Our Team

Sara Defibaugh serves as Communications Manager for data.org. In this role, Sara provides strategic social media marketing, events management, and communications guidance and support for data.org and partner organizations in data science for social impact.

Stephanie Earl is the Finance and Contracts Manager at data.org. She brings over a decade of experience in nonprofit management and accounting with a special interest in implementing responsive financial management and planning systems.

Gigi Ghanim is the Operations Manager at data.org where she oversees systems, planning, reporting and financial management for the organization.

As Director of Strategic Partnerships, Lindsey Gottschalk works at the intersection of strategy and operations to strengthen the collaboration among partners and scope and implement new initiatives.

Hugo Gruson is the Senior Research Software Engineer for Epiverse. His role is to provide technical support and infrastructure for project partners and ensure that project outputs match the gold standard in software development. After his Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology developing tools to measure and analyze animal coloration, Hugo was…

Nieve Heskin is the Partnerships Coordinator for data.org. Nieve has devoted her career towards the overarching goal of doing as much good as possible and has engaged with varied initiatives such as projects working to end sexual violence, support minority rights, guarantee abortion access, and safeguard animal welfare.

Perry Hewitt is the Chief Marketing Officer of data.org where she oversees the marketing and communications functions, as well as digital product development.

Priyank Hirani is the Associate Director for the Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) at data.org, where he strategizes and implements initiatives to democratize data skills and enable social impact organizations to be data-driven.

Joanne Jan is the Project Manager of Strategic Partnerships at data.org. In this role, she collaborates with key stakeholders to strengthen social impact organizations’ capacity to use data.

Dr. Thibaut Jombart is the Software Design and Implementation Lead for the Epiverse. He is a researcher in outbreak analytics, with a background in biostatistics, population genetics, and R programming.

Avinash Laddha is the Senior Data Analyst at data.org, supporting the various initiatives and product team in deriving value and insights from data.

Claudine Lim is the Program Manager for the Epiverse initiative at data.org.

Emma Marty is the Senior Communications Manager for data.org where she is part of the team responsible for managing and implementing the communications strategy for the initiatives.

David Mascarina is the Senior Manager of Content Design for data.org where he is responsible for developing and stewarding a content and design strategy for the data.org platform, and bringing creative ideas for envisioning, creating, and managing the development of content.

Danil Mikhailov, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of data.org. He has over 20 years of experience setting up multiple start-ups and leading work across a range of diverse sectors, always investigating and innovating in the space where technology, culture, and society converge.

Shivam Shukla coordinates the operations in India under the Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN) program.

Dr. Uyi Stewart is the Chief Data and Technology at data.org. Uyi provides senior technical leadership in all aspects of data.org’s work, with a particular focus on our programmatic initiatives which today include the Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge, the Capacity Accelerator Network, and Epiverse.

Cormekki Whitley is the Chief Finance and Administration Officer at data.org. As a member of the Executive team, Cormekki provides high-level fiscal oversight, oversees contract administration, and streamlines both in-house personnel and resource systems.

Ronda Železný-Green, Ph.D. is the Program Director for the Capacity Accelerator Network (CAN). She is a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) changemaker creating systems to empower Black people, women, people with disabilities, and other marginalized populations in the technology and education sectors.

Ginger Zielinskie is the Senior Advisor at data.org, where she works to bring the power of data science to the world’s most challenging social problems. With over twenty years of experience, Ginger serves as an action-oriented executive leader focused on building strong partnerships to achieve systematic and meaningful change.