Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE PURPOSE OF CORTICO IS TO FOSTER PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIIES UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER BETTER. CORTICO AIMS TO SURFACE THE PERSPECTIVES AND CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS THROUGH FACILIATATED COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS IN PERSON OR ONLINE THAT INVITE ANYONE AND EVERYONE TO THE TABLE TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD. CONVERSATIONS ARE RECORDED AND TRANSCIBED WITH THE GOAL OF OFFERING MEDIA, LOCAL LEADERSHIP, AND THE GREATER PUBLIC A NEW WINDOW INTO THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNITY COCERNS AND IDEAS.
TO FOSTER CONSTRUCTIVE PUBLIC CONVERSATION TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER.
IN 2019 CORTICO LAUNCHED THE LOCAL VOICES NETWORK, A UNIQUE PHYSICAL-DIGITAL NETWORK TO BRING UNDER-HEARD COMMUNITY VOICES, PERSPECTIVES, AND STORIES INTO THE CENTER OF A HEALTHIER PUBLIC SPHERE. LVN BRINGS TOGETHER SMALL GROUPS OF 4-8 PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR FACILITATED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT MATTERS MOST TO THEM IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IN THE NATION. CONVERSATIONS MIGHT FOCUS BROADLY ON HOPES AND CONCERNS, OR BE MORE TOPICALY FOCUSED; BUT, THE COMMON QUALITIES ARE SURFACNG THE VALUES DRIVING INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION, SHARING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES THAT INFORM THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND ENGAGING IN MEANING-MAKING THROUGH REFLECTION ON PERSPECTIVES OF OTHERS BOTH WITHIN THEIR CONVERSATION AND FROM OTHER CONVERSATIONS IN THE NETWORK. CUSTOM-BUILT RECORDING DEVICES (THE DIGITAL HEARTH), POWERFUL MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY, AND AN INNOVATIVE DIGITAL PLATFORM COMBINE TO SUPPORT LVN'S COLLECTION, CURATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF AUTHENTIC VOICES AT NATIONWIDE SCALE.BEGINNNING WITH A PILOT IN MADISON, WI IN JANUARY 2019, THE NETWORK EXPANDED ACROSS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN AND EXPLANDED TO NEW YORK CITY, BIRMINGHAM, AL, AND BOSTON, MA, BY THE END OF 2019.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Welsey Chow | CTO | 30 | $155,000 |
| Peter Beshai | DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING | 40 | $132,271 |
| David Van Dokkum | COO | 40 | $110,833 |
| Eugene Yi | PRES/CEO(FULL YEAR)/DIR(SINCE 10/19) | 30 | $108,333 |
| Kenneth Bedolla | SOFTWARE ENGINEER | 40 | $102,399 |
| Parisa Parsa | LCC (FULL YEAR)/DIR(SINCE 10/19) | 40 | $51,812 |
| Russell Stevens | COFOUNDER | 5 | $24,960 |
| Ali Rowghani | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Yat Siu | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Deb Roy | CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
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