Events

Past and upcoming Chi Hack Night presentations and events. We have hosted and recorded over 400 presentations since 2012. You can read about and watch them here.

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Date # Event Speaker(s) Tags Video

Mar 26, 2024

582 openhack

Mar 19, 2024

581 Katie Prout, features writer for Chicago Reader, she/her/hers
transit

Mar 12, 2024

580 Mauricio Peña, Editorial Director of Borderless (he/him)
immigration
housing

Mar 5, 2024

579 openhack

Feb 27, 2024

578 Rebecca Heywood (she/her/hers), Governments Lead at U.S. Digital Response and Founder of the #PublicSectorJobBoard
govtech

Feb 20, 2024

577 Matthew McLoughlin (he/him), Campaign Strategist, Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice
justice
Watch

Feb 13, 2024

576 member meeting

Feb 6, 2024

575 Janae Bonsu-Love, Policing in Chicago Research Group, she/her/hers
Enrique Alvear Moreno, Policing in Chicago Research Group, he/him/his/El
justice
Watch

Jan 30, 2024

574 Dr. Yochai Eisenberg (he, him, his), Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Disability and Human Development
Mikey Saugstad (they, them), Research Scientist, University of Washington
transportation
equity
Watch

Jan 23, 2024

573 Tim Franklin, Senior Associate Dean and Director of the Medill Local News Initiative, Medill School, Northwestern University
Sarah Stonbely, Director, Medill State of Local News Project
journalism
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Jan 16, 2024

572 Laurie Merrell (she/her)
JR Rubin (he/him)
transportation
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Jan 9, 2024

571 Kristin Taylor, Civic Design Leader, MBTA, she/her
Ryan Mahoney, Chief Operating Officer, TransitOPS, he/him
civic tech
transportation
govtech
Watch

Jan 2, 2024

570 openhack

Dec 12, 2023

569 Amethyst J. Davis (she/they), Founder, The Harvey World Herald
journalism
Watch

Dec 5, 2023

568 Myriam Yvette Perez (she/her), Energy Outreach Coordinator and Organizer
environment
equity
Watch

Nov 28, 2023

567 openhack

Nov 14, 2023

566 Pooja Ravindran, Chief of Staff - Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
immigration
Watch

Nov 7, 2023

565 Amy Heldman, Planning and GIS Specialist, she/her/hers, Friends of the Chicago River
environment
Watch

Oct 31, 2023

564 openhack

Oct 24, 2023

563 community
feedback

Oct 17, 2023

562 Federica Fusi (she/her/hers), PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy, Management, and Analytics, UIC
opengov
Watch

Oct 10, 2023

561 openhack

Oct 3, 2023

560 Kyla Williams Tate, Director of Digital Equity, Cook County Government (She/Her/Hers)
digital
equity
Watch

Sep 26, 2023

559 Casey Toner (he/him), Illinois Answers Project reporter
journalism
Watch

Sep 19, 2023

558 Amanda Kass (she/her), Assistant Professor at the School of School of Public Service at DePaul University
pensions
Watch

Sep 12, 2023

557 openhack

Sep 5, 2023

556 Sarah Karp, Education Reporter, WBEZ-Chicago
education
journalism
Watch

Aug 29, 2023

555 Christopher Whitaker (he/him), Digital Service Expert, United States Digital Service
Jean Cochrane (she/her), Senior Data Scientist, Cook County Assessor’s Office
Mjumbe Poe (he/him), Lecturer, Master of Urban Spatial Analytics Program at University of Pennsylvania and Software Engineer, Jarvus Innovations
Nikki Lee (she/her), Director of Product, New Practice Lab at New America
civic tech
Watch

Aug 22, 2023

554 breakout groups
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Aug 15, 2023

553 openhack

Aug 8, 2023

552 Eric Lenning (he/him), Meteorologist-in-Charge
environment
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Aug 1, 2023

551 Adam Wisniewski, EX3 Labs CEO, he/him/his
design
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Jul 25, 2023

550 Olatunji Oboi Reed, President & CEO, Equiticity (he/him/his)
equity
transit
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Jul 18, 2023

549 openhack

Jul 11, 2023

548 Preeti Shankar; Managing Director, Urban Analytics; she/her
Paul Esling; Senior Application Developer, Urban Analytics; he/him
economic justice
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Jun 27, 2023

547 Ngozi Ezike, MD - President & CEO, Sinai Chicago (she/her)
Rachael Marusarz - Chief Development Officer, Sinai Chicago (she/her)
health
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Jun 20, 2023

546 openhack

Jun 13, 2023

545 Dr. Emma Oschrin, Budburst Director, she/her/hers
environment
citizen science
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Jun 6, 2023

544 Pascal Sabino, Block Club
journalism
public safety
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May 30, 2023

543 openhack

May 23, 2023

542 Rose Afriyie
equity
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May 16, 2023

541 Diana Steakley-Freeman (She/Hers) Senior Software Engineer, Obama Foundation
education
Watch

May 9, 2023

540 Damon A Williams (he/him), Co-creator of AirGo, Co-Founder of Respair Production & Media
Daniel Kisslinger (he/him), Co-Creator of AirGo, Co-Founder of Respair Production & Media
journalism
Watch

May 2, 2023

539 openhack

Apr 25, 2023

538 Dr. Melissa Pierce, Senior Data Scientist, Discovery Partners Institute (she/her)
Dr. Katelyn Leisman, Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University (she/her)
public health
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Apr 18, 2023

537 Victor Sauca (he/him), Research Lead at Native Land Digital
mapping
indigenous nations
Watch

Apr 11, 2023

536 Sara Rezvi, (she/they), Program Director & Doctoral Candidate, Math Circles of Chicago
education
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Apr 4, 2023

535 openhack

Mar 28, 2023

534 openhack

Mar 21, 2023

533 Nora Bryne, Documenters Network Coordinator, she/hers
journalism
Watch

Mar 14, 2023

532 Jesse Mortenson, CTO of Plural & the Open States project
Christopher Yamas, Data Engineer with Plural & Open States
Watch

Mar 7, 2023

531 Logan Jaffe, Reporter (she/her)
Ash Ngu, News Apps Developer (she/her; they/them)
Andrea Suozzo, News Apps Developer (she/her)
journalism
indigenous nations
Watch

Feb 28, 2023

530 Matt Bernhard, VotingWorks
elections
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Feb 21, 2023

529 Jake Williams, VP of Content and Community, StateScoop
journalism
govtech
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Feb 14, 2023

528 openhack

Feb 7, 2023

527 Peter Cole, CRR19 codirector
Franklin N. Cosey-Gay, CRR19 codirector
journalism
history
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Jan 31, 2023

526 Anthony Moser he/him
open data
Watch

Jan 24, 2023

525 Savannah Hugueley, Co-Director of the Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA), she/her
Tracy Baim, Publisher and President of the Chicago Reader & Founder of the Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA), she/her
Yazmin Dominguez, Founding CIMA Director, she/her
journalism
Watch

Jan 17, 2023

524 Dan Snow, Director of Data Science, Cook County Assessor's Office (he/him)
govtech
property taxes
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Jan 10, 2023

523 Forest Gregg (he/him)
Denali Dasgupta (she/her)
education
policy
Watch

Jan 3, 2023

522 openhack

Dec 13, 2022

521 Stephen Kleinschmit, Ph.D., Director, Master of Science in Civic Analytics at UIC
civic tech
academia
Watch

Dec 6, 2022

520 openhack

Nov 29, 2022

519 Kathryn Mattie (she/her/hers), Program Director, University of Chicago
civic tech
academia
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Nov 15, 2022

518 Greg Bloom, Founder, Open Referral
Mary Kuhn, Program Manager, Open Referral
resource directory
211
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Nov 8, 2022

517 openhack

Nov 1, 2022

516 Alvyn Walker (they,them, theirs)
Steve Ediger (he/they)
Surag Nuthulapaty (he/him)
Derek Eder (he/him)
Laurie Merrell (she/her)
Sartaj Chowdhury (he/him)
Brian Burns (he/him)
breakout
groups
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Oct 25, 2022

