I am running for the board of the PIFF

I would like to be elected to the Presidential Innovation Fellows Foundation board.

I was a driving force in the creation of the Foundation, working with other to create the bylaws, obtain incorporation, and obtain the tax-deductible status from the IRS. I have served as the interim treasurer, securing a $2500 gift in addition to my own donation.

I have also, with the help of Danny Chapman, printed some attractively branded cards for the PIFs to use to thank government employees they work with, and to thank other donors.

I will work to accomplish the following goals in my next term if elected:

• Continue to improve the website with much more personal information.  In the words of Bo Roberts, we need to “Tell the story of the PIFs.”
• Continue to facilitate fundraising to get us up to about $50K.
• Start trying to really support paying for some travel to bring PIF alumni in to talk to existing and incoming PIF classes.
• Start exploring ideas around endowing a Fellowship or supporting international involvement with the Fellows to both learn and teach what we have learned.
• Support the vision of general American civic hacking community that is aware of and participating in far more Federal projects than they are today.
• Attempt to appoint a powerful and prestigious advisory board.