Jennifer Anastasoff is Executive Director of the Tech Talent Project. She was a founding member of U.S. Digital Service at the White House and served as Head of People from 2014 until 2017, increasing the team from three to over 200 and created a diverse, cross-functional pipeline of digital talent from around America into our federal government. She has a Master’s in Public Policy and International Education from Harvard University. Jennifer spends her spare time reading, writing, and attempting to set up online karaoke.

Andrew Lewis is a Policy Advisor at the Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Previously, he was a practicing lawyer and was a special assistant in the State Department’s Bureau of Public Affairs. Andrew has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in International Affairs from Georgetown University. He enjoys watching international telenovelas and caring for neglected houseplants.

Betsy Cooper is Founding Director of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Previously, she was the founding Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity and was a policy and legal counselor at the Department of Homeland Security. Betsy has a DPhil from the University of Oxford and graduated from Yale Law School. In her spare time, she likes to run experiments to see if her digital devices are listening to her.

Cassandra Madison is Director of Partnerships at the Tech Talent Project, and is an experienced public servant whose expertise sits at the intersection of technology, operations, and policy. She has spent the past 15 years helping to ensure that big ideas get implemented in a way that drives innovation, improves the lives of those accessing services, and builds a positive culture in the workplace.

Jessica is the Interim Director of the Hub while our Director, Betsy Cooper, is out on maternity leave during fall 2023. Jessica is a Hub Alum from our 2020 class of fellows. She is also co-founder and former CEO of U.S. Digital Response, a tech nonprofit that enables governments to keep up with their communities’ most critical needs, now and in the future. Previously, she served as a Fellow with Code for America and in local government as the Head of Innovation and Economic Development for the City of Walnut Creek, CA. Jessica graduated with a degree in Urban Studies from Yale University. She has also written over one million words in Morning Pages.

Mai Sistla is the Deputy Director of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Previously, she was a project manager at the University of Chicago Crime Lab—a policy research center that generates evidence to inform crime, criminal justice, and education policy—and a field staffer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mai holds a BA in economics from Northwestern University and an MPP from UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy. Her favorite hobbies include walking, coffee shops, and walking to coffee shops.

Meha Ahluwalia is the Project Manager of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Previously, she interned at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation, assisted healthcare cybersecurity research at MIT, and helped develop a new feature for the Edge browser at Microsoft. Meha holds a BA in Cognitive Science from Wellesley College. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to podcasts, taking long drives, and getting lost in museums.

Dana Chisnell is a Senior Fellow at the National Conference on Citizenship and Partner-Founder at Project Redesign. She was the lead instructor for human-centered government service delivery for the Tech Executive Leadership Initiative. She was co-founder of the Center for Civic Design and a founding member of the United States Digital Service. Ask her about her Field Guides To Ensuring Voter Intent being in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian.

Ginny Hunt is a Senior Fellow at the National Conference on Citizenship and Partner-Founder at Project Redesign. She was the founding head of Justice & Opportunity at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a founding director of the US Digital Service, and founding PM of Google’s Public Sector team. Ask her about Tennessee walking horses.

Maeve Sneddon was a Program Assistant at the Aspen Tech Policy Hub. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley where she majored in Global Studies and minored in Spanish Linguistics. She previously worked for the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley, where she worked on investigative projects utilizing open source information. In her free time, she is usually either baking or watching videos on how to bake.

Hayley Pontia is a Student Analyst at the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation. Previously, Hayley served as the Communications Intern for the Education Policy Program at New America. Hayley has a BA and BS from the University of Pittsburgh in Communications and Psychology, and an MA from Georgetown University in Communication, Culture, and Technology. On the weekends Hayley enjoys long walks with her dog, antiquing, and spending time taking care of her plants.