Staff
Past Staff
Yeshimabeit Milner
Yeshimabeit Milner
Founder & CEO
Yeshimabeit “Yeshi” Milner is the Founder & CEO of Data for Black Lives. She has worked since she was 17 behind the scenes as a movement builder, technologist and data scientist.
Chelsea Cross
Chelsea Cross
Chief of Staff
Chelsea Cross is Chief of Staff at Data for Black Lives. Ever since she was a child, she knew she wanted to impact the world directly. After studying public health at Brown University, Chelsea went on to serve the indigenous population of Hawai’i as a teacher while earning a master’s degree in education from Johns Hopkins University.
Stacy Bullard
Stacy Bullard
Stacy Bullard served previously as Director of Operations at Data for Black Lives
Max Clermont
Max Clermont
Strategic Advisor and founding Director of Policy
Strategic Advisor and founding Director of Policy at Data for Black Lives. Senior Project Lead with Partners In Health’s US Public Health Accompaniment Unit
Linda Denson
Linda Denson
Founder at Virgo Wig Co and IDA Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Diversity in the Arts
Linda was born and raised in New Orleans, LA, she is an activist, content creator, and undergraduate student at Stanford University studying bioengineering. Linda has been an activist since high sc...
Lucas Mason-Brown
Lucas Mason-Brown
Co-Founder
Lucas Mason-Brown is co-founder of Data for Black Lives.
Tawana Petty
Tawana Petty
Director of Community at The Algorithmic Justice League
Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty is a mother, social justice organizer, youth advocate, poet and author. She is intricately involved in water rights advocacy, data and digital privacy rights education and ...
Adam Rouhana
Adam Rouhana
CFO
Adam Rouhana is a Palestinian-American activist-entrepreneur and photographer based in New York. He is the CFO at Data for Black Lives.
Paul Watkins
Paul Watkins
Associate Product Manager at Krikey
Paul is Associate Product Manager at Krikey. Paul served previously as Research Associate at Data for Black Lives. He also worked as a Data Analyst at Stanford University's Haas Center for Public S...
Jamelle Watson-Daniels
Jamelle Watson-Daniels
PhD Candidate at Harvard University
Jamelle Watson-Daniels is a scientist conducting research in machine learning focused on model reliability, accountability and transparency. She draws from over 8 years of experience as a mentor, r...
Akina Younge
Akina Younge
Policy Director at the Center for Critical Internet Inquiry at UCLA
Akina (Aki) Younge is Policy Director at the Center for Critical Internet Inquiry at UCLA
Inspired by a future of collective joy, Aki has pushed for policies and practices to use technology and ...
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