Oona Krieg, Shawna Blomskog, and Dana Fleetham

Oona Krieg is the Chief Operating Officer of Brave Technologies Cooperative (Brave). They have dedicated over 15 years toward reducing the impacts of violence, poverty, and social injustice. Recent focus has been on creating the necessary conditions for sustaining technological projects which reduce overdose fatalities and increase social connection. Oona works globally as an educator and consultant and helps develop safety interventions and organize comprehensive harm reduction initiatives. Their expertise lies in developing strategic initiatives, coalition building, systems change innovation, and implementation.

Shawna Blomskog is a project manager with the Brave Technology Coop with experience in harm reduction and peer support work. Shawna is passionate about overdose prevention, response, and safer use of narcotics.

Dana Fleetham is the Director of US Operations at Brave. She works closely with the COO to improve and expand Brave’s operational capacity in the United States, supporting our ongoing US projects and helping pave the way for new opportunities. She coordinates engagement, outreach, and content creation for media and communications streams, and orchestrates our annual Tech and Harm Reduction Symposium. She also manages Brave’s volunteer program. Dana is a fierce and unapologetic harm reductionist, a founding member of Devastation Born Writing Collective, and mother of six amazing humans. Her research areas have included socially-engaged Buddhism, liberation theology, radical pedagogy, Occupy Wall Street, and the EZLN.