Meet The MyFriendBen Team
MyFriendBen was co-designed with families and incubated at Gary Community Ventures. We’re deeply grateful to the original team of developers, project managers, advocates, and all-around wonderful people whose energy, insight, and support brought MyFriendBen to life.
Our Team
Laura Glaab
Chief Executive Officer
– Interim
Graciela Gonzales
Partnerships & Policy
Caton Brewster
Senior Software Engineer
Kari Chapman
Kari Chapman, Fractional CFO (CFO Selections)
Shantel Olguin
Shantel Olguin, Fractional Bookkeeper (ASP Team)
Elliot Waissbluth
Full Stack Engineer
Chris Adams
Full Stack Engineer
Nate Pally
Director of Partnerships – Massachusetts
Kyle Young
Director of Partnerships – Texas
Kate Wickens
QA Analyst and Research Lead
Chanelle Chatman-Patterson
QA Analyst and Research Lead
Designed for Scale
MyFriendBen’s rules engine is powered by PolicyEngine, a national, open-source rules as code platform. This backend calculator – plus our open source infrastructure – enables adaptation in other communities nationally.
MyFriendBen is currently live in Colorado and North Carolina, and we are are actively developing other state partnerships to dramatically improve access to public benefits at scale. Let’s transform the safety net together.
MFB's National Partners
