Scratch Team

The **Scratch Team** is a group of people, primarily members of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, that help moderate the Scratch website. Scratch Team can also be defined as the group of people who created and helped develop the Scratch program.

## Members

There are many members of the Scratch Team:

* Achal (cosmosaura)
* Addae (themorningsun)
* Aishat (LeopardFlash)
* Alexis (RulerOfTheQueendom)
* Amielle (originalwow)
* Annie (achouse)
* Ariam (MogiBear)
* Ashlee (carpeediem)
* Ben (wheelsonfire)
* Bob (digital-gig)
* Breanna (beezy333)
* Chris (chrisg)
* Chris (cwillisf)
* Christan (ceebee)
* Cindy (floralsunset)
* Colby (codubee)
* Cori (technoboy10)
* Courtney (spectre\_specs)
* Craig (noncanonical)
* Crystal (Ohsohpy)
* Deborah (BlueWillow78)
* Deep (deeplikethesea)
* Elaine (NoodleKen11)
* Eric (ericr)
* Erik (scratcher-erik)
* Fran (cheddargirl)
* Francisco (fcoCCT)
* Jacy (pixelmoth)
* Jo (GourdVibesOnly)
* Kaitlyn (MunchtheCat)
* Kathryn (Roxie916)
* Lamar (Lamatchalattei)
* La Shauna (lashaunan)
* Laura (shinyvase275)
* Lena (labdalla)
* Linda (JumpingRabbits)
* Lindsay (ItzLinz)
* Maren (algorithmar)
* Maria (TheNuttyKnitter)
* Mariana (soutoam)
* Mark (dietbacon)
* Mark (Paddle2See)
* Melodie (deism902)
* Mimi (pamimus)
* Nicole (theladynico)
* Retro (rtrvmwe)
* Robyn (binnieb)
* Ron (delasare)
* Rupa (RupaLax)
* Ryan (Rhyolyte)
* Shawna (Onyx45)
* Shen (RagingAvocado)
* Stephanie (Sgste735)
* Tasha (LT7845)
* Teo (meyerhot)
* Tom (cardboardbee)
* Tracy (pandatt)
* Valerie (Passiflora296)
* Vicki (ninja11013)
* Yulia (starry\_sky7)
* Yvette (YPhillip2006)
* Zoë (Zinnea)

### Controlled Accounts

These accounts are not owned by one specific person, but instead controlled by multiple Scratch Team members.

* ScratchCat
* Scratchteam
* ST\_Archives

### Illustrations

The following people have made contributions to the Scratch Library:

* Alex E.
* Andrew R.
* Daria S.
* DD L. (dsquare)
* Ding Ding D.
* Kristin O.
* Leigh M.
* Natalie R. H.
* Owen D.
* Robert H.
* Wren M.
* Zoë B. (Zinnea)

### Scratch Foundation

*Main article: Scratch Foundation*
These members are not listed on the Credits page, but are listed on the Scratch Foundation website.

* Robert Carr. (Chief Technology Officer)
* Carlos Diaz Barriga (Director of Marketing and Communications)
* Christina Miller (Board Member)
* David Siegel. (Vice-Chair)
* Elaine Atherton (NoodleKen11) (Director of Scratch Education Collaborative)
* Francisco Cervantes. (fcoCCT) (Director of Creative Learning)
* La Shauna E. Nichols (lashaunan) (Manager of Infrastructure & Backend Engineering)
* Magaret Honey (Chair)
* Dr. Maria Janelli (Director of Evaluation and Impact)
* Mark Ferrell (Director of Online Community Operations)
* Mindee H. Barham (Chief Philanthropy Officer)
* Mitch Resnick (mres) (Board Member)
* Rupa Laxmi Shah (RupaLax) (Director of Philanthropy)
* Ryan Mouser (Community Moderation Member)
* Sarah Smirnoff (Chief Product Officer)
* Shenkiat Lim (RagingAvocado) (Director of People and Culture)
* Ursula Burns (Board Member)
* Yvette Philip (YPhillip2006) (Director of Finance and Administration)

## Identifying Members

Members of the Scratch Team on the Scratch Website can be identified by the asterisk (\*) next to their username. The words "Scratch Team" additionally appear below their username on their profile, as well as underneath the profile picture of the post in the Scratch Forums. Retired Scratch Team members do not have an asterisk next to their username.