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About Us

Founded in 2016, DataWorks NC is a nonprofit based in Durham, North Carolina. We democratize data to facilitate an empowered, productive, and equitable community. Our priority is to benefit Durham’s communities of color, low income, and historical disinvestment and we do this through collaboration with neighbors, communities, nonprofits and local agencies that share goals of racial equity and community power.

We facilitate community discussions and set the table for shared learning about topics like displacement, ownership, working, race and power. By listening, learning and collaborating alongside our partners we participate in the development of more equitable and restorative public processes – ultimately building a more complete and accessible pathway to community knowledge that is grounded in history.

We’re a member of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP).

Staff

John Killeen

john[at]dataworks-nc.org

John is an urban planner and the executive director of DataWorks.
John is an urban planner and the executive director of DataWorks. John (he/him) is an urban planner and the executive director of DataWorks. His work with neighborhoods and community organizations includes mapping and other data visualization related to demographics, housing, health, economic development and the intersection of these in communities.
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L’Tanya Durante

l’tanya[at]dataworks-nc.org

L’Tanya is the Data Action Coordinator at DataWorks.
L’Tanya is the Data Action Coordinator at DataWorks. L’Tanya (she/her) is the Data Action Coordinator at DataWorks. Her work aims to facilitate conversations that establish and deepen relationships with community groups and organizations, and to suggest ways data can support the goals unique to each community. She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction and is particularly interested in combining data and the written narrative to share meaningful stories of our neighbors and communities.
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Leroi DeRubertis

volunteer coordinator/event planner

Leroi DeRubertis (she/they) is a visual artist, writer, and long-time Durham resident.
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Partners

Board of Directors

Vannessa Mason Evans

member, board of directors

Vannessa Mason Evans is a native of Durham, North Carolina. She grew up in Braggtown, and is now the chairperson of the Braggtown Community Association.
Vannessa Mason Evans is a native of Durham, North Carolina. She grew up in Braggtown, and is now the chairperson of the Braggtown Community Association. Vannessa is fighting for fair and affordable housing for those that are in need and stopping the displacement of black and brown people.
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Bonita Green

vice chair, board of directors

Bonita Green is a native of Durham, NC, who grew up, and currently resides in the Merrick-Moore Community. 
Bonita currently serves as Chair for the Merrick-Moore Community Development Group.
Bonita Green is a native of Durham, NC, who grew up, and currently resides in the Merrick-Moore Community. 
Bonita currently serves as Chair for the Merrick-Moore Community Development Group. Her advocacy work is in fighting for safer streets in Durham, clean air and water, and affordable housing for the lower wealth residents of Durham.
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Marissa Mortiboy

chair, board of directors

Marissa has been with the Durham County Department of Public Health for 10 years and currently serves as the Population Health Director.
Marissa has been with the Durham County Department of Public Health for 10 years and currently serves as the Population Health Director. Originally from the Midwest and growing up near Chicago, Marissa migrated south for warmer winters. She completed undergrad at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and received a Master’s of Public Health from University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Marissa is passionate about working with the Durham community, making health data accessible and racial equity.
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Bethany Chappel

member, board of directors

Bethany serves as the Open Data Program Manager for the City and County of Durham.
Bethany serves as the Open Data Program Manager for the City and County of Durham. She has a master’s degree in quantitative methods from Columbia University, and has lived in Durham since 2013. She believes that data is essential in holding government and institutions accountable to the communities they serve.
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Danielle Spurlock

member, board of directors

Bio coming soon!
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Matt Hartman

member, board of directors

Matt Hartman is a writer, organizer, and communications strategist who has lived in Durham since 2013. A journalist focused on the intersections of politics, culture, and economics, he has written for The New Republic, The Assembly, Jacobin, The Ringer, INDY Week, and elsewhere, with a particular focus on housing and development. He has also served in various capacities at Durham for All, the Democratic Socialists of America, and Bike Durham. He was raised in Irmo, South Carolina, and now lives in the Rockwood neighborhood.
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Marion Johnson

member, board of directors

Bio coming soon!
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Max Rose

member, board of directors

Max is the executive director of Sheriffs for Trusting Communities, which works alongside organizers across the country to end mass incarceration and stop deportations while building multiracial political power. Max is on the board of directors at Walltown Children’s Theatre in Durham and the Ambassador Board at the Promise of Justice Initiative in Louisiana. Max joined the DataWorks board because he wants to be a part of a city where all the people he loves are safe and free.
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