Our Team

army
project director

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Army Armstead is the current project director . Khalil “Army” Armstead is the Program Director of CryptoHarlem, a community-based cybersecurity initiative empowering marginalized and impacted communities through privacy education, digital literacy, and cybersecurity awareness. With a deep commitment to justice, tech equity, and community power, Army brings years of experience in nonprofit leadership, grassroots organizing, and tech training. His work focuses on building accessible pathways into tech and protecting communities from digital surveillance and harm.

wisdom / support

fox
advisor

Fox is our key advisor and nonprofit consultant. He is a values-driven senior leader with a history of accomplishment in scaling organizations, leading complex projects, and unlocking potential in nonprofit management and fundraising. Expert at forging effective partnerships and enabling strong collaboration with stakeholders at all levels. Key areas of expertise include, Growth Strategies, Organizational Leadership, Scaling Organizations for Impact, Fundraising , Building, Coaching, and Leading High-Performing Teams, Finance & Financial Reporting, Grantmaking, Program & Project Management, Boards & Governance, Risk Management, Problem Solving.

sarah
supporter

Sarah Aoun is a Lebanese activist and human rights technologist. Currently, she is the Chief Technologist at the Open Technology Fund, an organization that funds projects focused on countering censorship and surveillance, and on advancing internet freedom. For the past several years, she has worked with activists, journalists, and high-risk communities on security and privacy. She has given numerous trainings on operational and digital security, and has worked with several groups and NGOs to set up organizational security practices. She was also a Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellow (2017-2018), an Internet Freedom Fellow (2016-2017), an advisor to the Internet Freedom Festival, the Human Rights Foundation, and Global Journalist Security, and currently sits on the advisory council of Reset.