Code.org is a non-profit dedicated to growing computer programming education. Our goals include:
- Spreading the word that there is a worldwide shortage of computer programmers, and that it's much easier to learn to program than you think.
- Building an authoritative database of all programming schools, whether they are online courses, brick+mortar schools or summer camps.
Our vision is that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn how to code. We believe computer science and computer programming should be part of the core curriculum in education, alongside other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, such as biology, physics, chemistry and algebra.
Advisory Board
- Marc Andreessen - Co-founder Netscape, Co-founder Andreessen Horowitz
- Ron Conway – SV Angel
- Jack Dorsey - Creator of Twitter, Founder and CEO of Square
- Stuart Feldman - Google Vice President of Engineering. Former president, ACM
- Drew Houston – Dropbox CEO
- Maria Klawe - President, Harvey Mudd College
- Ed Lazowska – University of Washington Chair of Computer Science & Engineering
- Max Levchin - Co-founder of Paypal
- Nicholas Negroponte - Chairman and founder, M.I.T. Media Lab
- Chris Ovitz - Co-founder of Viddy
- Shervin Pishevar - Venture Advisor, Menlo Ventures. Co-CEO, Sherpa
- Aaron Ray - Partner, The Collective
- Mehran Sahami - Associate Chair, Stanford Computer Science Education
- Brad Smith – Microsoft General Counsel
- Jeff Willke - Amazon.com Senior Vice President of Consumer business
Team
Hadi Partovi – Founder
Ali Partovi – Director
Lesley Chilcott – Filmmaker
Lesley is a director and producer. Her producing credits include the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman, and It Might Get Loud.
Phil Bogle – Software Engineer
Phil works full-time as an engineer at Google but is a volunteer for Code.org. He was previously the CTO of Jobster and a senior engineer at iLike.
Denise Kindle – Program Manager
Denise is in charge of getting things done, and prevents all things from falling through the cracks. She was previously a product manager at Microsoft.
Aydin Ghajar – Branding / Design
Aydin deserves the credit for all the compliments we receive on the look and feel of Code.org. He is a partner at Corhouse Branding, and has been a founding member of multiple technology startups.
Nat Brown – Tech Guy
Nat helps us out as a volunteer engineer, coder, and Web site guy. Nat has been the CTO at numerous Seattle startups, and was previously an architect for Windows and xBox.
Rick Hawkins – Web Developer
Rick is the owner of Alchemy Design, a web design and development firm. He has combined his interests in programming, Internet technology, and information design to build websites since 1995.
Donors
Code.org is a public 501c3, with support from the general public. The primary initial donors are founders Ali Partovi and Hadi Partovi, but we've been overwhelmed by small and large acts of generosity from individuals and companies alike who all agree with our vision. We would like to extend a special thanks to the entire cast of our short film, and also to Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter for their generous help in promoting the film, each in their own very unique way.
Contact
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