515 Jonah Newman (he/him), Injustice Watch managing editor
Bea Malsky (she/her), software engineer
elections
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Oct 18, 2022

514 Pierre Clark, co-founder of the Chicago Digital Access Alliance Inc. and founder/convenor of the Digital Excellence Consortium
digital
equity
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Oct 11, 2022

513 LaDale Winling, Associate Professor of History, Virginia Tech (he/him)
segregation
housing
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Oct 4, 2022

512 Nick Shields, Director of Communications and Public Affairs for Cook County (he/him)
education
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Sep 27, 2022

511 Vivek Doshi, Chicago Tool Library
nonprofit
library
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Sep 20, 2022

510 openhack

Sep 13, 2022

509 openhack

Sep 6, 2022

508 Tonika Lewis Johnson, Folded Map
equity
mapping
Watch

Aug 30, 2022

507 Amira Kefi, Executive Director
Yolanda Franklin, Advisory Board
Laya Krishnan, Assistant Director for Development
Morris Chukhman, Assistant Director for Education Program
Vaibhav Chand, Assistant Director for Budget and Finance
education
juvenile detention
Watch

Aug 23, 2022

506 Fabio Gottlicher, Commuters Take Action Organizer, he/him
Luca Harsh, Commuters Take Action Organizer, they/them
transporation
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Aug 16, 2022

505 Dan Snow, Senior Data Scientist, Cook County Assessor's Office (he/him)
govtech
property taxes
Watch

Aug 9, 2022

504 openhack

Aug 2, 2022

503 Marynia Kolak (she/they), Director, Healthy Regions & Policies Lab, UChicago/UIUC
Dylan Halpern (he/him), Sr. Software Engineer, Healthy Regions & Policies Lab, UChicago
Susan Paykin (she/her), Research Manager, Healthy Regions & Policies Lab, UChicago
mapping
environment
Watch

Jul 26, 2022

502 Derek Eder (he/him)
Viktor Köves (he/him)
climate change
Watch

Jul 19, 2022

501 openhack

Jul 12, 2022

500 Eric Sherman (he/him)
Kyla Williams Tate (she/her)
Derek Eder (he/him)
Emily Drevets-Larson (she/her)
Michael Chladek (he/him)
Laurie Merrell (she/her)
Nick Lucius (he/him)
lightning talks
Watch

Jun 28, 2022

499 Devon Braunstein (she/her), Digital Inclusion Policy Fellow, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
broadband
equity
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Jun 21, 2022

498 Elle Ramel, Co-Founder of Design Trust Chicago, she/her
Emma Jasinski, Community Designer @ Design Trust Chicago, she/her
urban planning
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Jun 14, 2022

497 openhack

Jun 7, 2022

496 Carrie Shepherd, Lead Producer
Jacoby Cochran, Host
journalism
Watch

May 31, 2022

495 Sustainability Team in the Office of the Mayor
Kyra Woods (she/her)
Gaby Wagener-Sobrero (she/her)
Gavin Taves (he/him)
environment
climate change
Watch

May 24, 2022

494 Dennis McClendon, Design Director, Chicago CartoGraphics
maps
GIS
Watch

May 17, 2022

493 openhack

May 10, 2022

492 Professor Nick Feamster (he/him), Neubauer Professor of Computer Science and The College Faculty Director of Research, Data Science Institute at University of Chicago
Marc Richardson (he/him), Technical Project Manager, Internet Equity Initiative, Data Science Institute at University of Chicago
broadband
equity
Watch

May 3, 2022

491 Charmaine Runes (she/they), Data/Visuals Reporter at WBEZ
Pat Sier, he/him, Webmaster at South Side Weekly
Jacqueline Serrato, she/her, Editor-in-chief, South Side Weekly
journalism
Watch

Apr 26, 2022

490 Meera Raja; she/her; P33 Chicago; Vice President, Deep Tech
user
testing
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Apr 19, 2022

489 Alejandra Cancino (She/Her/Ella), City Bureau's Deputy Editor
journalism
Watch

Apr 12, 2022

488 openhack

Apr 5, 2022

487 openhack

Mar 29, 2022

486 Jakob Ondrey (he/him), CPS Covid Data
COVID-19
open data
journalism
education
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Mar 22, 2022

485 openhack

Mar 15, 2022

484 community feedback

Mar 8, 2022

483 Andrew Barbeau, he/him, The Accelerate Group, President
Delmar Gillus, he/him, Elevate, Chief Operating Officer
Jack Darin, he/him, Sierra Club Illinois, Director
Celeste Flores,she/hers, Clean Power Lake County, co-chair
Mike Atty, he/him, United Congregation of Metro East, Executive Director
environment
climate change
advocacy
Watch

Mar 1, 2022

482 Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison
govtech
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Feb 22, 2022

481 openhack

Feb 15, 2022

480 Joseph Tajaran, Brigade Captain, he/him/his
civic tech
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Feb 8, 2022

479 Elizabeth Blasius, Architectural Historian, She/Her
historic preservation
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Feb 1, 2022

478 brittany bennett, Data Director @ Sunrise Movement, she/her
environment
climate change
advocacy
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Jan 25, 2022

477 Jon Hansen, It's All Good Executive Producer and Host, He/Him
journalism
Watch

Jan 18, 2022

476 Joe Ferguson, Former Inspector General for Chicago (he/him)
open government
transparency
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Jan 11, 2022

475 Juan-Pablo Velez, climate activist, he/him/his
Watch

Jan 4, 2022

474 openhack

Dec 14, 2021

473 Aleena Agrawal, Director of Talent Solutions at P33 Chicago (she/her)
equity
workforce development
Watch

Dec 7, 2021

472 openhack

Nov 30, 2021

471 María Inés Zamudio, Reporter, Race, Class and Communities (she/her)
Charmaine Runes, Data/Visuals Reporter (she/her)
data journalism
water
Watch

Nov 16, 2021

470 Mike Strode (he/him), Program Manager, Open Collective Foundation
nonprofit
Watch

Nov 9, 2021

469 Joe Thornton, Fight for the Future
activism
Watch

Nov 2, 2021

468 Chris Kanich, Commissioner, Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission, he/him/his
redistricting
elections
Watch

Oct 26, 2021

467 openhack

Oct 19, 2021

466 Roberto Barroso Luque (he/him), Data Scientist
Nick Tallant (he/him), Senior Data Engineer
misinformation
social media
Watch

Oct 12, 2021

465 openhack

Oct 5, 2021

464 Katie Buitrago, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, Social IMPACT Research Center at Heartland Alliance (she, her, hers)
Suniya Farooqui, Senior Data Analyst, Social IMPACT Research Center at Heartland Alliance (she, her, hers)
nonprofit
data
Watch

Sep 28, 2021

463 openhack

Sep 21, 2021

462 Stephen Kleinschmit, Ph.D. (he/him) Director, MS in Civic Analytics, University of Illinois Chicago
education
Watch

Sep 14, 2021

461 Brianne Caplan, Founder and Executive Director at Code Your Dreams & Program Director at the University of Chicago's Careers in Computer Science program, She/Her
Victoria Reese, Instructor and Curriculum Advisor at Code Your Dreams & Data Scientist at E15 Group, She/Her
education
equity
Watch

Sep 7, 2021

460 Steve Ediger, Founding Worker-owner, they/them
Alvyn Walker, Founding Worker-owner, they/them/theirs
Nurul Eusufzai, Founding Worker-owner, he/him
Nemiah Felipe Mitchell, III, Founding Worker-owner, he/him/el
coops
breakout group
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Aug 31, 2021

459 openhack

Aug 24, 2021

458 Rebecca Williams, Harvard Technology and Public Purpose Fellow, she/her
smart
cities
Watch

Aug 17, 2021

457 Alex Keefe, Editor on the WBEZ Government & Politics Team, he/him
journalism
Watch

Aug 10, 2021

456 Madeleine I. G. Daepp, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research; Pronouns: She/her/hers
environment
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Aug 3, 2021

