CrowdSmith was not built by a committee. It was built by one founder working in sustained dialogue with AI — across two years, two hundred sessions, and the kind of sustained focus that only happens when someone decides the room they need doesn’t exist and starts building it.

But no one builds alone. Along the way, a small circle of people saw what was being built and chose to stand near it. Some offered expertise. Some offered encouragement. Some offered the kind of quiet belief that doesn’t need to announce itself. This page is for them.

Confirmed board.

The CrowdSmith Foundation is governed by an independent board. Board members serve because they believe in the mission and understand what the credential body is designed to produce.

Danny Michaelson

Board member — confirmed.

Angela Willey

Board member — confirmed.

Join the circle.

CrowdSmith is entering its founding chapter. If you are a workforce development professional, a retired tradesperson, a community builder, an investor, or someone who simply believes that the room this country lost deserves to be rebuilt — we want to hear from you.

Call (253) 325-3301 or reach us through the contact page.

“The building is for people. The people came first.”

CrowdSmith Foundation — Tacoma, Washington