Elise Spontarelli
Executive Director at Vector Space
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElise Spontarelli is an executive director and co-founder who has spent over a decade building and sustaining Vector Space, Lynchburg’s nonprofit makerspace where community, education, and hands-on creativity converge. With a BA in Visual Communications and a background in graphic design and photography, she blends aesthetic sensibility with practical fabrication skills like laser engraving, vinyl cutting, and silk screening to turn ideas into tangible projects. Elise leads fundraising, grant writing, programming, and member relations for an 80-member organization while reporting to an eight-person board, demonstrating both grassroots leadership and nonprofit governance experience. Previously she ran a boutique web and design studio, guiding clients through design, hosting, and digital marketing—skills she leverages to promote the maker movement locally. She’s an advocate for community collaboration who also enjoys inventing toys and contraptions with her husband for their two young sons, showing how professional passion and family life intersect in hands-on making.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Midlothian High schoolBA Visual Communications, BA Visual Communications at University of South Carolina
Github Skills (65)
windows10
freecad10
3d10
architecture10
linux10
3d-models10
cad10
opengl10
bim10
openscad10
modeler10
eda10
3d-printer10
opencascade10
parametric10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
VectorSpaceHQ/vsadmin
Jul 2016 - Mar 2025
administrative tools for the Vector Space network. (NIS setup, software management, etc.)
Contributions:2 reviews, 5 PRs, 76 pushes in 8 years 9 months
VectorSpaceHQ/member_data_analysis
Oct 2019 - May 2024
A Python script to analyze the member access data and find interesting trends.
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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