Tech Spotlight 2020
Case Studies
Case studies detail how the recipients of this years’ Tech Spotlight are making an impact.
Virtual Ceremony
Featuring
Ash Carter
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense
Gideon Lichfield
Global Editorial Director, WIRED
Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble
Associate Professor, Department of Information Studies, UCLA; Co-Founder and Co-Director, Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, UCLA; Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute
Selection Committee

Ash Carter
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense

Bill Anderson
Senior Lecturer, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University

Afua Bruce
Chief Program Officer, DataKind

Kade Crockford
Director, Technology for Liberty Program, ACLU of Massachusetts

Nancy Gibbs
Director, Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School

John Holdren
Professor of Environmental Policy; Co-Director, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School

Sheila Jasanoff
Professor, Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School

Chris Lynch
Co-Founder, Rebellion Defense

Travis McCready
Executive Director, US Life Sciences Market, Jones Lang LaSalle

DJ Patil
Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Inaugural U.S. Chief Data Scientist

Kathy Pham
Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School

Katie Rae
CEO and Managing Partner, The Engine

Justin Sanchez
Life Sciences Research Technical Fellow, Battelle Memorial Institute

Nick Sinai
Senior Advisor, Insight Ventures; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School

Steve Strassmann
Senior Architect, Kyruus; Former CTO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Nicholas Thompson
CEO, The Atlantic

Paul Waters
Associate Director, Public Square Program, Democracy Fund