TINFA is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization registered in Washington State.  It was created in 2000 with the desire to help bridge the digital divide.  TINFA is run by a group of volunteers with different backgrounds: IT, project management, and economics. Since we have no paid staff (for the time being), there is Zero administrative overhead.  All of our funds go towards our programs.

Current board members are:

Ricardo Gomez
Ricardo has worked for more than 15 years with information and communication technologies for development, particularly in Latin America. He has lectured and published books, papers, and reports on their use for community organization, participatory development, and popular education. He also specializes in program evaluation and organizational assessment. He has a PhD from Cornell University, in the USA, and a master's degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal, in Canada. Before joining Microsoft Community Affairs he was Executive Director of Bellanet International Secretariat, and Corporate Project Manager for PAN Americas at the International Development Research Center in Canada.

Ruth Kennedy
Ruth is an attorney with the law firm of Garvey Schubert Barer where she represents Indian tribes on a wide variety of issues. She recently served on the Board of Directors of Little Eagles Childcare Center. Ruth speaks both Spanish and "ein bischen" of German.

Emma Le Dû: Co-founder
Emma is the volunteer president of Technology and Information for all. When not spending her time on TINFA, Emma works at the Grameen foundation as Technical Program Manager. She has worked in Information Technology for over 13 years, at Microsoft and Amazon.com in various positions in International and Program Management. Emma has spent 2 years in Lao P.D.R, as a computer consultant to the European Union and UNDP. She is French and holds an Engineering degree in Robotics and Electronics from ESIGELEC in Rouen.  She currently works for the Grameen Foundation.

Margarita Medina: Co-founder
Margarita grew up in Colombia, S.A. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota and a M.S. in Software Engineering from Seattle University. After working in the software industry for over 11 years for companies such as Unisys and Microsoft, Margarita became a United Nations Volunteer working for a UNDP project and a Computer Consultant for Save The Children in Lao P.D.R. She currently works for the Technology Department at the Seattle Public Schools.

Richard Moxon
Dick recently retired from the University of Washington School of Business, where he taught courses on the international economy and global business strategy for 29 years. He was the founding director of the University of Washington Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). He is now working on a variety of projects related to development and poverty elimination in Latin America. He is a former Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia and has taught in many countries around the world.