Allen Gunn (Gunner) is the Executive Director of
Aspiration and has over twenty years of software development, senior management, and capacity building expertise, and has spent the last fifteen years exploring how technology can most effectively empower and support social justice causes. Drawing on engineering, teaching, and volunteer experiences, Gunner is a skilled communicator and facilitator in both the nonprofit and corporate sectors who is passionate about helping nonprofits and
NGOs make better use of software technology. He has been closely involved with the
US and international technology activist communities; the Silicon Valley engineering and venture funding world; social justice organizations, and academic communities, and currently sits on the boards of
The Ruckus Society,
Global Exchange, and
Idealware. He is a firm believer in melding hard work with serious fun.