Emily Tavoulareas (She/her)

Emily is an independent researcher focused on the implementation of digital technology -- how it is used in practice by governments, institutions, and individuals to accomplish an intended goal. She is the curator of two oral history projects: the United States Digital Service Origins, and the Civic Tech Memory Bank, a forthcoming oral history project documenting the civic tech movement in the United States.She also teaches at the Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy, serves on the Advisory Board of the Center on Privacy and Technology, and is a founding Advisory Board member of the Public Tech Leadership Collaborative.