Independent. On the record.
Five to nine appointed seats: at least three working Operators, up to two Operator-side industry voices. None on Verinode’s payroll. Members run real Restoration businesses across regions, specialties, and company sizes, and what Verinode promises Operators about their data is written down for them to review.
Founding cohort · in formation
The founding Council is being recruited now. Members will be introduced here once the cohort is finalized, ahead of public launch.
Charter
Working Operators sit on the Council, and no carrier or TPA sits with them. Every material change to the data-use policy goes to them in writing before it ships, and their answer is published word for word, including when they disagree with us.
Reviews changes to the data-use policy
What may be aggregated, how it is anonymized and published, and what stays private. Material changes go to the Council before they ship, its review is in writing, and where it disagrees its dissent is published in full rather than summarized first.
Is consulted on new uses of network data
Uses of network data that could affect Operator interests are put to the Council in writing before they go live.
Checks the architecture against the wording
The Council reviews how Verinode actually handles, anonymizes, and stores Operator data, and compares it to what the policy says. The design has to match the sentence.
Reports in public, on a clock
Every quarterly meeting produces a public update within 30 days, and an annual report each January covers recommendations, Verinode’s responses, and concerns raised. Concerns Verinode has not addressed are carried into the next update rather than dropped.
Where the remit stops
The Council does not approve or veto Verinode’s roadmap, pricing, partnerships, or hiring. It holds no board seat and no equity by virtue of membership. Research methodology is the separate remit of the Operator Research Panel.
No seat is sponsored, and no seat is for sale. Every member sits as an Operator, not as a representative of any other interest.
Selection
Operator seats — at least 3
Owners, partners, or senior operations leaders of a Restoration business — active today, or inactive within the last ten years at that level. The seat is the perspective of someone who has run a Restoration business.
Industry voice seats — up to 2
Restoration-specialist lawyers, industry journalists and publishers, senior industry consultants, or trade association leaders with deep operator-side knowledge. Same conflict-of-interest rules apply to every seat.
No carrier strings
No employment, equity, or paid advisory relationship with insurance carriers, TPAs, or carrier-aligned data vendors — for any seat. Vendor adjacency is disclosed. No seat is sponsored.
Diversity by design
Geographic, specialty, and company-size diversity across operator seats. Single-location independents sit alongside multi-state platforms. Seats are appointed by Verinode, not elected, and rotate on staggered terms.
Founding cohort
A brief intro, your background in the industry, and why this work matters to you. We respond to every applicant.
Five to nine seats. Appointed, not elected. Staggered terms, with annual rotation.