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Meet the Founders
Lawrence Winnerman
Lawrence Winnerman is a writer, strategist, and entrepreneur who has built a career at the intersection of technology, politics, and culture. He began his professional journey at Amazon, where he advanced from customer service to editorial leadership during the company’s early years. At Microsoft, he led global e-commerce, content strategy, and program management teams, overseeing multimillion-dollar budgets and driving large-scale digital transformation initiatives.
Beyond corporate leadership, Lawrence has dedicated his work to strengthening democracy and civic engagement. He is the creator of The Citizens’ Oath, a movement designed to renew personal responsibility for the Constitution, and a founder of Human Sovereignty, which calls citizens to reclaim democratic power and resist authoritarianism. As a co-founder of Banner and Backbone, he brings decades of experience in communication, strategy, and movement-building to foster conversations that challenge complacency and inspire collective action.
Nick Paro
Nick received a Bachelor’s in Music Theory and Composition from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Southern New Hampshire University. As an undergraduate student at SNHU, Nick was inducted into the Sigma Psi chapter of the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society and graduated summa cum laude for academic excellence.
Between degrees, Nick served in the U.S. Army as a Sergeant and deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2014. Additionally, Nick served as a trainer, augmenting Battalion pre-deployment training exercises, at the Fort Irwin National Training Center.
He transitioned into Software Development after completing the undergraduate degree at SNHU, a federal apprenticeship program with training at the Code Fellows Academy, and had a successful career at Amazon, and finally as a Senior DevOps Architect/Engineer at Mindbody.
