Donny Bridges

Co-Founder/ Director of Civic Data, Center for Tech and Civic Life

Skoll Awardee

Biography

Donny Bridges is Co-founder and Director of Civic Data of the Center for Technology and Civic Life. He leads a team that’s helping to make information about government and elections accessible to all Americans nationwide and developing the data infrastructure that civic engagement organizations need in order to have maximum impact. Prior to founding CTCL, Donny was the Election Administration Research Director at the New Organizing Institute from 2012 to 2015, where he developed his obsession with local government and its data. Donny holds BAs in Political Science and Philosophy from Stanford University. He grew up in Las Vegas, NV and now lives in Chicago, IL which is... not quite as warm.