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Laura Ellena
Laura Ellena is the Research Director at Ad Hoc. Previously, she was a 2015 Code for America Fellow focused on police open data, led a volunteer group that helped advocacy groups and new political candidates with technology, and worked to make e-commerce more people-friendly. Laura has a Master’s of Information Management and Systems from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor’s degree from UC San Diego. She missed hearing strangers’ life stories on public transit in 2020.