| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C |
ALL CODE STAFF AND CONTRACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT COULD IMPACT, OR POTENTIALLY APPEAR TO IMPACT, THEIR ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO CODE'S WORK OVERALL, OR TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS, IMPARTIALLY AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS MAY ALSO INCLUDE SITUATIONS IN WHICH THE STAFF OR CONTRACTOR STANDS TO BENEFIT FROM THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CODE IN WAYS THAT EXCEED THEIR COMPENSATION FROM CODE. THESE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS MUST BE DISCLOSED IMMEDIATELY TO THE PRESIDENT, IN WRITING, IF AND WHEN THEY ARISE. SUCH CONFLICTS CAN INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: 1) CONSULTING FEES OR HONORARIA FROM THIRD PARTIES WHOSE WORK RELATES TO AREAS IN WHICH CODE OPERATES. THESE CAN INCLUDE FEES OR IN-KIND COMPENSATION FOR CONSULTING, LECTURING, BOARD SERVICE, TEACHING, OR OTHER ACTIVITIES. 2) EQUITY INTERESTS OR STOCK OPTIONS IN COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE DATA AND TECHNOLOGY SPACE. 3) CONSULTING FEES FROM COMPANIES, OTHER NONPROFITS, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES. 4) ROYALTY INCOME. 6) PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH A POTENTIAL CODE FUNDER. BASED ON THESE DISCLOSURES, THE PRESIDENT WILL DECIDE WHETHER STAFF/CONTRACTOR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EXIST AND HOW TO RESOLVE THEM IF SO. THE PRESIDENT WILL DISCLOSE ANY OF HIS/HER POTENTIAL CONFLICTS TO THE BOARD CHAIR, WHO WILL ASSESS HOW TO RESOLVE THEM IF NECESSARY AND WHETHER POTENTIAL CONFLICTS NEED TO BE DISCLOSED TO THE FULL BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. ANY BOARD MEMBER WILL DISCLOSE HIS/HER POTENTIAL CONFLICTS TO THE BOARD CHAIR AND THE PRESIDENT, WHO WILL WORK WITH THE BOARD MEMBER TO DETERMINE HOW TO RESOLVE THEM IF NECESSARY. REMEDIES FOR REAL OR APPARENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST MAY INCLUDE: 1) APPROPRIATE DISCLOSURE IN CODE MATERIALS PUBLISHED IN PRINT OR ONLINE. 2) DECISION NOT TO PURSUE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A THIRD PARTY THAT MAY CAUSE A CONFLICT. 3) STAFF OR BOARD MEMBER RECUSAL FROM WORK OR DECISIONS RELATING TO THE AREA OF CONFLICT. |
| FORM 990, SCHEDULE A, SECTION C, LINE 17A: |
PATRICIA CUMMENS GOVERNMENT STRATEGIST AT ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ESRI). PAT CUMMENS SERVES AS THE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIST AT ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ESRI). SHE JOINED ESRI IN 1998, WHERE SHE PROVIDES SENIOR-LEVEL MANAGEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON STATE AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES, EMERGING POLICY ISSUES AND EXECUTIVE OUTREACH. PRIOR TO THAT SHE SPENT 15 YEARS IN STATE GOVERNMENT, SERVING AS THE GIS DIRECTOR FOR THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR 11 YEARS AFTER STARTING HER CAREER WITH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. SHE HAS DEVELOPED SKILLS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY, AND WORKS WITH EXECUTIVES INCLUDING GOVERNORS' OFFICES, THE WHITE HOUSE, AND U.S. CONGRESS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE VALUE GEOSPATIAL DATA AND GIS TECHNOLOGY BRING TO DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING AND REALIZING EFFICIENT, SMART GOVERNMENT. MUCH OF HER EFFORT IS FOCUSED ON BUILDING AWARENESS OF LOCATION INTELLIGENCE OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL GIS COMMUNITY. SHE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. MARC DACOSTA CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF ENIGMA. MARC DACOSTA IS THE CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF ENIGMA, A DATA TECHNOLOGY COMPANY THAT MARRIES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DATA TO PROVIDE ACTIONABLE, OPERATIONAL INSIGHT FOR FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES. MARC HAS DEEP EXPERTISE IN THE TECHNICAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF HARNESSING