Our Founding Members

Our founding members took a leap of faith when The Index was just an idea—their early support transformed independent journalism from concept to reality. They built the foundation for truly sovereign media.

• Matthew Ferguson

• Jonathan D. Sprung

• C.Y. Lee

• Gulam Husain

• Julie Gribble

• Emily Lautenbach

• Leah Castella

• Ryan Deluccio

• Leo Notenboom

• Charles Gillespie

• Rachel Ames

• Stephen W. Allison

• Daniel Ritzenthaler

• Daniel Blokzyl

• Jeff Atwood

• Daniel S. Persinger

• Caitlin Steele

• Christine Bottka

• Christopher Owen

• Anthony Larson

• Mate Csaba Beres

• John Fehan

• James Kasson

• Michael McCue

• Steven Makofsky

• Jennifer Schwed

• Shari Benscoter

• Carlos Tremblay

• Robert Berger

• Richard Miloch

• Mike Moran

• Alan Sunley

• Christian Ahrens

• C. Garretson-Persans

• Maksim Smolin

• Joseph Wells

• Kurt H. Maier

• Karl Mueller

• Adam Cavan

• Melissa Krause

• P. D. Cox

• Stuart Wilkins

• Shawn M. McCullough

• Peter Loats

• P. Schneider

• John Pieretti

• Ben Biddington

• Jessica Phoenix Canady

• James Fairbairn

• Susanne Dow

• David Linssen

• Anthony Kopec

• Peter Friedman

• Mikhal Bouganim

• James Raymond Flemingb

• Bruce Bowden

• Maren Kirwan

• Terence Hamilton

• Angela M. Preston

• Amanda Soisson

• Nyco Fuentes-Barber

• Kerry Worth

• Linda S. Becker

• Kristina L. Calahane

• Scott A. Corbitt

• Brian Elliott

• Sheldon Chang

• Christopher E. Huff

• Sakib Rahman Saikia

• Bogdan Buduroiu

• Ryan Boswell

• Scott Hanley

• Diego Pino Garcia

• George Roberts

• John P. Vechey

• Sean E. Flaherty