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