Blake Mills

Research Assistant at Center for an Urban Future
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Experience

    • United States
    • Think Tanks
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Jan 2023 - Present

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Certification Intern
      • Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

      -Reviewed 50+ city’s data policies, practices, and analyses to provide a best practices guide for data-smart cities -Analyzed various documents and policies from different cities to determine whether they meet specific criteria for the What Works Cities’ City of Excellence designation -Communicated with city officials about how to better steward, manage, organize, and communicate data with public stakeholders -Supported the expansion of city data certification to include Canadian and Latin American cities -Reviewed individual city performance goals to determine if data-driven policies and research were being utilized to further city initiatives Show less

    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Non-Profit and Philanthropies Data Science Intern
      • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

      -Independently led the development and implementation of a web-scraping R package to gather data from thousands of nonprofit and philanthropy websites -Created an interactive map to plot the locations of nonprofits and philanthropies in the United States to study their relationship with local health and social outcomes -Worked collaboratively to conduct analyses regarding the reflectiveness of nonprofit boards on the communities that they serve in terms of race, gender, and income -Worked cross-functionally with several teams to support ad hoc research projects analyzing the effects of increased social capital on community health outcomes Show less

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • Researcher and Data Analyst
      • May 2020 - Jun 2022

      -Perform quantitative and qualitative analyses regarding access to healthcare in R and Stata -Generate and present visualizations in R and Tableau for a technical and non-technical audience -Enter, clean, and manage large quantities in Excel of data regarding sensitive medical information -Write reports measuring the spread and trends of COVID-19 within the health department's jurisdiction -Aid the department in defining and communicating the policies of data collections, ethics, and integrity Show less

    • United States
    • Environmental Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Intern
      • Sep 2021 - May 2022

      - Examine raw data and conduct analyses to provide support for ongoing reports and novel research - Utilize open data sources from New York and other entities to monitor trends in urban energy use - Assist with modeling of scenarios regarding the reduction of building emissions and the electrification of cities - Present results of analyses to guide public policy decisions regarding sustainability in urban settings - Provide visualizations for data storytelling regarding energy use in urban environments during the pandemic Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Public Interest Technology Data Science Corps Research Intern
      • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

      -Parse PDF documents in R and Python to extract community health data of New York City communities -Prepare and present visualizations of multiple variables to provide project managers with relevant information for policy presentations -Work independently and with small teams to provide project managers with needed data and analyses -Parse PDF documents in R and Python to extract community health data of New York City communities -Prepare and present visualizations of multiple variables to provide project managers with relevant information for policy presentations -Work independently and with small teams to provide project managers with needed data and analyses

    • United States
    • Individual and Family Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Data Intern
      • Feb 2021 - Apr 2021

      -Reviewed data collection and storage methods of information by multiple departments -Cleaned and standardize datasets and prepare data reports for Data and Policy Manager -Wrote scripts in R to analyze healthcare benefits of clients and cleaned existing data frames -Reviewed data collection and storage methods of information by multiple departments -Cleaned and standardize datasets and prepare data reports for Data and Policy Manager -Wrote scripts in R to analyze healthcare benefits of clients and cleaned existing data frames

    • United States
    • Political Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Development Intern
      • Jan 2020 - May 2020

      -Prospected and researched potential donors -Coordinated events by calling venues, writing and preparing briefings for clients -Managed databased in NGP VAN, Excel, and Google Docs -Fundraising outreach for state and federal political candidates -Prospected and researched potential donors -Coordinated events by calling venues, writing and preparing briefings for clients -Managed databased in NGP VAN, Excel, and Google Docs -Fundraising outreach for state and federal political candidates

Education

  • Columbia University in the City of New York
    Bachelor's degree, Political Science-Statistics
    2019 - 2023
  • Kearney High School
    2015 - 2019

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