Introducing the Brigade Captains Program

Brigade is all about recognizing and supporting the volunteer efforts of civic minded technologists throughout the country who want to contribute to the civic web and code for America where they live. Our aim at Code for America is grow, strengthen, and connect the network of people involved in doing so. We have two mechanisms for doing that.

One way we build the Brigade is by creating an open source pattern than anyone can replicate without our permission. We publish our activities, share our tools, and invite local leaders to get help from our “concierge service for civic hackers.”

The other way we build Brigade is by developing and supporting the strongest local leaders through our Brigade Captains program. The Brigade Captains program is our structured, facilitated, ideal model for local brigades and brigade leadership. Captains are enlisted for a one year commitment to develop, publish, and execute a year-long plan for their cities based on our core activities. Captains are hold regular meetings of their brigades, host events in their cities, and share the stories of their accomplishments.

Today I am pleased to introduce the inaugural class of the Brigade Captains program with 19 members in 16 cities.

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Our new captains are:

	Andrew Jawitz	Portland, ME
	Arthur Grau	Honolulu, HI
	Burt Lum	Honolulu, HI
	Chase Southard	Lexington, KY
	Chip Rosenthal	Austin, TX
	Chris Alfano	Philadelphia, PA
	Christopher Whitaker	Chicago, IL
	Emma Burnett	Portland, ME
	Harlan Weber	Boston, MA
	Ian Johnson	Tucson, AZ
	Jason Lally	Denver, CO
	Jeffrey Johnson	San Diego, CA
	Jonathan Pichot	Grand Rapids, MI
	Michael Evans	Detroit, MI
	Michelle Koeth	Arlington, VA
	Scott Barnwell	Asheville, NC
	Steve Spiker	Oakland, CA
	Timmy Crawford	Bend, OR
	Tracy Viselli	Alexandria, VA

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