Speakers - The Opportunity Project Demo Week 2020

The Opportunity Project Demo Week 2020

Speakers

Abhi Desai

LexGen
Founder

Aden Van Noppen

Mobius
Founder and Executive Director

Ali Akil

Eco Bloc
CEO + Co-founder

Amin Vafa

U.S. Department of State
Enterprise Data Strategy Lead

Andreen Soley

New America
Director, Public Interest Technology (PIT) University Network

Anna Valuev

Head of Strategic Initiatives

Basma Alawee

Refugee Congress
Florida Refugee Organizer

Batool Hussain

SAP
Head of Americas Sustainability Services

Ben Sledge

HeartSupport
Director of Veteran Outreach

Bryan Lane

General Services Administration, Technology Transformation Services
Co-Founder, AI Center of Excellence

Cathy Buffington

Economic Programs, U.S. Census Bureau
Director, Small Business Pulse Survey

Chace Paulson

American University
MS Data Science

Chelsea Blake

National Indian Gaming Association
Legislative Director

Chris Bourne

Department of Housing and Urban Development
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Innovation

Chris Lanoue

Director Engineering and Operations
Graphicacy

Cody Simms

Techstars
Partner and Senior Vice President

Colin Foard

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Manager

Collin Stevens

USAHello
Director of Technology

Daniel Correa

Partnership for Public Service
Strategic Advisor

Daniel Goldsmith

Julius Education
Managing Director & Cofounder

Dave Williams

Newlight Technologies
CLOUD ARCHITECT AND SENIOR CONSULTANT

Dawn Holl

Reveal Global Consulting
Vice President

Dominica Zhu

Lead Program Manager and Impact Strategist

Dr. Ming-Chih Hung

Northwest Missouri State University
Professor of Geography/GIScience

Drew Zachary

Census Open Innovation Labs
Managing Director

Elizabeth Nguyen

Georgetown Beeck Center
Student

Emma Brennan

U.S. Census Bureau
User Experience Designer at the Census Open Innovation Labs

Eric Ewing

General Services Administration (GSA)
Director, AI Center of Excellence

Froilan Irizarry Rivera

Code for Puerto Rico
Brigade Director / Captain

Geoffrey Blackwell (Chickasaw, Choctaw, Omaha, and Muscogee Creek)

AMERIND
Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel

Gerson Vasquez

U.S. Census Bureau
Data Visualization Lead

Haley Ashcom Miller

Innovation Strategist

Ivan Stoykov

George Mason University
Student

Ja’Ron Smith

The Center for Advancing Opportunity
Executive Director

Jacob Crane (Tsuut'ina Nation)

SLC Air Protectors
Executive Director

Jake Akervik

HUD: US Dept of Housing & Urban Development
Federal Liaison/Analyst, Community Initiatives

James Sullivan

SAP
Head, Global Sustainability Innovation Accelerator

Jason Fields

Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Director, Household Pulse Survey & Senior Researcher for Demographic Programs

Jenna Jambeck

University of Georgia
Distinguished Professor and National Geographic Fellow

Jennifer Lassiter

Consumer Financial
Chief of Staff and Program Operations Lead, Design + Development, Tech & Innovation

Jianna So

Civic Digital Fellow

Jill Elizabeth Stapleton

iConsult Collaborative, Syracuse University
Program Manager

Jim Hill

OPS1
CEO

Jim Richardson

U.S. Department of State
Director of Foreign Assistance

Joe DiStefano

UrbanFootprint
CEO & Co-Founder

Josh Sorin

Centre for Public Impact
Program Director, City Innovation

Julie Lein

Urban Innovation Fund
Managing Partner

Katherine Tobin

TM
Director of Research and Strategy

Katya Abazajian

Beeck Center
Fellow, Data + Digital

Keith VanGraafeiland

Esri
Principal Product Engineer

Kunal Sawarkar

IBM
Principal Data Scientist

Liberty Vittert

Washington University in St. Louis
Professor

Linda Ge

Citi Ventures
Assistant Vice President & Associate Product Manager, Studio

Lorena Molina-Irizarry

Census Open Innovation Labs
Director of Operations

Lucas Chu

Harvard IOP STEAM Team
Lead

Lucas Mariacher

City of Phoenix
Operations Manager

Margeaux Akazawa

Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Innovation Strategist

Maria Howeth (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)

eCivis
Sr. Customer Success Manager and Tribal Specialist

Marie Breton

Alteryx
Sales Engineer-Federal

Maryann Lombardi

DC Creative Affairs Office
Associate Director

Matt Dunne

Center on Rural Innovation
Founder and Executive Director

Matthew Dalbey

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Director, Office of Community Revitalization

Meaghan E Murphy

Suffolk University
MBA & MSM Candidate

Meaghan Kennedy

Orange Sparkle Ball
Founder

Michael Neal Bagby

Census Open Innovation Labs
Program Manager

Michelle Zee

Columbia University
Graduate Student

Mikel Maron

Mapbox
Community Team Lead

Nancy Majower

NOAA

Naveen Narayanan Meyyappan

Rutgers University
Graduate Student

Neve Foresti

Civic Digital Fellow

Nick Lyell

CivStart
Co-Founder & Chief Impact Officer

Nico Papafil

GSA
Director of 10x

Nicole Clark

Youth Mappers
TOP product developer

Nicole Dan

McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University
Master of Public Policy Candidate

Pat Bajari

Amazon Core AI
VP and Chief Economist

Patrick Corrigan

White House Office of Management and Budget
Senior Advisor, Performing the Duties of the Controller

Phil Ashlock

data.gov/ GSA
Director, Data and Analytics Portfolio

Polina Girshman

SAP
Senior Manager, Experience Design

Pooja Vora

McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University
Master of Public Policy Candidate

Radhika Bhatt

The Opportunity Project
Deputy Director

Rahul Pathak

Baruch College
Assistant Professor

Riya Patel

Dcode
Government Program Manager

Ron Jarmin

US Census Bureau
Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer

Ryan Dolan

U.S. Census Bureau
Data Visualization Lead

Ryan Harper

Citi Ventures
Senior Vice President & Senior Product Manager, Studio

Salonee Ameria

iConsult Collaborative, Syracuse University
Program Manager

Sara Brenner

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Associate Director for Medical Affairs

Sarah Kerner

CivStart
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Sarah Kollar

Ocean Conservancy
Outreach Manager, International Coastal Cleanup, Trash Free Seas Program

Scott Weiss

General Services Administration
Presidential Innovation Fellow

Secretary Ben Carson

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary

Secretary Wilbur Ross

US Department of Commerce
Secretary

Shradha Satish Kulkarni

iConsult Collaborative, Syracuse University
Program Manager

Siddharth Muchhal

Georgetown University
Student

Sruti Modekurty

OpenAQ
Platform Lead

Steven Dillingham

U.S. Census Bureau
Director

Sukhmeet Bedi

Rutgers Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Academy
Student

Surekha Sreethar

iConsult Collaborative, Syracuse University
Program Manager

Susan Mudd

ELPC
Senior Policy Advocate

Susan Taylor

AIGA DC
DotGov Design Chair

Susana Benavidez

City Innovate
Chief Strategy Officer

Taylor Marr

Redfin
Lead Economist

Terri Susan Fine

University of Central Florida
Content Specialist, Florida Joint Center for Citizenship and Professor of Political Science

Wooserk Park

Baruch College
Policy and Research Analyst | Public Finance | Urban Economics | MPA ‘19 | CFA Level II Candidate