Volunteer gratitude

What an honor to be able to thank the LA Tech4Good volunteer team – who make *everything* possible! – during National Volunteer Week. It is humbling to reflect on expertise and passion that our volunteers contribute to make our data equity work so impactful. Mil gracias a:

🩷 Our Steering Committee: Cindy Lin (Workshop Operations and Partnerships); Eva Sachar (Director of Advocacy and inaugural member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Safety Institute Consortium); Rachel Whaley (Data Equity Program Lead, who’s designed and led public and corporate workshops since 2020); and Yohance Barrett (working to expand our programs) 

🩷 Workshop facilitators who led our fifteenth and “best to date” data equity workshop series in January: Kai Williams, Vivian Lam, Kathryn Wolterman and Zariah Cameron 

🩷 Healthcare advisors Alana Nash, Brandy Wilkins Rafael Lopes who designed and led a November Healthcare Data Equity webinar; watch for an upcoming blog post!

🩷 A hearty welcome to new volunteers: Vanishaa Doshi (press); Roxanne García (video); Emilia Navarro (website); and Sophia Wilson (editor)

🩷 And a toast to our OGs: Regina Walton (SF and national newsletter editor); Christopher Chenet (who has some serious grantwriting chops); Mary Lang (ditto, plus author of strong articles on digital education); Jared Sheehan (strategy advisor since our inception); and Kelly Poole (our resident climate expert)