The Orpheus Pledge was co-founded by Niels Rosenquist and Michelle Fang. Niels is a physician-economist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Michelle is a junior at Yale University studying Ethics, Politics & Economics. The logo and certain aspects of the design were created by Kaixi Yang, a product designer and recent graduate of Stanford University.

Our current team includes Julia Zheng, a Yale sophomore who leads marketing projects and Max Yuan, a Yale sophomore who leads technical projects.

The Pledge documents are designed to be read and written on paper, offline. While some material is copyrighted, it is free for private use by individuals but not for resale. The website does not collect any information from readers or participants. The material is based on a wealth of research, clinical experience, and philosophy. A number of individuals, books, and films have inspired us. For people interested in these origins, you can download a partial list of them here.