The Planning Committee is co-chaired by Martha Rogers and Amy Lipka. To find out more about the planning committee, send an e-mail to suren [at] oc-tech [dot] org.

Amy Lipka

Amy Lipka has worked in the non-profit community for the last 10 years. Ms. Lipka has a bachelors degree in art and became interested in community organizing while serving as an AmeriCorps*VISTA doing community mural projects in rural Appalachian communities. She currently works as Program Coordinator for the Ohio Fair Schools Campaign, a grassroots school funding advocacy organization in Ohio. As a small non-profit, the Ohio Fair Schools Campaign does not have the capacity to employ any tech staff, so Ms. Lipka has worked over the past few years to serve the tech needs of the organization. Starting out with limited computer skills she has developed the tools to do some basic low cost on-line organizing campaigns that seek to compliment the organization’s mission of organizing students, parents, teachers and community members to advocate for a fair school funding system. Ms. Lipka is also a GIS enthusiast and is working on an associate degree in GIS. She lives in Athens, Ohio and is involved in the local arts community.

Martha Rogers

Martha Rogers is Data Collection and Reporting Specialist at Quincy Community Action Programs, Inc. QCAP is an anti-poverty community service organization that works with the public, businesses, and community organizations to help promote the self sufficiency in the Quincy and South Shore area of Massachusetts. Martha often serves as a grant reviewer at the local state and federal level. Martha was featured in the March 2005 issue of Computer World Magazine.