455 openhack

Jul 27, 2021

454 Ann Lui, Principal, Future Firm & Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Michigan
architecture
Watch

Jul 20, 2021

453 openhack

Jul 13, 2021

452 Tracy Siska, Executive Director (he/him)
Lauren Cole, Public Policy Research Intern (she/her)
public safety
oversight
Watch

Jun 29, 2021

451 openhack

Jun 22, 2021

450 Steven Vance, founder and CEO (he/him)
Casey Smagala, business development manager (he/him)
real
estate
Watch

Jun 15, 2021

449 Alderperson Andre Vasquez
budgeting
Watch

Jun 8, 2021

448 Nicole Lopez (she/her), Software Engineer Digital Defense Fund; Director of Engineering, Board Secretary, Midwest Access Coalition
Khoa Truong (he/him), IT Security Specialist, TargetSmart
digital
security
Watch

Jun 1, 2021

447 openhack

May 25, 2021

446 Trang Truong-Hill, community organizer (She/Her/Hers)
Hoan Huynh, community organizer (He/Him/His)
Sany Nguyen, community organizer (She/Her/Hers)
Jennifer Nuky Pham, community organizer (She/Her/Hers)
equity
Watch

May 18, 2021

445 Sendy Soto, Managing Deputy Commissioner
Daniel Hertz, Director of Policy, Research, and Legislative Affairs
housing
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May 11, 2021

444 Zareena Meyn, Executive Director, she/hers
Dize Hacioglu, CTO, she/hers
food
assistance
Watch

May 4, 2021

443 community
feedback

Apr 27, 2021

442 openhack

Apr 20, 2021

441 Maira Khwaja, Invisible Institute
public safety
accountability
Watch

Apr 13, 2021

440 Ryan Spencer, Chi Hack Night Board Member (she/her)
Derek Eder, Chi Hack Night President (he/him)
Samantha Evans, Chi Hack Night Board Member (she/her)
civic tech
anti-racism
Watch

Apr 6, 2021

439 openhack

Mar 30, 2021

438 Lisa Li - Data Integration Analyst
Matthew Saniie - Chief Data & Technology Officer
criminal justice
data analytics
Watch

Mar 23, 2021

437 Commissioner Mariyana Spyropoulos
water
environment
Watch

Mar 16, 2021

436 openhack

Mar 9, 2021

435 openhack

Mar 2, 2021

434 Jessica Meyerson
Andrew Russell, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Lee Vinsel
maintenance
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Feb 23, 2021

433 Madeleine Doubek (she/her/hers), Executive Director, CHANGE Illinois
gerrymandering
Watch

Feb 16, 2021

432 community feedback

Feb 9, 2021

431 openhack

Feb 2, 2021

430 Matt Schmit | Director, Illinois Office of Broadband
broadband
equity
govtech
Watch

Jan 26, 2021

429 openhack

Jan 19, 2021

428 Dan Snow, Senior Data Scientist, Cook County Assessor's Office
real estate
taxes
Watch

Jan 12, 2021

427 Candace C. Moore, Chief Equity Officer, City of Chicago
equity
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Jan 5, 2021

426 36th Ward Ald. Gilbert Villegas
govtech
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Dec 15, 2020

425 Laura Michalski, Executive Director
housing
homelessness
Watch

Dec 8, 2020

424 Marshini Chetty, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago
education
privacy
digital security
Watch

Dec 1, 2020

423 Casey Toner, BGA Reporter
Jared Rutecki, BGA Data Coordinator
John Chase, BGA Director of Investigations
Amanda Miley, Injustice Watch Development Director
Emily Hoerner, Injustice Watch Reporter
Bea Malsky, Former DataMade Developer
data journalism
criminal justice
Watch

Nov 17, 2020

422

Nov 10, 2020

421 Cyd Harrell, author of A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide
govtech
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Oct 27, 2020

420 All Chicago United for Equity Fellows 2020
Alex Ensign, Deputy Director of Communications, Cook County Government
Matthew Sweeney, Senior Research Specialist, UIC Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement
Kyra Woods, Campaign Organizer, Sierra Club
civic engagement
finance
Watch

Oct 20, 2020

419 Kim Crayton founder of Kim Crayton LLC and the #causeascene Community
equity
anti-racism
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Oct 13, 2020

418 Haru Coryne, Data Reporter, ProPublica
Mick Dumke, Reporter, ProPublica
journalism
covid-19
Watch

Oct 6, 2020

417 Sam Letscher, Chicago Associate — GET Cities
Niharika Hanglem, Manager, Research & Partnerships — GET Cities
Casey Koppelson, Program Manager — GET Cities
equity
Watch

Sep 29, 2020

416 Max Herzog, Program Manager, Cleveland Water Alliance (CWA)
Tim Kearns, Chief Information Officer, Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS)
Svetlana Taylor, Technical Program Director, Current
environment
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Sep 22, 2020

415 Adam Andersen, Director, Quality Performance and Improvement, UI Health
Nolan Winkler, Data and Policy Analyst, Acumen LLC
health
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Sep 15, 2020

414 Viktor Köves
accessibility
Watch

Sep 8, 2020

413 Jennifer Brandel, Senior Strategist - Election SOS, co-founder Hearken & Civic Exchange Chicago
elections
journalism
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Sep 1, 2020

412 Victoria Law, freelance journalist focused on incarceration
Maya Schenwar, editor-in-chief of Truthout
justice
equity
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Aug 25, 2020

411 Elliott Ramos, Data Editor, WBEZ
journalism
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Aug 18, 2020

410 Alderwoman Maria Hadden
civic
engagement
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Aug 11, 2020

409 Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli
public
safety
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Aug 4, 2020

408 Asraa Mustufa, Chicago Reporter editor
David Eads, Former Chicago Reporter editor
Paula Friedrich, WBEZ producer
journalism
Watch

Jul 28, 2020

407 Matt Martin, 47th Ward Alderman
police
accountability
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Jul 21, 2020

406 Crystal Coats, Interim Director of Lyric Unlimited
Angela Hamilton, the Community Programs Coordinator
arts
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Jul 14, 2020

405 Garr Punnett, Chief of Staff & Sustainability
marketplaces
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Jun 30, 2020

404 racial
equity

Jun 23, 2020

403 Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board President
Tom Lynch, Chief Information Officer
Hema Sundaram, Chief Technology Officer
Dessa Gypalo, Chief Data Officer
racial equity
govtech
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Jun 16, 2020

402 Rob Ross, Chief Data Officer, Cook County Assessor's Office
Nicole Jardine, Director of Communications, Cook County Assessor's Office
govtech
real estate
taxes
Watch

Jun 9, 2020

401 Nick Lucius, Chief Data Officer, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
covid-19
govtech
open data
Watch

Jun 2, 2020

400 racial equity

May 26, 2020

399 Angela Siefer, Executive Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance
digital equity
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May 19, 2020

398 Dr. John A. Sweeney Director, Qazaq Research Institute for Futures Studies Foresight Advisor, INTERPOL
participatory futures
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May 12, 2020

397 Pat Sier, Web Developer at City Bureau
covid-19
journalism
Watch

May 5, 2020

396 Daniel P. Aldrich, Director, Security and Resilience Studies Program, and Professor, Political Science and Public Policy, Northeastern University
covid-19
Watch

Apr 28, 2020

395 nikhil trivedi, Director of Engineering
arts
Watch

Apr 21, 2020

394 openhack

Apr 14, 2020

393 openhack

Apr 7, 2020

392 openhack

Mar 31, 2020

391 openhack

Mar 24, 2020

390 openhack

Mar 10, 2020

388 openhack

Mar 3, 2020

387 Cassandra Madison, Tech Talent Project
govtech
Watch

Feb 25, 2020

386 Jeffery Beckham Jr., Vice President of Partnerships, Chicago Scholars
education
racial equity
Watch

Feb 18, 2020

385 Emmanuel Pratt, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Sweet Water Foundation
urban farming
environment
Watch

