Team

The Open Data Policy Lab is an initiative from The GovLab, with support from Microsoft and guidance from a Global Advisory Board of open data leaders.

    Rudi Werner Borrmann

    Open Government Partnership
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    Jaimie Boyd

    Deloitte Canada
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    Ania Calderon

    Data & Society Research Institute
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    Ciro Cattuto

    ISI Foundation
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    Charles Duan

    American University Washington College of Law
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    Adam Neufeld

    Anti-Defamation League
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    Catherine Stihler

    Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay
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    Jeni Tennison

    Connected by Data
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    Barbara Ubaldi

    Organisation for Economic Coordination and Development (OECD)
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    John Wilbanks

    Astera Institute
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    Stefaan Verhulst

    The GovLab

    Adrienne Schmoeker

    The GovLab

    Andrew J. Zahuranec

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    Hannah Chafetz

    The GovLab

    Adam Zable

    The GovLab

Supported by

Rudi Werner Borrmann

Jaimie Boyd

Ania Calderon

Ciro Cattuto

Charles Duan

Adam Neufeld

Catherine Stihler

Jeni Tennison

Barbara Ubaldi

John Wilbanks

Stefaan Verhulst

Stefaan G. Verhulst is Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory @NYU (GovLab) where he is responsible for building a research foundation on how to transform governance using advances in science and technology. Verhulst’s latest scholarship centers on how technology can improve people’s lives and the creation of more effective and collaborative forms of governance. Specifically, he is interested in the perils and promise of collaborative technologies and how to harness the unprecedented volume of information to advance the public good.

Adrienne Schmoeker

Adrienne Schmoeker is a Senior Fellow at The GovLab. She previously served as the Director of Civic Engagement and Strategy at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics and Deputy Chief Analytics Officer for the City of New York. She advised New York City’s Chief Analytics Officer, managed a team of data-savvy strategists and supports a variety of strategic initiatives such as designing data partnerships, supporting the Census2020 team, and supporting community-driven data literacy and data empowerment efforts. Previously, she managed the City’s Open Data Program for two years, increasing the volume of datasets on the platform by more than 30% and led Open Data Week, a citywide community engagement initiative around public data. Adrienne originally joined the City of New York via the Mayor’s Office of Technology and Innovation in 2015, a new office led by the City’s first Chief Technology Officer, where Adrienne led a variety of open innovation initiatives in partnership with New York City’s urban tech, civic tech and startup communities.

Andrew J. Zahuranec

Andrew J. Zahuranec is Research Fellow at The GovLab, where he is responsible for studying how advances in science and technology can improve governance. In previous positions at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and National Governors Association, he worked on issues as far-ranging as election security, the commercial space industry, and the opioid epidemic. He has a Master of Arts in Security Policy Studies from the George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Intelligence from Mercyhurst University.

Hannah Chafetz

Hannah Chafetz is a Research Fellow at The GovLab. At The GovLab she has worked on a range of projects focused on how data can be used to improve societal health and wellbeing. She holds a Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation from the Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) from Queen’s University in Canada. She presented her graduate project on Open Government Data in Canada’s Cities at the Sixteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. While at OCAD U, she was a Foresight Analyst at Policy Horizons Canada, a foresight organization within the Government of Canada, and a design thinking Teaching Assistant.

Adam Zable

Adam Zable is a Research Fellow at the GovLab. His work and research interests focus on the intersection of emerging technologies, data governance, and democracy. In his previous role as the Director of Emerging Technologies at the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, he spearheaded the development of the Global Data Governance Mapping Project, assessing national-level data governance efforts across the globe, and organized conferences on the international policy implications of extended reality and on data governance in the age of generative AI. He holds a Master of Public Policy from the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy and resides in Freiburg, Germany.