TRESTLE TEAM & VALUES
We are small team of public-interest technologists — engineers, designers, product managers — who come to this work eager to solve problems at the intersection of tech and social change.
OUR PEOPLE
Mollie Ruskin
[she/her]
Partner for Product
& Organizing
Stephanie Bennaugh
[she/her]
Chief of Staff
Tania Lee
[she/her]
Senior Product Management Lead,
Trestle Labs
Nikunj Shah
[he/him]
Senior Engineering Lead,
Trestle Labs
Eric Ferrer-Vaughn
[he/him]
Product Manager
& Tech Mentorship Program Co-Lead
Esha Rakhit
[she/her]
Product Manager
& Tech Mentorship Program Co-Lead
Sunil Sadasivan
[he/him]
Partner for Engineering
& Security
Xena Ni
[she/her]
Partner for Design
& Movement Tech
Jared Getzoff
[he/him]
Senior Engineer
& Uptime Lead
Trestle is made up of a small core team that collaborates with a rich and diverse community of 130+ technology advisors and consultants from private sector, political and progressive organizing and public-interest start ups.
Under our collective belts are leadership roles at a 2020 presidential campaign, a Presidential Innovation Fellowship, the U.S. Digital Service, Code for America, Buffer, Nava, Propel, the Washington Post, International Rescue Committee, Vanguard, NYU and the Uptime2020 initiative.
At the cross-section of each of these is the common endeavor of bringing thoughtful, systems-responsive and people-centered 21st century technology practices to critical issues of the day. We are a women and BIPOC-led team deeply committed to building an inclusive pipeline of collaborators.
Outside of working hours, we are artists, garden & pet lovers, mutual aid organizers, parents, care givers, sci-fi nerds and Beyonce stans, of course.
OUR VALUES
We are a scrappy young organization, and as we build, we’re looking to these values to shape how we grow:
Equity, justice and liberation are paramount — to who we are, how we work and what we work for;
Approach challenges with a humble, curious and collaboration mindset;
Seek to add value without seeking credit;
Surface the truth, through thoughtful & empathetic ways;
Do no harm — seek to understand implications and impacts and tread with care;
Don’t take ourselves too seriously — enjoy the work, the people and the mishaps along the way.