Feb 11, 2020

384 openhack

Feb 4, 2020

383 openhack

Jan 28, 2020

382 Alaina Harkness, Executive Director, Current
George Brigandi, Partnerships and Development Manager, Current
Svetlana Taylor, Technical Program Director, Current
Ryan Henderson, Intern, Current
environment
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Jan 21, 2020

381 Maria Demopoulos, Board Chair
arts
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Jan 14, 2020

380 Satej Soman, Research Engineer, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, Computational Analysis & Public Policy
Cooper Nederhood, Research Engineer, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, Computational Social Science
Nico Marchio, Data Scientist, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation and University of Chicago Research Computing Center
poverty
Watch

Jan 7, 2020

379 Megan Krout - Outreach Team Leader
Scott Rubin - Design Team Leader
Soren Spicknall - Project Leader
transit
Watch

Dec 17, 2019

378 party

Dec 10, 2019

377 Denali Dasgupta (Director of Data Strategies)
Jessica Dargiel (Data & Learning Associate)
David Krosin (Data Analyst)
education
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Dec 3, 2019

376 Jeff Zethmayr, Director of Research
Ramandeep Singh Makhija, Data Scientist
energy
Watch

Nov 19, 2019

375 Cameron Sow, Project Lead
Austin Schey, Lead Back-End Developer
Wes Thorburn, Lead Front-End Developer
Deanna Franklin, Lead Designer
civic
engagement
Watch

Nov 12, 2019

374 Kyla Williams and the Fall 2019 Professional Fellows Cohort
international
Watch

Nov 5, 2019

373 openhack

Oct 29, 2019

372 Stephanie Levine, Policy Analyst at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
urban
planning
Watch

Oct 22, 2019

371 Eric Sherman, Full Stack Developer at the City of Austin's Office of Design and Delivery
govtech
Watch

Oct 15, 2019

370 Shamus Toomey, Editor-In-Chief and Co-founder
journalism
Watch

Oct 8, 2019

369 openhack

Oct 1, 2019

368 openhack

Sep 24, 2019

367 Stephen Kleinschmit, Ph.D. Director, Master of Science in Civic Analytics University of Illinois at Chicago
education
Watch

Sep 17, 2019

366 Dr. Laura Trouille, Vice President of Citizen Science at the Adler Planetarium
science
Watch

Sep 10, 2019

365 openhack

Sep 3, 2019

364 UIC Professor Dick Simpson
UIC Ph.D. Student, Marco Rosaire Rossi
politics
Watch

Aug 27, 2019

363 Karen G. Foley, President & CEO
Akadia Kacha-Ochana, Research and Quality Improvement Specialist
safety
and
justice
Watch

Aug 20, 2019

362 Ami Gandhi, Director of Voting Rights and Civic Empowerment, Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
elections
Watch

Aug 13, 2019

361 openhack

Aug 6, 2019

360 Heidi Massey, Co-Creator, Envisioning Equity and Founder, CommunityConnective
Prerna Abbi-Scanlon, Partner, Envisioning Equity and Co-Founder, Moxie Consultancy Collective
equity
Watch

Jul 30, 2019

359 Amy Clark, Community Engagement Manager
Gwen Daniels, Director of Product Development
nonprofit
Watch

Jul 23, 2019

358 openhack

Jul 16, 2019

357 openhack

Jul 9, 2019

356 Lydia Scott, Director, Chicago Region Trees Initiative, The Morton Arboretum
environment
Watch

Jun 25, 2019

355 Soren Spicknall - Data Scientist at AskWhai
equity
data
Watch

Jun 18, 2019

354 openhack

Jun 11, 2019

353 Matt Topic
Josh Burday
foia
Watch

Jun 4, 2019

352 Steve Berlin, Executive Director, Chicago Board Ethics
ethics
Watch

May 28, 2019

351 Joan Matz, TechGirlz Chicago Outreach Manager, Creating IT Futures Sr. Manager, NextUp
coding
equity
Watch

May 21, 2019

350 Derek Eder, Chi Hack Night
Mieko Furuhashi, Chi Hack Night
Steve Ediger, Chi Hack Night
community
Watch

May 14, 2019

349 openhack

May 7, 2019

348 Jelena Mihajlovic-Klaric
Erik Quintanilla
Vinesh Kannan, Illinois Tech undergraduates
David Eads, News Applications Developer, ProPublica
data
Watch

Apr 30, 2019

347 Anita Banerji, Director, Democracy Initiative, Forefront
census
Watch

Apr 23, 2019

346 Amanda Schonfeld (Talent, TTS)
Andrew Suprenant (Product, 18F)
Anne Petersen (Director of Design, 18F)
Nick Ng (Design, 18F)
govtech
Watch

Apr 16, 2019

345 Fritz Kaegi – Cook County Assessor
Rob Ross, Deputy Assessor, Chief Data Officer
govtech
real estate
taxes
transparency
Watch

Apr 9, 2019

344 Richard Beckwith – Research Psychologist, Intel
smart cities
Watch

Apr 2, 2019

343 elections

Mar 26, 2019

342 Janaya Crevier – Data Analyst, MAPSCorps
data
Watch

Mar 19, 2019

341 Lorena Mesa, data engineer on GitHub's software intelligence systems team, Director on the Python Software Foundation, and PyLadies Chicago co-organizer
ethics
coding
Watch

Mar 12, 2019

340 Leslie Durr, Project Manager, City Tech Collaborative
Kingsley Weaver, Epidemiologist, Chicago Department of Public Health
Katy Franzen, Project Manager, Clarity Partners
public health
Watch

Mar 5, 2019

339 openhack

Feb 26, 2019

338 Steven C. Philpott, Sr., Sr. Managing Director of Colony 5
Colony 5
Watch

Feb 19, 2019

337 journalism
Watch

Feb 12, 2019

336 openhack

Feb 5, 2019

335 Darryl Holliday, City Bureau News Lab Director
Pat Sier, City Bureau Web Developer
journalism
Watch

Jan 29, 2019

334 openhack

Jan 22, 2019

333 Rachel Murphy, staff attorney, ACLU-IL
Mollie Pettit, data visualization / data science freelancer
Chris Kucharczyk, data scientist, IDEO
criminal justice
Watch

Jan 15, 2019

332 Melanie Adcock, founder of Tech Month Chicago
media
Watch

Jan 8, 2019

331 Kacie Smith, Co-Founder State Matters and 2019 CUE Fellow
Paola Aguirre, Founder of Borderless Studio and 2019 CUE Fellow.
equity
Watch

Dec 19, 2018

Matt Chapman, Executive Director of Free Our Info
satellite
technology
education
government

Dec 18, 2018

330 party

Dec 11, 2018

329 openhack

Dec 4, 2018

328 openhack

Nov 27, 2018

327 John Chase, Better Government Association
Jared Rutecki, Better Government Association
Hannah Cushman, DataMade
journalism

Nov 21, 2018

Peg Keiner, Director of Innovation at GEMS World Academy - Chicago
satellite
technology
education

Nov 13, 2018

326 Tonika Johnson, Folded Map Project

Nov 10, 2018

Accelrate 77
The Kola Nut Collaborative
satellite
technology
community

Nov 6, 2018

325 elections

Oct 30, 2018

324 Sal Muñoz, System Implementation Manager with All Chicago
homelessness

Oct 23, 2018

323 openhack

Oct 17, 2018

Kacie Smith, Executive Director for State Matters
satellite
election
education
politics

Oct 16, 2018

322 Christina Whitehouse, Founder of Bike Lane Uprising
Watch

Oct 9, 2018

321 David Schuler, Data Dissemination Specialist, US Commerce Department, Bureau of Census
govtech

Oct 2, 2018

320 Anna M. Valencia, City Clerk of Chicago
Tonantzin Carmona, Chief of Policy, City Clerk of Chicago
Tom Schenk, Director of Analytics, KPMG
govtech
Watch

