About

I work in New York City government on data governance and digital services. My work spans civic data infrastructure, digital tools and platforms, and experimental games and interfaces - how I learn new tools and prototype ideas.

I’m an urban planner by training, a civic technologist by practice, and a small-d democracy nerd at heart.

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Current Role

Director of Data Governance at the NYC Office of Technology & Innovation (since February 2024)

  • Built the City’s first standardized open dataset of NYC agencies - combined 8 scattered internal lists into one public reference of 303 entities, now powers the NYC.gov Agency Directory
  • Co-developed MetaCat, an internal metadata catalog with 325+ data assets across 21 agencies
  • Created open-source tools that let AI systems query NYC Open Data APIs

Previous Experience

Executive Director of Data & Analytics at the NYC Department of Homeless Services (2018–2024)

  • Led a user-centered design lab at NYC Department of Homeless Services (2020-2024)
  • Ran participatory policy co-creation with 300+ staff across 17 programs
  • Conducted racial equity analysis that secured 700-800 additional supportive housing units

Co-organized Fearless Cities North America conference (2024), bringing together 500+ municipalist organizers, elected officials, and activists.

Earlier roles include Senior Project Specialist at the Mayor’s Office, Data Analyst for IDNYC, and Product Manager at Ontodia.

Education

  • M.U.P. Urban Planning, Hunter College (2013)
  • B.A. Media Arts & Studies, Wayne State University (2006)

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