Independent. Operator-Aligned.
Five seats, working Operators only. Not on Verinode’s payroll. Council members run real Restoration businesses across regions, specialties, and company sizes, and the trust’s commitments to Operators are codified in writing 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
The Council is the structural counterweight to Verinode itself. Its role sits in the trust’s charter, not in policy that can be quietly rewritten.
Reviews data-policy changes
Material changes to the data-use policy are reviewed by the Council before they ship. Its review is public, so any move against Operator interests would be visible to the network.
Consults on Operator-affecting uses
Network-data uses that could affect Operator interests are consulted with the Council, in writing.
Audits the architecture
The Council inspects how Verinode handles, anonymizes, and stores Operator data against its written commitments.
Governs the data-use policy
What data may be aggregated, how it is anonymized and published, and what stays private: the data-use policy is governed by the Council, in writing. Research methodology is the separate remit of the Operator Research Panel.
Carriers cannot acquire this seat. No seat is sponsored. Every member serves 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 financial 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.
Founding cohort
Brief intro, your background in the industry, why the trust matters to you. We respond to every applicant.
Five seats. Staggered tenures. Annual rotation.