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The Commons Project

The Commons Project, officially The Commons Project Foundation, is a global non-profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.

History

The Commons Project was established in 2019 with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation. Their first project was CommonHealth.1)

COVID-19

Following the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Commons Project developed the CommonPass, a vaccine passport.

JP Pollack contributed to the development of the SMART Health Card system on behalf of The Commons Project.2) The Commons Project also serves as a member of the steering committee for the Vaccine Credential Initiative (VCI).3)

Further, TCP runs the CommonTrust Network, collaborating with the VCI, the World Economic Forum and “a broad, global coalition of public and private partners” to integrate the SMART Health Card system worldwide.4) 5)

Organization

Personnel

General Assembly6)
Name Position Notes
Reuben Abraham - IFDC Institute
Muna Abu-Sulayman - Arabic Digital Reform Institute
Edem Adzogenu - Afrochampions
Tahasin Alam Co-founder The Commons Project
Mina Al-Orabi - The National
Miriam Altman - National Planning Commission of South Africa
Kamal Amakrane - United Nations
Matt Anestis - BlackRock
Akudo Anyanwu - Johns Hopkins University
Bunty Bohra - Goldman Sachs
David Brailer - Health Evolution
Tim Brown - IDEO, Kyu Collective
Ángel Cabrera -
James Chau - The China Current
Aneesh Chopra - CareJourney, Virginia Secretary of Technology
Anir Chowdhury - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Government of Bangladesh
Andrew Cohen - JPMorgan Chase
Arturo Condo - EARTH University
Thomas Crampton - Edelman
John Dutton - World Economic Forum
Esther Dyson - Wellville, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Deborah Estrin - Cornell Tech, MacArthur Fellowship
Will Fitzpatrick - Will Fitzpatrick PC
Jitesh Gadhia - Blackstone
Jeremy Garrett-Cox - -
Rebekah Gee - LSU Health Care Services Division
Julie Gerberding - Merck, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Glenn Gore - Affinidi
Bruce Greenstein - LHC Group, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Anuj Hasija - Novartis
Pamela Johnson - Voxiva
Tom Kahil - Schmidt Futures
Karim Kawar - Kawar Group
Gabriela Kennedy - Mayer Brown
Amy Knapp - Bright Health
James Kondo - International House of Japan (IHJ)
Daniel Kraft - Exponential Medicine, Singularity University
Jaewoong Lee -
Jason Li - Vantage Asia Holdings
Christina Lopes - One Health Company
Schubert Lou - Trip.com
Penny Low - Social Innovation Park, Parliament of Singapore
Leslie Maasdorp - New Development Bank
Steve Martin - Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Nebraska
Paul Meyer Co-Founder and CEO The Commons Project
Hiroaki Miyata - Keio University
Howard Morgan - B Capital, 1st Round Capital
Julie Murchinson - Transformation Capital
Peter Neupert - Adaptive Biotechnologies
Jean Philbert Nsengimana - Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda
Jaime de Bourbon de Parme - House of Bourbon-Parma
Brad Perkins Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer The Commons Project
Ron Piervincienzi - United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
JP Pollack Co-Founder and Chief Architect The Commons Project
Peter Rabley - Toynovo
Khadija Rejto Managing Director The Commons Project
Gabe Rijpma - Aceso Health
Alvaro Rodriguez - IGNIA Partners, Banco Compartamos
Kathy Roth-Douquet - Blue Star Families
David Rothenberg - Privia Health
Linda Rottenberg - Endeavor
Doug Rushkoff - Team Human
Daniel Sachs - Proventus
Alexander Saint-Amand - Something New
Zainab Salbi - Women for Women International
Daniel Schwartz - Dynamica
Jen Zhu Scott Executive Chair The Commons Project
Rajiv Shah - Rockefeller Foundation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Stanley Shuman - Allen & Co
Mona Siddiqui - Humana
Ida Sim - University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
Jonathan Spalter - United States Telecom Association
Brian Trelstad - Bridges Fund Management
Kathryn Tucker Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer The Commons Project
Paul Uhrig Chief Administrative and Business Officer The Commons Project
Priya Jaisinghani Vora - Future State, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Robert Wah - Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC), American Medical Association (AMA), DXC Technology
Ninnie Wang - Pinetree Care Group
Alan Warren Chief Technical Officer The Commons Project, Oscar, Google
Karen Watson - Nielsen, EchoStar, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Lisa Witter - Apolitical
Ray Yang - Marathon Venture Partners
Catherine Zhu - Egon Zehnder
US Advisory Council
David Brailer - Health Evolution, Health Evolution Partners (HEP)
Denis Cortese - Arizona State University (ASU), Mayo Clinic
Mike Critelli - Pitney Bowes
Linda Dillman - Cerner, QVC, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Walmart
Lisa Fitzpatrick - Grapevine Health, DC Department of Healthcare Finance (DHCF)
Will Fitzpatrick - Omidyar Network
Rebekah Gee - Louisiana State University Healthcare Services
Bruce Greenstein - LHC Group, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Louisiana Department of Health
Joan Harvey - Cigna
Anuj Hasija - Novartis, Sandoz
Ivor Braden Horn - Accolade, Center for Diversity & Health Equity
Tom Kahil -
Mark Kirk - United States Congress
Amy Knapp - Bright Health, United Healthcare
Chris Longhurst - University of California San Diego
Michael Monson - Centene, Social Health Bridge
Julie Murchinson - Health Evolution, Manatt Health Solutions
Peter Neuport - LabCorp, Microsoft, Drugstore.com
Brian Perkins - Johnson & Johnson
David Rothenberg - Privia Health
Kathy Roth-Douquet - Blue Star Families
Alexander Saint-Amand - Daptum, Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG)
Stan Shuman - Allen & Co, News Corp
Mona Siddiqui - United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Bryan Sivak - KP Ventures, Kaiser Permanente, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Brian Trelstad - Bridges Fund Management
Lynn O'Connor Vos - Muscular Dystrophy Association
Jim Weiss - W2O Group, Cancer Research Institute
William Winkenwerder - United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), CitiusTech, Highmark

Partnerships

The Commons Project is a partner organization of the World Economic Forum (WEF).7)

It is also partnered with:8)

1)
About Us. The Commons Project. Retrieved August 13, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210813030302/https://thecommonsproject.org/about
2)
SMART Health Cards: Vaccination & Testing Implementation Guide. HL7 FHIR. Retrieved September 21, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210921022941/https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-shc-vaccination-ig/
4)
Home. CommonTrust Network. Retrieved January 20, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230120101139/https://www.commontrustnetwork.org/
5)
Lempert, R. (2021, June 9). Vaccine Credential Initiative: Passports; Digital Health Passes; Ontario; Ford. Canuck Law. http://archive.today/2021.06.09-222210/https://canucklaw.ca/vaccine-credential-initiative-passports-digital-health-passes-ontario-ford/
6)
General Assembly. The Commons Project. Retrieved August 13, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210813044033/https://thecommonsproject.org/assembly
7)
The Commons Project. World Economic Forum. Retrieved March 22, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.03.22-151501/https://www.weforum.org/organizations/commons-project
8)
Home. The Commons Project. Retrieved March 15, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220315160055/https://www.thecommonsproject.org/
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