OUR PEOPLE

Executive Director (LinkedIn)

Reilly Martin is executive director for Technologists for the Public Good (TPG). She brings more than a decades worth of first-hand experience in technology, organizational operations, and digital services in government, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, and academia to the work at TPG. Prior to TPG, she helped build a U.S. portfolio for the Open Contracting Partnership as well as worked embedded in state government with the State of Colorado through the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University and in local government at the City of Boston. She was the inaugural recipient of the 2018 Public Service and Civil Leadership award from Spark Boston for her work and dedication to the field. Reilly is currently based in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in the U.S. midwest. In her spare time, you can find her exploring the outdoors.

Deputy Director (LinkedIn)

Mark Lerner is deputy director for Technologists for the Public Good (TPG). Mark is a community builder, organizer, strategist, and cheerleader in the public interest tech community, where he has long focused on instituting modern ways of building public services into government and supporting those that do so. He has worked to empower teams and improve critical services with many organizations in the space, including local and federal government, nonprofits, academic institutions, and private sector organizations. Mark lives in Washington, D.C., but will never let go of his Los Angeles roots. Outside of work he's an avid board gamer, home chef, and aspiring backpacker.

Board President, (LinkedIn)

Anicia is an Indigenous technologist who works in digital transformation and systems design. She is currently a Solutions Architect with Resolve to Save Lives, a global public health organization. She started working with Resolve to Save Lives on the US Covid Response program where she consulted with jurisdictions across the United States. She now works with multilateral organizations and ministries of health outside the US on epidemic preparedness.

Anicia has founded grassroots equity and inclusion groups that were later formalized within companies. Within her own vertical, she trains leaders on and advocates for equitable hiring and advancement practices. She is passionate about dismantling white supremacy in all its forms, and especially within the typical ways technology is built and implemented.

Board Vice President, (LinkedIn, X)

Mark is the former Chief Data Officer for the City of Philadelphia, serving as one of the first municipal Chief Data Officers in the United States. 

Mark has almost 20 years of combined experience working in federal, state, and local governments in the U.S, with work spanning both the executive and legislative branches. Prior to joining the City of Philadelphia, he’s also served in the State of Delaware’s Department of Technology and Information, Delaware Government Information Center, New York State Senate, General Services Administration, as technology adviser to then Delaware Governor Thomas R. Carper, and Code for America.

Self-taught in technology and software development, he holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is a former adjunct instructor at the University of Delaware School of Public Policy and Administration, and a former instructor at Wilmington University.

Mark writes often about technology and civic innovation on his personal blog Civic Innovations. He is also the author of the open source book: How to Talk to Civic Hackers.

Board Secretary, (LinkedIn)

Molly currently serves as the Managing Director at the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University.  

Previously, she served as Senior Director of Project Management at the Case Foundation, leading collaboration and innovation across teams and subject matters to strategize, develop and execute the Foundation’s Inclusive Entrepreneurship & Impact Investing programs, communications and operations. 

Outside of work, Molly is busy pursuing her passions for travel, cooking, hiking, spin, yoga, and learning.

Board Treasurer, (LinkedIn, X)

Ryan Ko (he/him) is Principal of RKO Consulting LLC, based in Los Angeles, CA. He works on digital, strategy, and operations projects for organizations serving the public interest. 

He is the former Chief of Staff at Code for America where he led the development of the principles and practices of Human-Centered Government. Prior to Code for America, he spent seven years at McKinsey & Company leading teams that supported state governments on IT megaprojects, counseled technology firms on strategy and operations, advised non-profit institutions on a variety of education and edtech topics, and published in-depth research on the future of work and automation. Ryan moonlights as a progressive activist, with campaign experience at national, state, and local levels. 

He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT. Ryan roots for San Francisco Bay Area sports teams and enjoys tennis and poker.

Board Director, (LinkedIn)

Abbey is the Deputy Chief Customer Experience Officer in the Office of the Governor at the New York State Executive Chamber, where she leads statewide efforts to make public services more accessible, equitable, and human-centered.

Prior to her current role, she led digital experience for Amazon Web Services' state and local government team, was a content designer and director of strategy at 18F, and created the first-ever federal digital services team dedicated to designing change. She also managed content for FutureGov (a local government consultancy in the United Kingdom) and served as a ghostwriter for Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, the founder of the UK's Government Digital Services.

Her public sector work includes federal resources for coronavirus, addiction, and healthy food choices; her private sector work includes stories published in Jezebel, The Washington Post, and McSweeney’s.

Board Director, (LinkedIn, X)

Chizo Nwagwu practices and believes in people-centered policy and technical implementation. She formerly served as product manager at Cloud.gov. 

She was an inaugural fellow of the U.S. Digital Corps where she worked as a product manager with the Digital Service at CMS. Previously, she also served as a fellow at Aspen Tech Policy Hub, Coding it Forward, Policy Innovation Lab Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, Ronald E. McNair program, and as a Fulbright Scholar in Nigeria. 

She holds an MS in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon, where her work focused on open-sourced public interest tech products. 

When she's not working, find Chizo biking, watching improv comedy shows, or hunting for the best birthday cake ice cream in DC. 

Board Director, (LinkedIn,X)

Cyd Harrell serves as the City and County of San Francisco’s second Chief Digital Services Officer and is the author of A Civic Technologist’s Practice Guide. 

In her early civic tech career, Cyd worked with the Center for Civic Design as lead researcher for Volume 7 of Field Guides to Ensuring Voter Intent, and with Code for America as User Experience (UX) Evangelist and Product Director. In 2016, she joined 18F and later served as the first Chief of Staff. Most recently, she engaged in a residency at the Judicial Council of California, working on digital services for self-represented litigants in civil cases. During that span, she also worked with Very Little Gravitas on a strategic technology vision for California’s executive branch and the National Council on Citizenship to understand the experience of seeking public benefits during the pandemic’s early months. 

Cyd is fascinated by the systems behind our experiences with institutions and has spent the past decade working to redesign them; she is still learning how we as communities can do this.

Board Director, (LinkedIn, X)

Rebecca Heywood (she/her) is a former public servant and an advocate for improved government services and technology focused on the needs of people. She currently leads the Governments team at U.S. Digital Response (USDR), where she builds partnerships with governmental and ecosystem partners to strengthen service delivery and digital maturity in the public sector. She is the founder of the #PublicSectorJobBoard, a mostly weekly newsletter started to highlight tech and innovation opportunities in government. 

Prior to her work at USDR, she worked for the City of New York and the MBTA focused on changes to behind-the-scenes government operations to allow for improved policy and service delivery. She has also worked in transportation planning and engineering in the U.S., India, Brazil, and Germany.

Board Director, (LinkedIn)

Stephanie Cain is a product, design and research consultant working with government organizations. In the past, she has served as the Interim Lead at InnovateUS, a founding member and the Deputy Director of the Colorado Digital Service, and a fellow at Code for America. Stephanie has worked at almost every level of government and values bringing people who will use or are impacted by product or service - into the decision-making process.