communities in a variety of settings. Melissa believes that it is now critical for everyone, especially older adults, to learn basic technology in order to access services, resources, stay informed, and connect with friends and family; it can decrease social isolation and save lives.

Jannette Estrada

Bilingual Digital Literacy Instructor

San Francisco, CA

Jannette is a Mexico City native. At the age of 12 years, old Jannette migrated to the US. She was raised in Oakland CA. Growing up with limited tech resources she became afraid of computers until she joined a technology program where he achieved her first tech certification. Throughout the years she realized her true passion was to empower her community through technology. Breaking difficult technology concepts into culturally relevant and fun terms and helping clients discover the benefits of what technology offers has become her personal passion. Jannette has experience working with students who are novices to technology by keeping them calm and engaged. Watching someone go from “I'm afraid or I don't enjoy tech” to “Wow that was easy or now I know why I'm pressing these buttons" is a fascinating moment to watch. Today Jannette has served more than 10 counties around the Bay area by empowering more than 200 clients per year.

Christine Abiba

Bilingual Digital Literacy Instructor

San Francisco, CA

Christine Abiba's previous experiences in navigating care for and collecting oral histories with elder family and community members fuels their commitment to deepening our relationships across generations. Christine was born and raised in the Bay Area and earned a BA in Theology and Religious Studies. Their most recent work has involved reducing social isolation for LGBT elders, archiving and printmaking, and supporting educators in distance learning. They have worked with organizations such as Openhouse SF, Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly, StoryCorps SF, and the Queer Ancestors Project.

Board

Charles Aston

Austin, TX

Charles has over 20 years of Information Technology experience and is currently the Director of IT for DFI Resources in Austin, Texas. During his 19 years at DFI, he has spent his career leading the organization through numerous technological changes and transformations. He has been involved in numerous projects, leads and manages people, plans and develops budgets, and is the primary decision maker for technology within the company. He has been serving on the internal leadership team for several years. Charles has a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Texas A&M University.

Eric Beattie

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Eric is a Senior Staff Research Scientist / Research Manager for the Akassoglou Lab in the Department of Neurology Gladstone Institutes at the University of California, San Francisco. He has a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from UCSF, two postdoctoral fellowships in Cellular Neuroscience from UCSF and Stanford, and has over 18 years of combined biotech / academic research, publication, and grant writing experience. Eric has also ventured away from the science lab and used his extensive cross-disciplinary professional network in the Bay Area to consult for digital health, elder care, dementia care, biotech and digital health companies. He has also consulted for nonprofits serving the elder community. This work highlighted the unmet need that elders have for better internet connectivity and understanding how to use their med tech digital devices, computers, and smartphones. This unmet need drove him and his wife, Marymoore Patterson, to create the nonprofit “Teen-Elder Tech-Connect” which brought tech-savvy teens together with elders to bridge this tech and generation gap.

Laura Castellanos

Secretary

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Laura’s experiences working for social and economic justice as a government attorney and non-profit leader combined with 2 decades working with top-tier financial services companies offer a unique skill set. Her track record includes successful engagements in strategic planning, marketing/branding, sales, fundraising, financial planning, operations/program management, issues advocacy, discrimination investigations, harassment prevention, and legislative/regulatory work. She is an active member of the DC Bar and co-author of the Latino Guide to Personal Money Management (Bloomberg Press). Laura is a native Spanish speaker and lives in the Bay Area with her partner, Teresa and their dog, Gino.

Lauren DeBarr

Treasurer

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Lauren brings financial and analytical expertise to the CTN Board. She is an Experienced Assurance Manager at BDO in San Francisco and has more than seven years of public accounting with a focus on technology companies. She has worked with a variety of businesses throughout the Bay Area including venture backed startups and large, public companies and has been involved with their transition through the various phases of growth including IPO and merger processes. Lauren holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is a licensed CPA in the state of California.

Dr. Robert Friedman

Vice Chair

Austin, TX

Robert has over a decade of experience in the non-profit sector focused on developing an inclusive and ethical digital community. As the Executive Director of the Permanent Legacy Foundation, he will build a trusted and respected organization that can guarantee secure data storage for all people, permanently. Prior to joining the Permanent team, Robert led the Mozilla Foundation’s Internet Health agenda in Texas, working with community leaders to advance digital inclusion, internet decentralization, open innovation, online privacy and security, and web literacy. Robert holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Chicago, where he first came to deeply appreciate the legacy of human knowledge while exploring the history of our universe.

Margaret Schoelwer

Board Chair

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Margaret is a Managing Director at Accenture, focused on high tech and platform clients in San Francisco and across the bay area. Over the last six years at Accenture, she has developed expertise in digital transformation, strategy, and enablement in sales and sales operations. Prior to joining Accenture, Margaret was a Product Manager in Online Strategy for Fidelity Investments, based in Boston. She has called San Francisco home for more than four years now after growing up on the east coast and two stints in Chicago. Margaret holds an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, and a BA in Classics from Northwestern University.

Partners

Since its inception, CTN has grown its scope from a few partners in San Francisco to over 50 that span the wider Bay Area and Austin, TX. Our partners are housing developments, senior centers, recreation centers, libraries and social service agencies. The common factor among all our partners is they are trusted places where people go for services and support. We recognize the need in both cities for the service we provide (train the trainer, curriculum development, staff capacity building and evaluation) specifically to address the basic digital literacy needs in the community. Here is a list of our current partners:

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA

Asian Pacific American Community Center: APACC
Bayview Senior Services
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Centers
Catholic Charities
Center For Elders’ Independence
Centro Latino
Children’s Council of San Francisco
Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC)
City of Oakland
City of Sunnyvale
Curry Senior Center
Department of Disability and Aging Services
Episcopal Community Services (ECS)
FACES SF
Golden Gate Senior Services
Goodwill of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin
HumanGood
IT Bookman Community Center
Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD)
Mission Neighborhood Centers
OnLok
PRC (Positive Resource Center)
St. Francis Living Room
San Francisco Housing Development Corporation (SFHDC)
San Francisco Public Library
Sequoia Living
Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center
Tabernacle Community Development Corporation (TCDC)
Tenderloin Housing Clinic
Twitter NeighborNest
YMCA

AUSTIN, TX

AGE of Central Texas
Austin Independent School District
Austin Public Library
Capital IDEA
City of Austin Innovation Team
Family Eldercare
Foundation Communities
Latinitas

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Funders

With the valued support of members of local and regional business communities, Community Tech Network remains poised at the forefront of technological empowerment and education in the San Francisco Bay Area and Austin, TX. We invite the support of any individual or organization that recognizes alignment between our mission and their own. We welcome contributions of time, resources, information, financing, and services, and are always happy to discuss possibilities with our supporters. Feel free to contact us for more information on how you or your organization can support CTN!

Accenture
Adobe
AT&T
The Barrios Trust
California Consumer Protection Foundation
Charter Communications
Christensen Fund
Clover Health
Comcast – Internet Essentials
Consumer Technology Association Foundation
Cornerstone Advisors
Crescent Porter Hale Foundation
Dell
Frontline Arts Web Design
Full Circle Fund
IBM
Junior League of San Francisco
Latino Community Foundation
Metta Fund
Microsoft
Mobile Beacon
Monkeybrains
MsJones Design
Newhall Foundation
Polsinelli
Salesforce
SF City & County Department of Disability and Aging Services
Sprint
Symantec
Twitter
Werner-Kohnstamm Family Fund
Western Digital
Yahoo Employee Foundation
Zelle LLP

We are also very fortunate to have many generous individual donors. If you would like to contribute to our work of closing the digital divide, visit our donation page.

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