Public Lab is open for anyone to join -- please sign up! However, 7 staff members run the Public Lab non-profit organization, which supports the open research community with digital infrastructure, building organizational partnerships, community development, planning and executing organization-wide events such as barnraisings and conferences, fundraising, and facilitating open source publication of the community's work, along with a variety of other tasks. The staff includes:

• Liz Barry: Director of Urban Environments Director of TreeKIT; Faculty at Parsons, Pratt, Columbia. Urban designer and landscape architect, SOM 2007-09
• Becki Chall: Development Manager Development Assistant, Global Green USA 2009-2012; Environmental Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton 2006-2008; MA International Development Studies, The George Washington University; BA Environmental Studies, University of Michigan
• Shannon Dosemagen: Director of Outreach and Partnerships Researcher and Ethnographer, Louisiana State University Anthropology and Geography Dept. 2011-2012; Oil Spill Response Director, Louisiana Bucket Brigade 2009-11; Grassroots Mapping Gulf Coast Coordinator; M.S. Anthropology 2009
• Stewart Long: Director of Geography and Data GonzoEarth mapping services, Grassroots Mapping Gulf Coast map processing & publication lead
• Mathew Lippincott: Director of Production Artist and Designer, Co-Founder & Partner,MDML; B.A. Oberlin College
• Jeffrey Warren: Research Coordinator Center for Civic Media Fellow, 2008-10; Partner & co-founder, Vestal Design; B.A. Yale; M.S. MIT, 2010; Cartographer

Public Lab was co-founded in 2011 by Liz Barry, Shannon Dosemagen, Adam Griffith, Stewart Long, Jeff Warren and Sara Wylie.