Civic tech

Building tools and strategies to bring essential public services closer to the communities they’re designed to serve.

 

Talks

2021 - Present

Panelist, “Forms from Coast to Coast,” FormFest - Beeck Center for Social Impact & Code for America, Dec. 2024.
Presented alongside colleagues from the NYC Office for Economic Opportunity and leaders from the City of Portland, OR.

Panelist, “Unpacking product management in government,” Code for America Summit, May 2024.
Presented alongside leaders from Perennial, California Office of Data and Innovation, & the Dept. of Health & Human Services.

Speaker, “Data in Action: Bridging the Public Benefits Enrollment Gap,” NYC Open Data Week, March 2024.
Watch. Presented alongside colleagues from the NYC Office for Economic Opportunity.

Speaker, “Building in Public: Developing Shared Open Source Software in Gov’t,” Code for America Summit, May 2023.
Presented alongside colleagues from Google.org and leaders from Exygy, the City of Seattle, and the State of Arkanas.

Speaker, “Gov’t Services as a Product” A Better Tech Convention , Oct 2021.
Watch. Presented alongside colleagues from Ad Hoc.

Speaker, “Product Management in Civic Tech,” International Coalition of Girls’ Schools Speaker Series, April 2020.

Panelist, “A Look Into the Near Future: Opportunities in Public Interest Tech,” Public Interest Tech @ Penn, March 2021.
Watch. Presented alongside leaders from the ACLU, University of Melbourne, & SolveOpen.


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.