ProgramEarth community
About

A community, not a platform.

ProgramEarth exists to make it easy for developers to contribute meaningfully to reforestation — and for conservation partners to receive that contribution as working software.

Our values

Open by default

Every tool, dataset, and finding is published under permissive licenses.

Field-first

We take design cues from the conservation partners who use what we build.

Community over credential

The best portfolio is a working project someone depends on.

Timeline

How we got here — and where we're going.

  1. 2022
    Founded around a single hackathon in Seattle.
  2. 2023
    First international events in India and Brazil.
  3. 2024
    Formal partnerships with Benevity, YourCause, Bright Funds.
  4. 2025
    Crossed 4,000 volunteer developers and 2.6M acres conserved.
  5. 2030
    Target: 30M acres reforested across three continents.
Our team

The people running the program.

Manisha Priyadarshini

Manisha Priyadarshini

Executive Director
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Evelyn Luu

Evelyn Luu

Operations Director
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Glenn Piludu

Glenn Piludu

Technology Director
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Alexis Gonzalez

Alexis Gonzalez

Student Programs Coordinator
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Cristian Richards

Cristian Richards

Engineering Manager
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Our advisors

Guidance from across tech and climate.

Matthew Yazzie

Matthew Yazzie

Others Project
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Sofia Bonnet

Sofia Bonnet

Microsoft
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Desta Raines

Desta Raines

LVMH Alum
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Barnali Chatterjee

Barnali Chatterjee

OpenAI
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Leithia Williams

Leithia Williams

Slack
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Kirsten Lundgren

Kirsten Lundgren

Kapor Center
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Lynn Wallenstein

Lynn Wallenstein

CargoSense
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Leena Sukumar

Leena Sukumar

Ellese Consulting
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Sunny Myers

Sunny Myers

Fastly
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CJ Dolores

CJ Dolores

Google