Chatt*Lab Leadership | 2024 - 2025
There are 3 areas of Leadership at Chatt*Lab:
- Board of Directors - Elected participants that help decide Chatt*Lab's direction
- Officers - Elected participants that carry out specific duties.
- Area Leads- Volunteers that help manage one of our 6 functional areas.
To see previous Leadership, click here.
Board of Directors
More information on Directorship can be found in our Bylaws.
Chatt*Lab has 9 Board of Directors serving in 2023 - 2024.
Voted in on Sun, Jan 7th, 2024
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Jason Brown
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Jason is a co-founder of Chattlab and has been in the combat robot building community since 1992 and has served on the ChattLab board since inception. He has appeared on the TV show BattleBots with the robot Bombshell in 2016, 2018, and 2019. He joined the Slammo team in 2020. Jason's making experience consists of just a little of everything, woodworking, sewing, robotics, machining, 3d printing, welding, electronics, high voltage, pyrotechnics, programming, etc… Jason's professional experience is in IT Management, Software Development and eCommerce product information management.
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Jeff Johnson
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Jeff is a Chattanooga native and has been involved in the makerspace/hackerspace community since 2010. His interests include woodworking and laser cutting.
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Archer Thompson
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Archer is a Chattanooga local and has been involved with Chatt Lab since early 2020. He works in machine controls and software development for a local manufacturing company. He is jack of all trades and master of none with interests spreading across a little bit of everything including: metal working, electronics, wood working, 3d printing and modeling, and programming.
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George Grayson
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Mostly harmless: rarely bites and likes treats. Seldom seen after sunset. Areas of expertise- Primary: glass fusing, glass casting Secondary: paper craft, ceramics, print making, mold making
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Venita Ballard
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Hi there! My name is Venita Ballard and I have been a member of Chatt*Lab since 2018. I love our makerspace and want to see it continue to morph into a setting where anyone can find a place to create.
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Kate Warren
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Kate moved to Chattanooga from Houston, Texas in 2004 and has been involved in organizing events, making art cars and art bikes since 2010. Her interests include welding, graphic design, photography and laser cutting.
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Nathan Payne
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Nathan is an Energy Engineer by day, and has a terrible habit of finding hobbies that are the same thing he does at work. Don't believe him and he'll prove it with a spreadsheet. He joined the Makerspace in 2021, but only after walking past the building a dozen times and thinking the place looks cool and oblivious that it was a MakerSpace. He Enjoys DIY electrical projects, wood working, not electrocuting himself, and Solar / Battery Storage.
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Tim Youngblood
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Tim is the OG Founder of Chatt*lab in 2010 when he relocated to Chattanooga and opened his garage space near St. Elmo to anyone with an idea who needed space to see it realized. From very meager beginnings and a few moves, he got busy with personal stuff back in 2015, handing the baton to Jeff and Jason, who then took the space to a whole new level with their hard work and intelligence which continues to this very day. He is a single dad to twins, a serial entrepreneur, software developer and team builder. He loves people. He really enjoys anything motorized, especially electrically so, and art, especially the 3D kind. Loves metal fab which is where he is happiest. Must be exposed to sunshine daily and regularly watered between vertical cave trips. Has lists of lists of projects. Looks mean but actually has a soft, nougaty center.
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Jonathan Snyder
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Officers
Voted in on Fri, Jan 6, 2023
Chatt*Lab's Officers for 2023-2024 are listed below. :
| President | Vice President | Secretary | Treasurer |
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Jeff Johnson |
Tim Youngblood |
Venita Ballard |
Nathan Payne |
