Natalie Villalobos is a community manager who specializes in project/product development. In November of 2009 she joined Google as the Community Manager for Sidewiki, a product that allows users to annotate any webpage on the internet.

Part-time she assists SF artist Brian Goggin with site-specific sculpture design, implementation, and management for projects in the U.S, Japan, and Greenland.

Previously, she was developing Ephemerisle - "a floating festival of politics, community, and art" as the Arts and Culture Manager at The Seasteading Institute. She has consulted for the Institute for the Future where she launched Signtific.org, an open source platform for scientists and technologists to help forecast future disruptions in their fields (see Team Signtific, Jane McGonigal not pictured). There she co-invented Signtific Lab, a massive multi-player "thought experiment" platform to engage science and technology enthusiasts. Prior to getting on the "institute" circuit Natalie consulted with Get Satisfaction, was at Digg and Yahoo! as an associate community manager, and managed StyleMob, a DIY social network for fashion enthusiasts.


In 2009, Natalie was named one of the "People on the Move in the Social Media Industry", and attained her certification as a Certified SCRUM Master.

Her personality, feats, and professional career have been featured on CNET, Spiegel, 7x7 Magazine, Laughingsquid, Inc. Magazine, The Austin Statesmen, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle and countless others.

During the week she can be found at Ironworks Rock Climbing Gym, Loka Yoga in Oakland, and studies trapeze at The Lucid Dream Lounge.

She works and sips tea at her cottage in Oakland with her cat... Olivia Mason Penguin, who has been in The New York Times.