Deron is the founder and Executive Director of The Freecycle Network (TM), a nonprofit online gifting movement. He founded the organization on May 1st, 2003. During and previous to this, he spent 2 1/2 years with RISE as its Enterprise Manager. RISE runs a recycling and transitional employment program in downtown Tucson. Deron has a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, and an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird.

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