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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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Libby McClure

libby[at]dataworks-nc.org

Libby (she/her) is DataWorks’ health data analyst. Her work is focused on the ways in which historical and structural inequalities produce health disparities. She seeks involvement in social and environmental justice-focused research that both critically complicates traditional study of health and illness while also supporting social change.
Libby is DataWorks’ health data analyst. Her work is focused on the ways in which historical and structural inequalities produce health disparities.
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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

Tim Stallmann

Research Action Design (RAD) | tim[at]rad.cat

Research Action Design is a worker-owned collective which uses community-led research, collaborative design of technology and media, and secure digital strategies to build the power of grassroots social movements.
Research Action Design is a worker-owned collective which uses community-led research, collaborative design of technology and media, and secure digital strategies to build the power of grassroots social movements. RAD partners with DataWorks to support research, design, and development for the Neighborhood Compass and the Neighborhood Health Indicators projects, as well as to support community-based research and engagement around equitable development.
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Board of Directors

Alexandra Zagbayou

member, board of directors

As the child of a first generation college student, Alexandra believes education has the power to be a revolutionary agent for people and communities and a means to create a just and equitable world.
As the child of a first generation college student, Alexandra believes education has the power to be a revolutionary agent for people and communities and a means to create a just and equitable world. To act on those beliefs, Alexandra has worked in partnerships with students, parents and the Durham community here at Student U for the past 7 years. Alexandra’s vision for the world is one where organizations like Student U no longer exist and every person is able to reach his or her full potential because our systems and institutions are just and equitable. Until that vision is reached, she is thankful to do work that is meaningful, urgent and necessary alongside an incredible personal and professional community.

Why DataWorks? I am energized and inspired by DataWorks’ vision of empowering citizens and communities with the data they need to tell true and honest stories about their own communities. My highest aspiration is that DataWorks becomes a mechanism that all Durham citizens can use to hold our city accountable for doing right by all members of our community.
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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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David Lacey

treasurer, board of directors

David has been a Durham resident since 2007. He is a Patient Account Analyst for Duke University Health System. David graduated with honors receiving a Bachelors degree in Accounting from North Carolina Central University. He also obtained a Masters degree in Business Administration from North Carolina Central University.
David has been a Durham resident since 2007. He is a Patient Account Analyst for Duke University Health System. David graduated with honors receiving a Bachelors degree in Accounting from North Carolina Central University. He also obtained a Masters degree in Business Administration from North Carolina Central University. David believes in education as one of the most powerful tools to shape one’s life and the lives of others. He has a deep reverence for the community that makes up the diverse and highly cultured city of Durham NC.
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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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RT @NateBakerDurham “Our mission.. was to.. ensure that our demands were heard over the demands of housing advocates..” twitter.com/releepse…

RT @taraghuveer TODAY the White House releases tenant protections policy, following a lengthy process, incl. engagement with #HomesGuarantee tenant leaders. While providing some good organizing hooks, the announcement falls short of issuing directives to regulate rent. washingtonpost.com/b…

@NateBakerDurham @leffjakin We've been saying it for a while, but here's a city attorney offering it too: rent control is allowed in NC for publicly owned properties, publicly-subsidized properties and those funded by CDBG. Let's make this more widely known! youtu.be/nlwQLcVa52c…

@planning_troll Really wanted it to be "shark" when you said it. In favor of shart or shark for the record

RT @EnoTenants Thank you @DataWorks_NC for standing w/ the Eno River Tenants against @EnoRiver evictions! "The ERTA...links their landlord’s land acknowledgement to an act of reparation they can take now: prevent another real estate transaction that displaces people..."dataworks-nc.org/202…

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