John Boik is founder of the Principled Societies Project, the organization developing the Local Economic Direct Democracy Association (LEDDA) framework. Boik received a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder; a master's degree in acupuncture and Oriental medicine from Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Portland, Oregon; and a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from the University of Texas, Health Sciences Center, Houston. He completed postdoctoral work at Stanford University, Department of Statistics.