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Who's Involved?
Meet Our Advisory Board
Jon Kiper
Jon Kiper, born December 22, 1982, in Stratham, New Hampshire, is an artist, author, entrepreneur, and political figure known for his creative and civic contributions to the Granite State. A graduate of Exeter High School, he studied audio engineering in Australia before releasing two independent albums and authoring both a children’s book and a true-crime novel. He owns and operates Jonny Boston’s International in Newmarket and has served on the town council and zoning board, while also founding nonprofits supporting local arts and history. In 2024, he ran a grassroots campaign for Governor of New Hampshire in the Democratic primary, earning nearly 10% of the vote and winning in his hometown. Kiper continues to advocate for housing reform and working-class representation, and lives in Newmarket, NH.
Jim Hedger
Jim Hedger is a Canadian writer, speaker, search engine expert, and business owner. A lifelong social, environmental, and political activist, Jim is a member of Canada’s New Democratic Party and the Ontario New Democratic Party in which he serves as a representative to the party’s Provincial Council. He is involved in the Mayday movement because he feels a responsibility to help his American neighbours stand against the rise of authoritarianism and isolationism in the United States. He offers decades of activist experience and a level-headed “outsider’s” point of view to the movement. Jim lives and works in Canada and is saddened by the thought he might not be able to safely cross the border again.
Brad deGraf
Brad deGraf has forty years experience in the design and development of state of the art software, from military training systems to high-end computer animation to internet-powered social software. From 1980 to 2000, Brad was an acknowledged pioneer in computer animation in the entertainment industry. From 2009 to 2016, Brad was co-founder and CEO of Sociative, best-of-breed in social news, acquired by education technology company Cornerstone OnDemand in 2017. Since then, he has focused on societal-scale collective coordination using social graphs. Prior to his computer career, he studied sculpture and architecture at Princeton, earned a BA in Mathematics from UC San Diego, and spent five years building custom furniture.
Lunell Haught
Ph.D.
Lunell is a Certified Management Consultant and teaches in Gonzaga University’s Doctoral and Masters Programs in Leadership. She has led Roundtables for CEOs of both profit and non-profit organizations. Her emphasis is on organizational change, multi-agency collaboration, and conflict management. As a platform speaker, facilitator, and trainer she has worked throughout the US, in Canada, Japan, and Spain. She has published popular articles on leadership, management, change, resistance, and careers. She was an evaluator for Washington’s prestigious Baldridge Performance Excellence Award.
She has been a grant evaluator for the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office’s Rivers and Trails grant program, She has chaired successful citizen’s advisory tax votes and facilitated the writing and adoption of Ordinances for Spokane County.
She is President Emeritus of the League of Women Voters of Washington and led both the educational and advocacy corporations. During this time she co-led a four-year research project on the League’s organizational change focusing on impact, networks and capacity. She is currently co-leading a study of the State of Democracy in Washington. She is a member of the Washington Coalition for Open Government.
D. Edson Clark
CPA
D. Edson Clark, CPA, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Washington in 1977. He obtained his license to practice as a certified public accountant in the State of Washington in 1980. For several years he was a tax partner in a multiple-partner local accounting firm. In 1991, Ed co-founded Clark, Raymond & Company, where he serves as the executive professional.
During his years in public accounting, Ed has been the managing partner on a variety of client engagements that involve the preparation of audited, reviewed, or compiled financial statements. He provides commercial and personal income tax advice, and has extensive experience in estate taxation and estate planning.
A member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Washington State Society of Certified Public Accountants, Ed is a founding Director and former Board Chair of the Rotary Wishing Well Foundation and a former Board member of the Make A Wish Foundation of Washington.
In 2010, Ed received a Key Award from the Washington Coalition For Open Government. The award recognized his success in demanding the release of information related to the improper regulation of the accounting profession in the State of Washington. In both 2012 and 2021, Ed received the James Andersen Award. The award recognizes his outstanding service to the organization in advancing the efforts of the Washington Coalition for Open Government. Ed is currently a Board member of the Coalition.
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