Sep 25, 2018

319 openhack

Sep 19, 2018

George Aye, Co-Founder and Director of Innovation, Great Good Studio
satellite
design
education
politics

Sep 18, 2018

318 Kyla Williams, President and CEO Henry Williams Love Foundation
diversity
Watch

Sep 11, 2018

317 openhack

Sep 4, 2018

316 Kim Fountain, Center on Halsted
LGBTQ
non-profits
Watch

Aug 28, 2018

315 Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica Illinois reporter
David Eads, ProPublica Illinois news apps developer
journalism
parking tickets
Watch

Aug 21, 2018

314 Derek Eder, Founder of Chi Hack Night and DataMade
design
Watch

Aug 15, 2018

Eric Dolores-Cuenca, Postdoctoral research associate
satellite
art
education
math

Aug 14, 2018

313 Jason Kunesh, City of Chicago Design Director
design
Watch

Aug 7, 2018

312 openhack

Jul 31, 2018

311 Tom Schenk Jr., Former Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago
govtech
Watch

Jul 24, 2018

310 Jennifer Brandel, CEO & Co-founder of Hearken, Co-founder of WBEZ's Curious City
journalism
Watch

Jul 18, 2018

Hannah Meyer, COO
satellite
children
education
government

Jul 17, 2018

309 Sheena Erete, Assistant Professor in the College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University
equity
community investment
Watch

Jul 10, 2018

308 Andrew Rodgers, Director of Research and Applications Development at The Enterprise Center
broadband
Watch

Jun 26, 2018

307 Tom Llewellyn, Strategic Partnerships Director, Shareable.net
Steve Ediger, Steve Ediger Associates, LLC, Facilitator and Commoner
commons
Watch

Jun 21, 2018

Kacie Smith
satellite
education
state politics
elections

Jun 19, 2018

306 Ashlyn Sparrow, Game Designer and Director of Game Changer Chicago Design Lab at University of Chicago’s Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3)
public health
Watch

Jun 12, 2018

305 openhack

Jun 5, 2018

304 Allison Arwady, Chief Medical Officer, Chicago Department of Public Health
Raed Mansour, Director of Innovation, Chicago Department of Public Health
Tom Schenk, Chief Data Officer, Chicago Department of Innovation and Technology
Avishek Kumar, Data Scientist, University of Chicago's Center for Data Science and Public Policy
Nita Mohanty, Chief Research Officer, Alliance of Chicago
public health
Watch

May 29, 2018

303 Eric van Zanten, Developer at DataMade
Joseph Smalzer, Account Executive at Dell/volunteer at the Chicago juvenile detention center
criminal justice
Watch

May 22, 2018

302 Janae Bonsu, PhD candidate and organizer
criminal justice
Watch

May 15, 2018

301 openhack

May 8, 2018

300 community

May 1, 2018

299 Tracy Siska, Chicago Justice Project
Kevin Rose
Matt Meshulam
Josh Herzberg
Michael Chladek
breakout
criminal justice
Watch

Apr 26, 2018

Daniel Kay Hertz
satellite
education
gentrification

Apr 24, 2018

298 community

Apr 17, 2018

297 Judy Hertz, Executive Director, Midwest Academy
organizing
Watch

Apr 10, 2018

296 openhack

Apr 3, 2018

295 Yonatan Kogan, Staff Software Engineer at Tock
breakout
immigration
Watch

Mar 27, 2018

294 Michelle Frisque, Chief of Technology, Content and Innovation at Chicago Public Library
literacy
govtech
Watch

Mar 22, 2018

Janet Smith, Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement & UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Joy Aruguete, Bickerdike Development
Sarah Wick, Related Midwest
Adrienne Samuels Gibbs, Independent Journalist
satellite
housing

Mar 20, 2018

293 Vicki White, President, Chicago Books to Women in Prison
criminal justice
Watch

Mar 13, 2018

292 Sana Jafri, program officer for the Chicago Learning Exchange
education
Watch

Mar 6, 2018

291 Alya Adamany Woods, Executive Director of ChicagoNEXT at World Business Chicago
equity
Watch

Feb 28, 2018

Monique Wingard, Founder of The Civic Collective
Ehi Aimiuwu-Jinadu, Founder of Geek Empowered
Andrea Smith, Founder of Luminate Brands
Britney Robbins, founder and CEO of The Gray Matter Experience
Deena McKay, Founder and host of BlackTechUnplugged (moderator)
satellite
entrepreneurship

Feb 27, 2018

290 Charlene Carruthers, BYP100 National Director
equity
organizing
Watch

Feb 20, 2018

289 Fabian Elliott, Black Tech Mecca
equity
data analytics
Watch

Feb 13, 2018

288 Kim Foxx, Cook County State's Attorney
criminal justice
data analytics
Watch

Feb 6, 2018

287 Alvyn Walker, Leave No Veteran Behind
equity
Watch

Jan 31, 2018

Darryl Holliday, City Bureau
satellite
education

Jan 30, 2018

286 Jason Grotto, ProPublica Illinios
Sandhya Kambhampati, ProPublica Illinios
journalism
Watch

Jan 23, 2018

285 Elizabeth Scott, CMAP
housing
Watch

Jan 16, 2018

284 Ted Gregory, Chicago Tribune
Patrick O'Connell, Chicago Tribune
Cecilia Reyes, Chicago Tribune
journalism
Watch

Jan 9, 2018

283 Chris Kennedy
candidate
Watch

Dec 13, 2017

Ali Karbassi, Founder & CEO of CoderDojoChi
satellite
education

Dec 12, 2017

282 celebration

Dec 5, 2017

281 Danielle DuMerer, Chief Information Officer, City of Chicago
govtech
Watch

Nov 28, 2017

280 David Arfa, Cook County Bureau of Technology
David Treering, Cook County Bureau of Technology
govtech
mapping
Watch

Nov 14, 2017

279 A.D. Lewis, COPA
Martin Guzman, COPA
Mia Sissac, COPA
govtech
criminal justice
Watch

Nov 8, 2017

Andra Stanciu, founder at RO-AM Innovation Consortium
Derek Eder, DataMade and Chi Hack Night
satellite

Nov 7, 2017

278 Demond Drummer, CoderSpace
Jeanne Chandler, City of Chicago
Paul Gobster, USDA Forest Service
William Stewart, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
govtech
housing
Watch

Oct 31, 2017

277 celebration

Oct 24, 2017

276 openhack

Oct 17, 2017

275 Susana Mendoza, Comptroller of Illinois
electeds
Watch

Oct 10, 2017

274 openhack

Oct 3, 2017

273 Lok Kwan, Chicago Transit Authority
Bonnie Fan, Chicago Transit Authority
Elias Mechaber, Chicago Transit Authority
Bryan Post, Chicago Transit Authority
govtech
data analytics
Watch

Sep 26, 2017

272 Steven Vance, mapper (among other things)
mapping
howto
Watch

Sep 19, 2017

271 openhack

Sep 12, 2017

270 Eric Vazquez, Chief Technology Officer for the Chicago City Clerk
govtech
design
Watch

Sep 5, 2017

269 Daniel Biss, State Senator, IL 9th District
candidate
Watch

Aug 29, 2017

268 openhack

Aug 22, 2017

267 K. Sujata, Chicago Foundation for Women
advocacy
equity
Watch

Aug 15, 2017

266 Nick Doiron
elections
advocacy
Watch

Aug 8, 2017

265 Tom Schenk Jr., City of Chicago
Gene Leynes, City of Chicago
Nick Lucius, City of Chicago
health
data analytics
Watch

