As we release our Let’s Make It Count virtual summit, we’re excited to announce two new core team members supporting the initiative: Chad Boler and Mae Tanner.
Chad Boler joins the Let’s Make It Count team as a civic technologist. He brings a decade of experience in marketing technology, automation, and strategy as well as a passion for public interest technology. Chad currently works at Thermo Fisher Scientific; outside his professional duties, he also volunteers his time and talents to local community development groups and small businesses.
“I really hope to propel the mission of this initiative forward, building out resources to better prepare students to tap into their creativity and touch the next generation of civic leaders,”Chad noted.
Chad spends his free time pursuing his master’s studies at Northwestern University and enjoys a quiet life near Pittsburgh, PA with his wife Nikki and their Yorkie Wi-fi.
Mae Tanner has been a part of the administrative team for the West Big Data Innovation Hub since 2017, starting with general support of RISELab at UC Berkeley. She brings a range of event planning and operations management experience that has enabled her to effectively co-facilitate several successful Hub community engagement activities and programs. Mae’s deep involvement in events such as the yearly California Water Data Challenge and coordination of early career participation scholarships paved the way for her synthesis with the Let’s Make It Count initiative. It is Mae’s passion for teaching effective communication, particularly to youth, that impels her commitment to programs designed to engage students in driving positive social change for their communities. As told in Mae’s own words:
“I firmly believe that if a person can express themselves effectively through verbal and written communication, their voice has the potential to make a bigger impact on their audience, which can then clear the path for change in their own communities.”
Mae lives with her partner and several amiable chickens on a little farm in western Massachusetts. She can be found in the garden or rambling through the woods at any given time.
Please join us in welcoming Chad and Mae in their new roles, working together to Make It COUNT!
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