Staff
Jessa Agilo, Founder & CEO
Margaret Lam, Co-Lead, Digital Ecosystems
Amine El, Technical Lead, Systems Architect
Carla Jacobs, Associate Producer
Lilian Bechtold, Associate Researcher, Groundtrust
Together There
Sania Khan, Knowledge Lead
Kelsie Acton, Working Lead, Deaf and disability
Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram, Working Lead, Indigenous
Margaret Lam, Hive Lead and Curator, Racialized
Andrea True Joy Fox, Hive Curator, Indigenous
Inga Petri, Hive Curator, Outside the core
Board of Directors
Jessa Agilo
Adam Cohoon
Mélanie Courtois
Asha Ponnachan
Arthur Yeung
Jessa Agilo, Founder, President & CEO
Jessa Agilo is a queer, trans, disabled, integrated arts creator, producer, educator, changemaker, ecosystems engineer, and social-technology entrepreneur with a three-decade career boosting care in and through arts and culture. As Founder of ArtsPond, she has led ground-breaking efforts to address gentrification (Groundstory), national innovation ecosystems (DigitalASO), COVID-19 pandemic mutual aid (I Lost My Gig Canada), open source arts management software (Hatch Open), platform cooperatives (Artse United), cultural land trusts (Groundtrust), and more. Jessa is in demand as mentor for young changemakers from University of Toronto, Ryerson University, Humber College, York University, Sheridan College, and others, and has been featured in multiple reports, articles, and stories published by Culture24 (UK), CBC, CityNews, The Canadian Press, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, and more. She was recognized with the Humberto Santos Award in Business and Administration in 2006, Toronto Arts Council’s Leaders Lab in 2019, and fellow of Wolf Willow Positive Deviants 2021-22. She studied music composition, arts management, fundraising management, new media design, and information technology management at six leading institutions across Canada.