Smitty Buckler - Executive Director at AISTE Local 15

Smitty Buckler

Executive Director at AISTE Local 15

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Smitty Buckler is an interdisciplinary executive director and technologist based in Seattle with 25 years at the intersection of grassroots arts, public health, and civic tech, and nine years of focused experience in research and program operations. They lead RAD Conspiracy of Geniuses as a consensus-driven nonprofit founder, combining nonprofit infrastructure, grant fundraising, and coalition building with hands-on web, design, and AV production skills. Comfortable from Python and front-end web stacks to Final Cut and field production, Smitty is currently deepening expertise in NLP, AI/ML, and container orchestration while offering freelance work in prompt engineering, relational AI, and UX research. Their career uniquely blends direct-service public health work—HIV/STI testing, harm reduction, CBPR—and tech-enabled community translation, having managed CABs and led ethical, accessible UX research teams. Known for building inclusive, trauma-informed programs for trans, disabled, and Indigenous communities, they translate complex community needs into actionable research, design, and policy interventions. A practiced maker and archivist as well as organizer, Smitty brings uncommon breadth: from letterpress and bookbinding to Kubernetes learning and Python scripting for data parsing.

9 years of coding experience

4 years of employment as a software developer

Phlebotomy, Public Health, Pass, Phlebotomy, Public Health, Pass at University of Washington

Wilderness First Responder, Field Medicine, 100%, Wilderness First Responder, Field Medicine, 100% at Longleaf Medical

Principles of HIV 40 hours, Infectious Disease, Pass, Principles of HIV 40 hours, Infectious Disease, Pass at University of Washington School of Public Health

Certified Field Producer, Video Production, Certified Field Producer, Video Production at Portland Community Media

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Public Health, Conflict Resolution, 3.67 Grad GPA, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Public Health, Conflict Resolution, 3.67 Grad GPA at Portland State University

Peer Specialist, Harm Reduction, 100%, Peer Specialist, Harm Reduction, 100% at Washington State Health Care Authority's

RYT® 200, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy, Pass, RYT® 200, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy, Pass at School of Magic

asl, Spanish, html, ruby, drupal, javascript, Latin, git, sql, command prompt, python, r/red cap, Greek, medical terminology

Github Skills (16)

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feed5

podcast4

php4

javascript3

cms3

rss3

react3

atom-plugin1

sublime1

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textmate1

atom-editor1

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Programming languages (2)

JavaScriptPHP

Github contributions (5)

smitzter/Lauchcode101

Apr 2017 - May 2017

Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month

smitzter/busMall3

Jul 2017 - Jul 2017

Contributions:8 PRs, 25 pushes, 7 branches in 5 days

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