Aug 1, 2017

264 openhack

Jul 25, 2017

263 Jen Pahlka, Code for America
Erie Meyers, Code for America
govtech
Watch

Jul 18, 2017

262 Peter T. Alter, Chicago History Museum
education
Watch

Jul 11, 2017

261 JB Pritzker
candidate
Watch

Jun 27, 2017

260 Jean Cochrane
Alex Soble
advocacy
politics
Watch

Jun 20, 2017

259 Brenna Berman, Chicago CIO 2013-2017
govtech
Watch

Jun 13, 2017

258 openhack

Jun 6, 2017

257 Tom Dart, Cook Country Sheriff
electeds
criminal justice
Watch

May 30, 2017

256 Dima Elissa, CEO of VisMed 3D
health
equity
Watch

May 23, 2017

255 Kelly Kreft, Civis Analytics
Advik Shreekumar, Civis Analytics
Ola Topczewska, Civis Analytics
govtech
socal services
Watch

May 16, 2017

254 Karl Fogel, Open Tech Strategies
advocacy
open source
Watch

May 9, 2017

253 Mick Dumke, reporter, Chicago Sun-Times
journalism
criminal justice
Watch

May 2, 2017

252 Ameya Pawar, 47th Ward Alderman
candidate
Watch

Apr 25, 2017

251 openhack

Apr 18, 2017

250 Commissioner John Fritchey
Kevin Wei
Dave Chary
Nina Sandlin
Scott Beslow
Jonathon Rogoff
Vinesh Kannan
Andy Rasmussen
celebration

Apr 11, 2017

249 Lena Selzer, Design Director at Civilla
Janice M. Cho, Design Director at DevMynd
health
design
Watch

Apr 4, 2017

248 Adam Hecktman, Microsoft, Director of Technology & Civic Innovation Chicago
Dana Al-Qadi, AECOM, Engineer
Tom Schenk, City of Chicago, Chief Data Officer
environment
Watch

Mar 30, 2017

Andrea Hart of City Bureau
Aviva Rosman of Ballot Ready
Tiana Epps-Johnson of Center for Tech and Civic Life
satellite
Watch

Mar 29, 2017

Annie Mohaupt, CEO of Mohop
satellite
Watch

Mar 28, 2017

247 Robin Robinson, Special Adviser of Community Affairs at the Chicago Police Department
govtech
criminal justice
Watch

Mar 21, 2017

246 Melissa Pierce, Filmmaker, Programmer & Entrepreneurial Rabble Rouser
education
Watch

Mar 14, 2017

245 Sandee Kastrul, President of i.c.stars
education
Watch

Mar 7, 2017

244 Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board President
electeds
Watch

Feb 28, 2017

243 Ari Scharg, Edelson PC
advocacy
privacy
Watch

Feb 21, 2017

242 Janice Cho, DevMynd Software
design
Watch

Feb 14, 2017

241 openhack

Feb 7, 2017

240 Amy Jewel, Senior City Advisor, City Energy Project
environment
Watch

Jan 31, 2017

239 openhack

Jan 24, 2017

238 Luz Chavez, Co-Organizer for Gozamos/Latin@ Techies
Kara Carrell, Developer / Co-Organizer for Latin@ Techies
Noah Moskowitz, Housing Advocate at Somos Logan Square
Antonio Gutierrez, Housing Advocate at Autonomous Tenants Union
Henri Idrovo, Software Engineer at HERE Maps
Shelley Hoover, Research Administrator at UIC School of Public Health
Janet Gomez, Production Designer at National Restaurant Association- Conventions
advocacy
housing
Watch

Jan 17, 2017

237 Abdelnasser Rashid, Deputy Chief of Staff, Cook County Clerk
Tonya Rice, Elections Data & Technology Manager, Cook County Clerk
govtech
elections
Watch

Jan 10, 2017

236 Giorgi Vashadze, Innovation and Development Foundation
govtech
international
Watch

Jan 3, 2017

235 openhack

Dec 13, 2016

234 Andy Rasmussen
Don Chartier
Viktor Koves
Yonatan Kogan
Eric Sherman
Rose Afriyie
Tom Schenk
Joseph Smalzer
celebration

Dec 6, 2016

233 Pedro Garcia, Mikva Civic Tech Intern
Daniel Kolade, Mikva Civic Tech Intern
Marshall Nakamura, Mikva Civic Tech Intern
Jessica De Jesus, Mikva Civic Tech Intern
education
Watch

Nov 29, 2016

232 Jason Molony, SHARE Network
Joel Inwood, Chicago Nursing Home Search
health
breakout
Watch

Nov 15, 2016

231 community

Nov 8, 2016

230 celebration

Nov 1, 2016

229 Freddy Martinez, Lucy Parsons Labs
Joel Handley, Freelance Journalist
journalism
criminal justice
Watch

Oct 25, 2016

228 Commissioner Michael Cabonargi, Cook County Board of Review
Deputy Commissioner James Thompson, Cook County Board of Review
govtech
Watch

Oct 18, 2016

227 Sam Hart, Injustice Watch
journalism
criminal justice
Watch

Oct 11, 2016

226 openhack

Oct 4, 2016

225 Micah Gates, Chicago Community Bond Fund
Sharlyn Grace, Chicago Community Bond Fund
criminal justice
Watch

Sep 27, 2016

224 Claire Micklin, University of Chicago
environment
breakout
Watch

Sep 20, 2016

223 Steve Luker
Adam Hecktman, Microsoft
breakout
equity
Watch

Sep 13, 2016

222 Rebecca Abela, U.S. GAO
Silvia Ellis, U.S. GAO
Joanie Lofgren, U.S. GAO
govtech
Watch

Sep 6, 2016

221 Nick Doiron, Traveling Freelance Developer and Mapmaker
elections

Aug 30, 2016

220 openhack

Aug 23, 2016

219 Faisal Khan, Project Six
oversight
Watch

Aug 16, 2016

218 David Portnoy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
govtech
open data
Watch

Aug 9, 2016

217 openhack

Aug 2, 2016

216 Jonah Newman, The Chicago Reporter
Matt Kiefer, The Chicago Reporter
journalism
criminal justice
Watch

Jul 26, 2016

215 Paul Smith, Ad Hoc
govtech
Watch

Jul 19, 2016

214 Derek Eder
Steven Vance
Eureka Foong
Rebecca Jones
Cathy Deng
Emily Zvolanek
Claire Micklin
Benjamin Cooper
Nick Mader
Eric Sherman
community

Jul 12, 2016

213 Kathy Lynch, Cook County Bureau of Technology
govtech
Watch

Jul 5, 2016

212 openhack

Jun 28, 2016

211 Joanna Klonsky, JKV Strategies
politics
Watch

Jun 21, 2016

210 Tomasz Nadolny, City of Gdańsk, Poland
govtech
international
Watch

Jun 14, 2016

209 openhack

Jun 7, 2016

208 Don Chartier, HourVoice
Ryan Fischer, 20spokes
advocacy
Watch

May 31, 2016

207 Jennifer Helsby, Lucy Parsons Labs
Freddy Martinez, Lucy Parsons Labs
criminal justice
privacy
Watch

May 24, 2016

206 George Aye, Greater Good Studio
design
Watch

May 17, 2016

205 openhack

May 10, 2016

204 Rajiv Sinclair, Invisible Institute
Chaclyn Hunt, Invisible Institute
criminal justice
advocacy
Watch

May 3, 2016

203 Zane Blanton
transportation
Watch

Apr 26, 2016

202 Tiana Epps-Johnson, Center for Technology and Civic Life
Donny Bridges, Center for Technology and Civic Life
elections
Watch

Apr 19, 2016

201 openhack

Apr 12, 2016

200 Ben Galewsky
Eric van Zanten
Kevin Wei
Kristi Leach
Vinesh Kannan
Claire Micklin
Joel D. Inwood
Rene M Paccha
Cathy Deng
celebration

