White House Presidential Innovation Fellowship
Dates
Oct 2020 - Sept 2022
Role
White House Presidential Innovation Fellow
Methodologies
-Design Thinking Workshops
-Customer Journey Maps
-Service Blueprints
-Interviews
-Usability Studies
Overview
The Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) program was established by the White House in 2012 during the Obama administration to bring innovators into government that are capable of tackling issues at the convergence of technology, policy, and process. I first learned about this program during the 2012 Warby Parker x Dosomething.org Hackathon in New York, which my team won. This is where I was first exposed to Civic Tech and the importance of building products, programs, and services with diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in mind in the public and private sectors.
2021 Cohort of White House Presidential Innovation Fellows
Highlights
Part of what makes being a PIF unique is being able to work on a variety of projects that you’re passionate about across many different agencies. From Cybersecurity Innovation to Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in addition to DEIA initiatives, here are some of the projects that I got to work on:
Executive Order (EO) 13960, Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government - Design Thinking Workshop Facilitator
AFWERX Open Topic Program - Commercial Evaluator
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Innovation Council - Member
Digital Corps Design Track - Contributor
Executive Order 14035: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce - Contributor
Resources for Americans with Disabilities - Contributor
Accessibility Guild - CoLead
Excerpt from 2021 Code For America Summit Accessibility Presentation
Speaking Engagements
From 2020 - 2022, I spoke at over 20+ public and private sector conferences that included: