Civic tech
Building tools and strategies to bring essential public services closer to the communities they’re designed to serve.
Talks
2021 - Present
Beeck Center of Georgetown University & Code for America (Dec 2024), “FormFest: Forms from Coast to Coast,” Panelist. Spoke alongside colleagues from the NYC Office for Economic Opportunity and leaders from the City of Portland.
Code for America Summit (May 2024), “Unpacking product management in government,” Panelist. Spoke alongside leaders from Perennial, California Office of Data and Innovation, & the Dept. of Health & Human Services.
NYC Open Data Week (March 2024), “Data in Action: Bridging the Public Benefits Enrollment Gap,” Speaker. Spoke alongside colleagues from the NYC Office for Economic Opportunity. Watch.
Code for America Summit (May 2023), “Building in Public: Developing Shared Open Source Software in Gov’t,” Speaker. Spoke alongside colleagues from Google.org and leaders from Exygy, the City of Seattle, and the State of Arkanas.
NYU A Better Tech Convention (Oct 2021), “Gov’t Services as a Product”, Speaker. Presented alongside colleagues from Ad Hoc. Watch.
UPenn Public Interest Tech Club (March 2021), “A Look Into the Near Future: Opportunities in Public Interest Tech,” Panelist. Spoke alongside leaders from the ACLU, University of Melbourne, and more.
International Coalition of Girls’ Schools Speaker Series (April 2020), “Product Management in Civic Tech,” Speaker.
ACCESS NYC
NYC Office for Economic Opportunity
ACCESS NYC provides a mobile-friendly front door for New Yorkers to screen for benefit and program eligibility, learn how to apply, gather required documents, and find local help.
NYC Benefits Platform
NYC Office for Economic Opportunity
The NYC Benefits Platform supports organizations that make it easier for NYC residents to find a variety of benefits they may be eligible for.
CiviForm
Google.org
CiviForm enables residents to find and apply for public assistance programs in one place, and government teams to better reach communities in need.
Lighthouse Developer Platform
Ad Hoc
APIs to securely build tools that serve Veterans.
Councilmatic
OpenOakland, Code for America Brigade
Councilmatic was a volunteer group from Oakland that sought to bring City meetings to the public.