Apr 5, 2016

199 Darryl Holliday, City Bureau
Andrea Hart, City Bureau
journalism
Watch

Mar 29, 2016

198 Patricio Cadena, Heartland Alliance
Amy Terpstra, Heartland Alliance
nonprofit
Watch

Mar 22, 2016

197 openhack

Mar 15, 2016

196 Will Caskey, Stanford/Caskey
politics
elections
Watch

Mar 8, 2016

195 Alex Niemczewski, BallotReady
elections
Watch

Mar 1, 2016

194 Jen Pahlka, Code for America
govtech
Watch

Feb 23, 2016

193 openhack

Feb 16, 2016

192 Heather Gillers, Chicago Tribune
journalism
education

Feb 9, 2016

191 Hardik Bhatt, Chief Information Officer for the State of Illinois
govtech
Watch

Feb 2, 2016

190 Adrienne Alexander, AFSCME Council 31
politics
Watch

Jan 26, 2016

189 openhack

Jan 19, 2016

188 Tom Schenk, Jr - City of Chicago
Daniel X. O'Neil - Smart Chicago Collaborative
govtech
Watch

Jan 12, 2016

187 Brandon Smith, Independent Journalist
foia
criminal justice
Watch

Jan 5, 2016

186 Chris Fusco, Chicago Sun-Times
Tim Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
journalism
Watch

Dec 15, 2015

185 openhack

Dec 8, 2015

184 Dr. Dave Stovall, UIC
equity
Watch

Dec 1, 2015

183 openhack

Nov 17, 2015

182 Rob Paral, Rob Paral and Associates
Joe Germuska, CensusReporter.org
Nina Sandlin, Health & Disability Advocates
open data
howto
Watch

Nov 10, 2015

181 Jennifer Helsby, Cryptoparty Chicago
privacy

Nov 3, 2015

180 Sarah Karp, Better Government Association
journalism
education

Oct 27, 2015

179 Lingwei Cheng, University of Chicago
Patricia Gomes,Folha de S.Paulo
education

Oct 20, 2015

178 Mike Fourcher, Aldertrack Publisher
Claudia Morell, Aldertrack Reporter
journalism

Oct 13, 2015

177 Robert Friedman, Mozilla Hive Chicago Learning Network
Marina Malone, Senior at Lane Tech High School
Chris Bohl, Bellwether Creation Company
Kevin Yaroch, Hurricane Electric
transportation
breakout

Oct 6, 2015

176 openhack

Sep 29, 2015

175 Tracy Siska, Chicago Justice Project
criminal justice
advocacy

Sep 22, 2015

174 community

Sep 15, 2015

173 openhack

Sep 8, 2015

172 Fabian Elliott, Black Tech Mecca
Corey Thurman, Black Tech Mecca
Myron Hicks, Black Tech Mecca
equity
breakout

Sep 1, 2015

171 Yonah Freemark, Metropolitan Planning Council
Ryan Griffin-Stegink, Metropolitan Planning Council
transportation
housing

Aug 25, 2015

170 openhack

Aug 18, 2015

169 Lauren Haynes, Data Science for Social Good
Matt Gee, Data Science for Social Good
govtech
nonprofit

Aug 11, 2015

168 Rose Afriyie, mRelief
Genevieve Nielsen, mRelief
Sonja Marziano, Smart Chicago Collaborative
Cara Bader, City of Chicago Innovation Delivery Team
education
Watch

Aug 4, 2015

167 David Melton, The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
Sarah Brune, The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
Derek Eder, DataMade
Eric van Zanten, DataMade
elections
Watch

Jul 28, 2015

166 Linda Lutton, WBEZ Education Reporter
Tim Broderick, Daily Herald News Presentation Editor
journalism
education

Jul 21, 2015

165 Dan Cooper, Adler School of Professional Psychology
Cathy Deng, DataMade
criminal justice
Watch

Jul 14, 2015

164 openhack

Jul 7, 2015

163 Rachael Perrotta, Media Relations Activist
advocacy

Jun 30, 2015

162 Kambale Musavuli, ThoughtWorks
international

Jun 23, 2015

161 openhack

Jun 16, 2015

160 Andrew Schwarm, Cook County Chief Performance Officer
Derrick Thomas, Director of Application Development and Management for the Cook County Bureau of Technology
Poh Png, Director of IT for the Cook County Clerk’s Office
Donna Hart, Director of Information Systems at the Cook County Health and Hospitals System
open data
Watch

Jun 9, 2015

159 Olatunji Oboi Reed
Sonju Walker
Derek Burk
Mary Kuhn
Eric Sherman
equity
breakout
transportation

Jun 2, 2015

158 Jeff Meisel, Presidential Innovation Fellow
open data
howto
Watch

May 26, 2015

157 openhack

May 19, 2015

156 Tom Schenk
Gene Leynes
Gerrin Butler
Raed Mansour
Jon Levy
govtech
data analytics
Watch

May 12, 2015

155 Zachary Damato
Nick Wesley
environment
Watch

May 5, 2015

154 Ben Galewsky
David Melton
Nathan Pinger
Denis Roarty
Tim Sharko
breakout
pensions
Watch

Apr 28, 2015

153 openhack

Apr 21, 2015

152 Karen Sheley, ACLU
criminal justice
Watch

Apr 14, 2015

151 Karl Fogel, Open Tech Strategies, LLC
open data
Watch

Apr 7, 2015

150 Nate Inglis Steinfeld, SPAC
govtech
criminal justice
Watch

Mar 31, 2015

149 Andrew Means, The Impact Lab
nonprofit

Mar 24, 2015

148 Benjamin Sugar, Public Lab
Olga Bautista, Community Organizer
environment
advocacy
Watch

Mar 17, 2015

147 openhack

Mar 10, 2015

146 Rob Calvey, Design for America
Julian Bongiorno, Design for America
design

Mar 3, 2015

145 Andrew Martin, KIPP New Jersey
Juan-Pablo Velez, Polynumeral
education
Watch

Feb 24, 2015

144 celebration

Feb 17, 2015

143 Robert Friedman, Hive Chicago
Kyla Williams, Smart Chicago Collaborative
nonprofit
Watch

Feb 10, 2015

142 openhack

Feb 3, 2015

141 Jimm Dispensa, Aldertrack
journalism
Watch

Jan 27, 2015

140 Olatunji Oboi Reed, Slow Roll Chicago
Steven Vance, Chi Hack Night
equity
transportation
Watch

Jan 20, 2015

139 Ben Kolak, Scrappers Film Group
Brian Ashby, Scrappers Film Group
education
Watch

Jan 13, 2015

138 openhack

Jan 6, 2015

137 Katie Buitrago, Woodstock Institute
Julianna Nunez, Woodstock Institute
open data
housing
Watch

Dec 16, 2014

136 openhack

Dec 9, 2014

135 Daniel X. O'Neil, Smart Chicago Collaborative
user testing
Watch

Dec 2, 2014

134 Jamal Cornelious, Chicago Public Schools
education
Watch

Nov 25, 2014

133 openhack

Nov 18, 2014

132 Jim McGowan, American Red Cross
nonprofit
open source
Watch

Nov 11, 2014

131 Rose Afriyie, mRelief
Marina Goldshteyn, mRelief
Ellie Day, mRelief
social service
breakout
Watch

Nov 4, 2014

130 openhack

Oct 28, 2014

129 Maryam Judar, Citizen Advocacy Center
advocacy
foia
Watch

Oct 21, 2014

128 Rakesh Dubbudu, Right to Information Fellow
international
foia
Watch

Oct 14, 2014

127 openhack

Oct 7, 2014

126 Jay Van Patten, Chicago Public Schools
education
Watch

Sep 30, 2014

125 Trina Chiasson, InfoActive
open source
design
Watch

Sep 23, 2014

124 Steven Vance, Chicago Cityscape
open data
housing

Sep 16, 2014

123 Derek Eder, DataMade
Demond Drummer, Teamwork Englewood
govtech
nonprofit

Sep 9, 2014

122 Dan Platt, Narrative Science
Craig Booth, Narrative Science
data analytics
Watch

Sep 2, 2014

121 openhack

Aug 26, 2014

120 Alex Bordens, Chicago Tribune
Alex Richards, Chicago Tribune
journalism
Watch

Aug 19, 2014

119 openhack

Aug 12, 2014

118 Matt Gee, Data Science for Social Good
govtech
nonprofit
Watch

Aug 5, 2014

117 Linda Zabors, Honorary Chicago
education
Watch

Jul 29, 2014

116 Bo Rodda
open data

Jul 22, 2014

115 openhack

Jul 15, 2014

114 Paras Desai, Mayor's Innovation Delivery Team
Daniel Riff, Mayor's Innovation Delivery Team
social service
govtech
Watch

