Center for Open Data Enterprise Inc.

“Code hires an independent accounting firm to prepare the federal form 990. Upon submission, the draft form 990 is reviewed by the president and board of directors before filing with the irs.”

“All code staff and contractors are required to disclose to the president any potential conflicts of interest that could impact, or potentially appear to impact, their ability to contribute to code's work overall, or to specific projects, impartially and in the best interests of the organization. Potential conflicts may also include situations in which the staff or contractor stands to benefit from their association with code in ways that exceed their compensation from code. These potential conflicts must be disclosed immediately to the president, in writing, if and when they arise. Such conflicts can include but are not limited to: 1) consulting fees or honoraria from third parties whose work relates to areas in which code operates. These can include fees or in-kind compensation for consulting, lecturing, board service, teaching, or other activities. 2) equity interests or stock options in companies operating in the data and technology space. 3) consulting fees from companies, other nonprofits, government entities, or other third parties. 4) royalty income. 6) personal connection with a potential code funder. Based on these disclosures, the president will decide whether staff/contractor conflicts of interest exist and how to resolve them if so. The president will disclose any of his/her potential conflicts to the board chair, who will assess how to resolve them if necessary and whether potential conflicts need to be disclosed to the full board for discussion. Any board member will disclose his/her potential conflicts to the board chair and the president, who will work with the board member to determine how to resolve them if necessary. Remedies for real or apparent conflicts of interest may include: 1) appropriate disclosure in code materials published in print or online. 2) decision not to pursue an opportunity with a third party that may cause a conflict. 3) staff or board member recusal from work or decisions relating to the area of conflict.”

“Code makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Patricia cummens government strategist at environmental systems research institute (esri). Pat cummens serves as the government strategist at environmental systems research institute (esri). She joined esri in 1998, where she provides senior-level management and guidance on state and national government initiatives, emerging policy issues and executive outreach. Prior to that she spent 15 years in state government, serving as the gis director for the new jersey department of environmental protection for 11 years after starting her career with the state of minnesota. She has developed skills to bridge the gap between policy and technology, and works with executives including governors' offices, the white house, and u.s. Congress to help them understand the value geospatial data and gis technology bring to data-driven decision making and realizing efficient, smart government. Much of her effort is focused on building awareness of location intelligence outside the traditional gis community. She holds a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from the university of minnesota. Marc dacosta co-founder and chairman of enigma. Marc dacosta is the co-founder and chairman of enigma, a data technology company that marries public and private data to provide actionable, operational insight for fortune 500 companies. Marc has deep expertise in the technical and cultural aspects of harnessing data to transform organizational operations. He holds a ph.d. In cultural anthropology from the university of california and has held fellowships at the national science foundation, intel labs and the columbia journalism school. Marc is also a term member at the council on foreign relations. Elizabeth lee grossman former director of strategic partnerships, microsoft cities team/microsoft philanthropies. Elizabeth grossman engages in designing and coordinating strategic national and local partnerships with nonprofits, foundations, governments, and businesses. She has worked with community and civic leaders on the application of technology and data to address public challenges such as economic development and innovation, criminal justice reform, sustainability, accessibility, and transportation. Before joining microsoft, she worked on science and tech policy for universities, associations, and the u.s. House of representatives. Elizabeth received a b.a. In physics and mathematics from swarthmore college and a masters and ph.d. In computational physics from the university of chicago. Natalie evans harris executive director, black wealth data center (current title; left code board in october 2021). Natalie evans harris holds nearly 20 years of experience advancing the public sector's strategic use of data, including a 16-year career at the national security agency and 18 months with the obama administration. She is known for working with a broad network of academic institutions, data science organizations, application developers, and foundations to advance the responsible use of data standards, apis, and ethical algorithms to directly benefit people. She founded the community-driven principles for ethical data sharing (cpeds) community of practice with over 1200 active members focused on strengthening ethical practices in the data science community through crowdsourcing of a data science code of ethics. She serves as a strategic advisor to the project, now known as the global data ethics project (gdep), to advance the adoption of tools, techniques, and practices developed by the community. As a senior policy advisor to the u.s. Chief technology officer in the obama administration, she founded the data cabinet, a federal data science community of practice with over 200 active members across more than 40 federal agencies. Heather joseph executive director for the scholarly publishing and academic resources coalition (sparc). Heather joseph serves as executive director for the scholarly publishing and academic resources coalition (sparc). In that role she”