John Dawes is the lead for organizational growth and product development for The Commons, which is a stand-alone nonprofit that delivers leveraged products and digital services to organizations working to improve the natural world. Prior to founding the Commons, he worked at Environmental Integrity Project as a Research Analyst, mapping public and private drinking water wells and their proximity to hazardous coal ash impoundments. John graduated from Juniata College with a B.A. in Environmental Policy and holds a M.S. in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from Johns Hopkins University.