Presented To:
Ivan Boothe
Presented By: Elijah van der Giessen
Sequoia Award
July 18, 2013
Portland, USA
Ivan is a committed community builder and champion of civil society.
He is a key player in the nonprofit technology community, creating communities of practice for techies and activists. As the co-organizer of NetSquared Philly and Portland he has helped countless nonprofits become more effective at their work and he is a instigator in the Drupal community, where he helps nonprofits work with the open source CMS.
Ivan is also a leader in the nonviolence community. At the Fellowship of Reconciliation he drives their communications work towards peace and nonviolence, and he is the co-founder of the Genocide Intervention Network, which is now America's largest activist network working to end genocide.
And if that isn't enough he's also on the nominating committee of the Nobel Peace Prize!
Plus, he has an air of great patience and wisdom.
Ivan is AWESOME in the Biblical and colloquial sense.