Eric Leland has spent the last 15 years working with progressive organizations tackling online and offline technology challenges both on staff and as a consultant. As a founding partner of FivePaths (fivepaths.com), Eric focuses on strategic technology planning, website and database planning and development for small businesses, progressive health and human services organizations, human rights and advocacy groups. Eric served as the Director of TechCommons at TechSoup.org, one of the nation's most comprehensive nonprofit technology assistance organizations. Eric managed nine technology activists seeking solutions to systemic nonprofit technology issues, leveraging the latest online tools to engage nonprofits and solution providers to contribute to lasting solutions.

Eric is very active in nonprofit and technology circles. He is a member and served as the co-chair to the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network in San Francisco (ynpn.org), and as a member of the Graphic Alliance and the Tech Underground