In a collaborative effort with the United Coalition of Reason, I led development of the Secular Directory — a global online catalog of atheist, agnostic, and secular organizations, built so communities could find each other and every organization could manage its own listing.
The Challenge
Member groups across the coalition each kept their own lists — different formats, different databases, no single place to look. Building one directory meant consolidating multiple databases into a robust, navigable platform, then keeping it accurate without a central bottleneck.
What I Delivered
Database consolidation
Merged member-group databases from across the coalition into one clean, unified catalog.
Global catalog
Secular organizations worldwide, organized and navigable for anyone looking to connect.
Self-service listings
Each organization manages its own listing — keeping the directory accurate for the long haul.
Community reach
A public resource connecting individuals to like-minded communities around the world.
The Project
The Secular Directory brand mark, 2013.
Still Connecting People
Real links from the project — see the work for yourself.
The Impact
The directory’s community page has grown to 25,000 followers — a resource that outlived the build and keeps connecting people to secular communities more than a decade later. Organizations update their own listings, exactly as designed.
Skills & Tools
The stack behind this build — tap any to see related work.
A Platform Built to Last
Empowering organizations to manage their own listings was the key design decision — it kept the directory accurate and relevant long after launch. Leading a collaborative, multi-organization build taught me lessons I still apply to enterprise integration work today.
