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[ONLINE]: PITUN – TechCongress Congressional Innovation Fellowship Webinar

  • Virtual
  • 1PM – 2:30PM EDT
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Join the TechCongress team and alumni for a discussion of the Congressional Innovation Fellowship and what it’s really like to serve as a technologist in Congress. Our panelists will discuss what led them to apply for a TechCongress fellowship, how their experiences in Congress measured up to their expectations, the impact they made through their fellowship, and what being a civic technologist means to them.

Speakers:

Brooke Hunter, @BookBrooke (moderator)
Senior Advisor at TechCongress

James Gimbi, @gimbi
Director of Technical Advisory Services at MOXFIVE
2018 Congressional Innovation Fellow serving Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)

Sohum Pawar, @sohumpawar
Legislative Assistant for Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
2020 Congressional Innovation Scholar serving Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)

Frank Reyes
Senior Customer Solutions Manager at Amazon Web Services
2019 Congressional Innovation Fellow serving in the House Homeland Security Committee

Crystal Grant, @itscrystalgrant
ACLU Technology Fellow – Speech, Privacy and Technology Project
2020 Congressional Innovation Fellow serving in Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)