Jul 8, 2014

113 Matt Gee, Data Science for Social Good
govtech
nonprofit
Watch

Jul 1, 2014

112 openhack

Jun 24, 2014

111 Ed Oser, Center for Neighborhood Technology
environment

Jun 17, 2014

110 Charlie Catlett, University of Chicago
data analytics
Watch

Jun 10, 2014

109 Tina Fassett, DePaul Institute for Housing Studies
Steven Vance, Streetsblog Chicago
open data
Watch

Jun 3, 2014

108 education
Watch

May 27, 2014

107 Christopher Whitaker, CivicWhitaker
openhack

May 20, 2014

106 Jerry Paffendorf, Loveland Technologies
mapping
Watch

May 13, 2014

105 Zach Borders, Civic ArtWorks
design
Watch

May 6, 2014

104 Ben Balter, GitHub
Arfom Smith, GitHub
govtech

Apr 29, 2014

103 Danny Burke, Experimental Station
Daniel Evans, Experimental Station
health
Watch

Apr 22, 2014

102 openhack

Apr 15, 2014

101 Dominique Williams, LISC Chicago
Josh Kalov, Kalov Strategies
nonprofit
Watch

Apr 8, 2014

100 Ed Oser, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Nick Doiron
Demond Drummer, Teamwork Englewood
Derek Eder, DataMade
transportation
housing
Watch

Apr 1, 2014

99 David Eads, Chicago Tribune
journalism
elections
Watch

Mar 25, 2014

98 Elliot Greenberger, Divvy
transportation
Watch

Mar 18, 2014

97 Daniel Kay Hertz
housing
Watch

Mar 11, 2014

96 Brenna Berman, City of Chicago
govtech
procurement
Watch

Mar 4, 2014

95 Bojan Francuz, FWD.us
immigration
Watch

Feb 25, 2014

94 Cathy Deng
juvenile justice

Feb 18, 2014

93 Adam Jentleson, Cartografika
Jose Alarcon, Cartografika
Taylor McKinley, Cartografika
mapping
Watch

Feb 11, 2014

92 Steven Vance, Streetsblog Chicago
transportation

Feb 4, 2014

91 Nat Zorach, The Handbuilt City
housing
Watch

Jan 28, 2014

90 Charles Watkins, Get Covered Illinois
health
Watch

Jan 21, 2014

89 Nick Doiron
mapping

Jan 14, 2014

88 Benjamin Sugar, CivicLab
advocacy
Watch

Dec 17, 2013

87 Derek Eder, DataMade
Christopher Whitaker, CivicWhitaker
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Dec 10, 2013

86 Ed Rynearson, Chicago Park District
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Dec 3, 2013

85 Forest Gregg, DataMade
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Nov 26, 2013

84 Lisha Sterling, Geeks Without Bounds

Nov 19, 2013

83 Tracy Swartz, RedEye Chicago
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Nov 12, 2013

82

Nov 5, 2013

81 David Eads, Chicago Tribune

Oct 29, 2013

80 Tom Schenk, City of Chicago

Oct 22, 2013

79 Seth Herr, The Bike Index

Oct 15, 2013

78

Oct 8, 2013

77

Oct 1, 2013

76

Sep 24, 2013

75 Chris Gansen, Smart Chicago Collaborative

Sep 17, 2013

74

Sep 10, 2013

73 Matthew Shaxted

Sep 3, 2013

72 Tom Kompare

Aug 27, 2013

71 Tom Plagge
Juan-Pablo Velez

Aug 20, 2013

70 Demond Drummer, Teamwork Englewood

Aug 13, 2013

69 Matt Bruce, Chicago Community Trust

Aug 6, 2013

68 John Fahrenbach

Jul 30, 2013

67 Fernando Diaz, Hoy
Wilberto Morales, Hoy

Jul 23, 2013

66

Jul 16, 2013

65 Adam and Andrew, BGL Consulting

Jul 9, 2013

64

Jul 2, 2013

63 Steven Vance, Streetsblog Chicago

Jun 25, 2013

62 Watch

Jun 18, 2013

61 Karl Fogel, Open Tech Strategies, LLC
Derek Eder, DataMade

Jun 11, 2013

60 Derek Eder, DataMade

Jun 4, 2013

59 Christopher Whitaker

May 28, 2013

58 Christopher Whitaker

May 21, 2013

57 Elnaz Moshfeghian
Juan-Pablo Velez

May 14, 2013

56 Elnaz Moshfeghian
Jeanne Marie Olson
Josh Kalov

May 7, 2013

55

Apr 30, 2013

54 Miranda Mulligan, Knight Lab

Apr 23, 2013

53

Apr 16, 2013

52

Apr 9, 2013

51 Demond Drummer, Teamwork Englewood
Nick Doiron, Code for America

Apr 2, 2013

50

Mar 26, 2013

49 Rayid Ghani, Obama for America
Tom Schenk Jr, City of Chicago

Mar 19, 2013

48 Doug Pancoast, SAIC
Robb Drinkwater, SAIC

Mar 12, 2013

47 Tom Kompare

Mar 5, 2013

46 Laurenellen McCann, Sunlight Foundation
John Wonderlich, Sunlight Foundation
Gideon Blustein, IDES

Feb 19, 2013

45

Feb 12, 2013

44

Feb 5, 2013

43

Jan 29, 2013

42 Elizabeth Fosslien
Young-Jin Kim

Jan 22, 2013

41

Jan 15, 2013

40

Jan 8, 2013

39

Dec 18, 2012

38

Dec 11, 2012

37 Greg Sanders, CMAP
Xiaohong Zhang, CMAP

Dec 4, 2012

36

Nov 27, 2012

35 Amy Ngai, Sunlight Foundation

Nov 20, 2012

34

Nov 13, 2012

33 Sean Vinck, State of Illinois

Oct 30, 2012

32

Oct 23, 2012

31 Rob Brackett, Code for America

Oct 16, 2012

30

Oct 9, 2012

29

Oct 2, 2012

28 Joe Germuska, Chicago Tribune
David Eads, Chicago Tribune
Jason Almergi

Sep 25, 2012

27 Derek Eder, Open City
Forest Gregg, Open City
Matt Gee, Open City
Daniel Morton, Open City

Sep 18, 2012

26

Sep 11, 2012

25

Sep 4, 2012

24

Aug 28, 2012

23 Derek Eder, Open City
Matt Gee, University of Chicago

Aug 21, 2012

22

Aug 14, 2012

21

Aug 7, 2012

20 Juan-Pablo Velez, Open City

Jul 31, 2012

19 Tom Schenk Jr
Nick Mader, Chapin Hall

Jul 24, 2012

18 Jay Van Patten, Chicago Public Schools

Jul 17, 2012

17 Pallavi Anderson, Mi Parque
George Aye, Greater Good Studio

Jul 10, 2012

16

Jun 26, 2012

15

Jun 19, 2012

14 Anna-Marie Tamayo

Jun 12, 2012

13

Jun 5, 2012

12

May 29, 2012

11

May 24, 2012

10

May 17, 2012

9

May 10, 2012

8 Chad Pry, Open City
Derek Eder, Open City

May 3, 2012

7

Apr 26, 2012

6 Steven Vance

Apr 19, 2012

5

Apr 12, 2012

4

Apr 5, 2012

3

Mar 29, 2012

2

Mar 22, 2012

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