About Money and Votes

Money and Votes is a project to build tools to empower voters. We believe that citizens can leverage their money and votes to create change in government any day of the year, and not just on election day. Everything we build, whether a piece of software or a strategy document, is donated to the common good to be freely used by voters everywhere.

The Money and Votes Project is sponsored by the Independence Year Foundation (IYF), a Delaware not-for-profit. IYF's support has made possible the hiring of a core team to get the ball rolling.
The Team

Kina Iliev

Once the vision is clear, Kina makes it real. With experience in business development, account management, and website production, Kina brings an arsenal of proven business processes to any project. Democracy is in the details!

Oliver Wellington

As a former band manager and music video producer, Oliver knows what it takes to motivate a team to finish a product and then get it out to the people who want it. Now in the final semester of Babson's MBA program, he is ready to take on the business of better democracy.

Matt Cooperrider

Matt makes projects participatory. He combines traditional community organizing with appropriate web tools to help public good initiatives make better use of their volunteer networks. His work is informed by his ongoing studies in Cooperation Technology at New York University's Draper MA Program.
Advisers

Britt Blaser

For 35 years, Britt Blaser has been forming companies and organizing projects to seize opportunities dimly glimpsed by others. In 2003, Britt joined the Howard Dean campaign as Senior Internet Strategy Adviser. His experiences there inspired the Money and Votes Project, and he continues to provide strong leadership towards a better government.