Chatt*Lab Leadership | 2024 - 2025


There are 3 areas of Leadership at Chatt*Lab:

  1. Board of Directors - Elected participants that help decide Chatt*Lab's direction
  2. Officers - Elected participants that carry out specific duties.
  3. 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 7 Board of Directors serving in 2023 - 2024.

Voted in on Sun, Jan 7th, 2024

Jason Brown

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. Jason's making experience consists of just a little of everything, woodworking, sewing, robotics, machining, 3d printing, welding, electronics, high voltage, pyrotechnics, programming, etc…

— Executive Director

Jeff Johnson

Jeff is a Chattanooga native and has been involved in the makerspace/hackerspace community since 2010. His interests include woodworking and laser cutting.

— Executive Director

Archer Thompson

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.

George Grayson

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

Venita Ballard

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.

Kate Warren

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.

Nathan Payne

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.

Tim Youngblood

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.

Jonathan Snyder

Officers

Voted in on Fri, Jan 6, 2023

Chatt*Lab's Officers for 2023-2024 are listed below. :

PresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer

Jason Brown

Tim Youngblood

Archer Thompson

Nathan Payne

Auxiliary Officer Positions

Chatt*Lab's Officers for 2023-2024 are listed below. :

VP of OperationsSafety OfficerSecretaryTreasurer

Nathan Payne

Jeff Johnson

Archer Thompson

Pat Johnson

Area Leads

Functional Area Area Lead Area Co-Lead
CraftLab

Venita Ballard

Chris Loizeaux

CircuitLab

Jonathan Snyder

FabLab

Tim Martin

Adam Guinn

PCLab

Daniel Jonce Evans

WoodLab

Pat Johnson

Lance Faler

MetalLab

Kate Warren

Archer Thompson