Jennifer Pahlka
Co-founder And Board Chair at Recoding America Fund
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJennifer Pahlka is a civic tech entrepreneur and author with 14 years of experience building networks that modernize government through technology and design. As founder and long-time leader of Code for America and co-founder of U.S. Digital Response and the Recoding America Fund, she has repeatedly translated startup practices into durable public-sector impact. Her book, Recoding America, synthesizes lessons from launching the U.S. Digital Service and advising federal and nonprofit initiatives, earning praise for making policy and technology accessible. Based in San Francisco, she serves as a senior fellow at multiple policy organizations and sits on boards shaping national digital service strategies. Known for blending event-building and community organizing with product-minded execution, she has a track record of turning civic frustration into operational programs that governments can actually deploy. An unexpected throughline of her career is bringing media and conference production skills to civic technology, turning ideas into movements as well as institutions.
14 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bronx High School of ScienceBA American Studies, BA American Studies at Yale University
French
Github Skills (8)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pahlkadot/responsive-wedding
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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