Experience

Research Improving People's Lives

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Research Improving People’s Lives (RIPL) is a tech-for-social-impact nonprofit. Our mission is to work with governments to help them use data, science, and technology to equitably improve policy and lives. Our vision is a world in which local, state, and federal governments regularly use data, science, and technology to deliver measurable, meaningful, equitable and inclusive impact for their communities. Our approach is to bring together leading scientists and policy… Show more Research Improving People’s Lives (RIPL) is a tech-for-social-impact nonprofit. Our mission is to work with governments to help them use data, science, and technology to equitably improve policy and lives. Our vision is a world in which local, state, and federal governments regularly use data, science, and technology to deliver measurable, meaningful, equitable and inclusive impact for their communities. Our approach is to bring together leading scientists and policy experts to provide powerful technology and scientific-grade policy solutions directly to policymakers at the speed they need to positively impact policy and lives. We partner with policy makers to use technology, data and science to solve pressing social challenges to improve government’s own capacity to innovate and measure success going forward. We bring together trusted partners in the private and public sectors to ensure our impact is lasting and meaningful. In the early days of COVID-19, we partnered with Rhode Island to build a cloud-based Pandemic Unemployment Assistance system in just 10 days, making Rhode Island the first state in the nation to pay CARES act benefits to workers and families in need, and helping over 70,000 RI workers receive their unemployment benefits. We are now partnering with states across the country to deliver innovative systems that empower government leaders to use administrative data, science, and secure cloud computing to deliver education, health, and workforce solutions that make measurable progress against America's opportunity gap.

• Chief Operating Officer

  • May 2021 - Jul 2023

• Director of Policy and Communications

  • Jan 2019 - May 2021

• Associate Director of Policy and Communications

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2018

• Project Manager, Health and Human Services

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2017

• Smart Policy Analyst

  • Sep 2015 - May 2016



Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate in International and Public Affairs

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2019



Energize RI Coalition

• Providence, Rhode Island Area

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2015 - May 2016



Brown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Librarian

  • Sep 2011 - May 2016

• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Gender and Sexuality Studies

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013



Brown Political Review

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor-in-Chief

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014



Flynn Holdings

• San Francisco Bay Area

• Financial and Legal Analyst, Executive Office

  • May 2014 - Jul 2014



Post- Magazine

• Managing Editor of Features

  • Jun 2013 - Dec 2013

• Features Editor

  • Feb 2012 - May 2013



Learning Enterprises

• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• ESL Teacher

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012