Co-founder and Executive Director of BetaNYC, the nation's largest open-government and civic-technology organization. Two decades turning community priorities into law, policy, and lasting public institutions — at the table with government, philanthropy, and community alike.
Selected impact
- Advocacy helped pass New York City's Local Law 11 of 2012 — one of the nation's strongest municipal open-data laws.
- The People's Roadmap to a Digital New York City (built with 500+ New Yorkers) put 34 ideas forward — more than 10 now enacted into law, with others advanced through public-private partnerships.
- Built BetaNYC into a durable civic institution that has taught 50,000+ New Yorkers to use public data and mentored a new generation of civil servants.
- As NY State Senate's technology director, led the team that built NYSenate.gov — then among the world's leading legislative websites.
Experience
- Lead the nation's largest open-government and civic-tech nonprofit through 15+ years of sustained growth and impact.
- Curate the annual NYC School of Data conference; run the NYC Civic Innovation Lab / Fellows program with the Manhattan Borough President.
- Testify regularly on technology policy — to the NYC Council on COPIC accountability (2024) and on digital literacy, broadband, and the Internet Master Plan (2025), and to the NYC Charter Revision Commission (2018).
- Ran Code for America's NYC program and fellowship engagement.
- Led technology projects, including the launch of the Global Shapers Community website.
- Led the team that built NYSenate.gov; organized CapitolCamp, the first unconference inside a U.S. statehouse.
Boards & civic leadership
Board member, Alliance for Civic Technology · Member, NYC Internet Advisory Board · Member, NYC Commission on Public Information & Communication (COPIC) · Treasurer, PS 347 PTA · Founding board member, StreetsPAC · Charter member, NYC Transparency Working Group · Founder, #BikeNYC
Fellowships & recognition
Former Technology & Democracy Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center (2018–19) · Affiliate (former Fellow), Data & Society Research Institute · Inaugural member, Code for America National Advisory Council · Eagle Scout
Selected media & speaking
Keynote, "A Brief History of Civic Hacking," NYU Tandon (2026) · Featured and quoted in The New York Times (2009–2025), Gothamist / WNYC (2023), Urban Omnibus (2018), #MoreThanCode (2018), Mozilla Foundation, and Data & Society (2015–16).