Speaker: Natalie Evans Harris
COO and VP of Ecosystem Development @BrightHive
Ms. Evans Harris has dedicated over 16 years to driving the strategic use of data. Working with a broad network of academic institutions, data science organization, application developers, and foundations to advance the responsible use of data standards, APIs, and ethical algorithms to directly benefit people. Most recently launching and leading the development of a Data Science Code of Ethics in partnership with Bloomberg and Data For Democracy Community-driven Principles for Ethical Data Sharing (CPEDS) Initiative.
As a Senior Policy Advisor to the US Chief Technology Officer in the Obama Administration, Ms. Evans Harris founded The Data Cabinet - a federal data science community of practice with over 200 active members across more than 40 federal agencies. She led an analytics development center at National Security Agency (NSA) that served as the foundation for the Enterprise data science development program. With experience on both the offensive and defensive sides of the mission, her achievements resulted in being the sole selection for NSA to spend a year on Capitol Hill as a Brookings Legislative Fellow where she spent a year focused on cyber and governmental affairs issues.
As a Senior Policy Advisor to the US Chief Technology Officer in the Obama Administration, Ms. Evans Harris founded The Data Cabinet - a federal data science community of practice with over 200 active members across more than 40 federal agencies. She led an analytics development center at National Security Agency (NSA) that served as the foundation for the Enterprise data science development program. With experience on both the offensive and defensive sides of the mission, her achievements resulted in being the sole selection for NSA to spend a year on Capitol Hill as a Brookings Legislative Fellow where she spent a year focused on cyber and governmental affairs issues.