DATA TO TRANSFORM ORGANIZATIONAL OPERATIONS. HE HOLDS A PH.D. IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND HAS HELD FELLOWSHIPS AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, INTEL LABS AND THE COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL. MARC IS ALSO A TERM MEMBER AT THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. ELIZABETH LEE GROSSMAN FORMER DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, MICROSOFT CITIES TEAM/MICROSOFT PHILANTHROPIES. ELIZABETH GROSSMAN ENGAGES IN DESIGNING AND COORDINATING STRATEGIC NATIONAL AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFITS, FOUNDATIONS, GOVERNMENTS, AND BUSINESSES. SHE HAS WORKED WITH COMMUNITY AND CIVIC LEADERS ON THE APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND DATA TO ADDRESS PUBLIC CHALLENGES SUCH AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, SUSTAINABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND TRANSPORTATION. BEFORE JOINING MICROSOFT, SHE WORKED ON SCIENCE AND TECH POLICY FOR UNIVERSITIES, ASSOCIATIONS, AND THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ELIZABETH RECEIVED A B.A. IN PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS FROM SWARTHMORE COLLEGE AND A MASTERS AND PH.D. IN COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. NATALIE EVANS HARRIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BLACK WEALTH DATA CENTER (CURRENT TITLE; LEFT CODE BOARD IN OCTOBER 2021). NATALIE EVANS HARRIS HOLDS NEARLY 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ADVANCING THE PUBLIC SECTOR'S STRATEGIC USE OF DATA, INCLUDING A 16-YEAR CAREER AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY AND 18 MONTHS WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. SHE IS KNOWN FOR WORKING WITH A BROAD NETWORK OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, DATA SCIENCE ORGANIZATIONS, APPLICATION DEVELOPERS, AND FOUNDATIONS TO ADVANCE THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF DATA STANDARDS, APIS, AND ETHICAL ALGORITHMS TO DIRECTLY BENEFIT PEOPLE. SHE FOUNDED THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PRINCIPLES FOR ETHICAL DATA SHARING (CPEDS) COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WITH OVER 1200 ACTIVE MEMBERS FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING ETHICAL PRACTICES IN THE DATA SCIENCE COMMUNITY THROUGH CROWDSOURCING OF A DATA SCIENCE CODE OF ETHICS. SHE SERVES AS A STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO THE PROJECT, NOW KNOWN AS THE GLOBAL DATA ETHICS PROJECT (GDEP), TO ADVANCE THE ADOPTION OF TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, AND PRACTICES DEVELOPED BY THE COMMUNITY. AS A SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR TO THE U.S. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, SHE FOUNDED THE DATA CABINET, A FEDERAL DATA SCIENCE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WITH OVER 200 ACTIVE MEMBERS ACROSS MORE THAN 40 FEDERAL AGENCIES. HEATHER JOSEPH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING AND ACADEMIC RESOURCES COALITION (SPARC). HEATHER JOSEPH SERVES AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING AND ACADEMIC RESOURCES COALITION (SPARC). IN THAT ROLE SHE HAS FOCUSED SPARC'S EFFORTS ON SUPPORTING NEW MODELS FOR THE OPEN SHARING OF DIGITAL ARTICLES, DATA AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. A FIRM BELIEVER IN COLLECTIVE ACTION, SHE HAS BOLSTERED SPARC'S MISSION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP OF EFFECTIVE COALITIONS. SHE CONVENES THE ALLIANCE FOR TAXPAYER ACCESS AND THE OPEN ACCESS WORKING GROUP, BROAD COALITIONS OF UNIVERSITY, LIBRARY, ADVOCACY, AND CONSUMER GROUPS THAT SERVE AS LEADING VOICES ON U.S. OPEN ACCESS POLICIES, INCLUDING THE LANDMARK NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH (NIH) PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY AND A RECENT WHITE HOUSE DIRECTIVE. SHE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF BIOONE, A COLLABORATIVE PUBLISHING ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO KEEP NON-PROFIT PUBLISHERS OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY. HEATHER IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT ON COMMITTEES AND PROJECTS AT SEVERAL U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES. IN 2015, SHE WAS APPOINTED TO THE NEWLY FORMED COMMERCE DATA ADVISORY COUNCIL AND TASKED WITH PROVIDING INPUT TO THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE ON ISSUES SURROUNDING OPEN DATA. SHE SERVES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF KEY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE OPEN SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE, INCLUDING DURASPACE AND IMPACTSTORY. DENICE ROSS U.S. CHIEF DATA SCIENTIST (CURRENT TITLE; LEFT CODE BOARD IN OCTOBER 2021). DENICE ROSS IS THE U.S. CHIEF DATA SCIENTIST IN THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY. BEFORE THAT SHE WAS A FELLOW IN RESIDENCE AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S BEECK CENTER, WHERE SHE SUPPORTS THE SCHMIDT FUTURES DATA COLLABORATIVE PORTFOLIO AROUND ISSUES SUCH AS DISASTERS, OPIOIDS/ADDICTION, CENSUS 2020, CLIMATE CHANGE, POLICING, AND WORKFORCE. SHE WAS RECENTLY A PUBLIC INTEREST TECH FELLOW AT NEW AMERICA, WHERE SHE STUDIED THE POWER OF NETWORKS TO ADVANCE PROGRESS ON BIG CHALLENGES. AS A PRESIDENTIAL INNOVATION FELLOW IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, SHE CO-FOUNDED THE WHITE HOUSE POLICE DATA INITIATIVE TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE WAKE OF FERGUSON, AND WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ON CROWDSOURCING PRIVATE-SECTOR DATA TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN DISASTER-IMPACTED AREAS. BEFORE MOVING TO THE DC AREA, SHE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE INFORMATION FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, WHERE SHE ESTABLISHED THEIR OPEN DATA INITIATIVE, NOW RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE COUNTRY. PRIOR TO GOVERNMENT, DENICE CO-DIRECTED THE DATA CENTER, A NON-PROFIT DATA INTERMEDIARY THAT ORGANIZED CENSUS AND OTHER DATA INTO NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE USED BY NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. DENICE HOLDS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, WHERE SHE WAS A GOLDWATER SCHOLAR. BRIAN SCARPELLI SENIOR POLICY COUNSEL AT ACT | THE APP ASSOCIATION. BRIAN SCARPELLI IS SENIOR POLICY COUNSEL AT ACT | THE APP ASSOCIATION, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TRADE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING SMALL BUSINESS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND HIGH TECH COMPANIES. PREVIOUS TO JOINING ACT, BRIAN WORKED FOR OVER FIVE YEARS AT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, A TRADE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS AND VENDORS THAT IS ALSO A STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. HE HAS ALSO WORKED AT THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AND THE ALLIANCE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS. 3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS UNDER SECTION 1.170A-9(E)(3)(VI)(C)(1) OF THE TREASURY REGULATIONS, ONE FACTOR INDICATING THAT AN ORGANIZATION QUALIFIES AS "PUBLICLY SUPPORTED" UNDER THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES TEST IS THAT "MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVING SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERTISE, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, OR CIVIC OR COMMUNITY LEADERS" PARTICIPATE IN, OR SPONSOR, THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS. AS DISCUSSED ABOVE, CODE'S DIRECTORS ARE EXPERTS AND LEADERS IN DATA USE AND DEVELOPMENT. III. CONCLUSION IN SUMMARY, CODE HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A "PUBLICLY SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION, BASED ON THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES TEST DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1.170A-9(E)(3) OF THE TREASURY REGULATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, A SMALL NUMBER OF DONORS DO NOT CONTROL CODE; RATHER CODE IS A GROWING INSTITUTION THAT BEARS MANY OF THE INDICIA OF A "PUBLICLY SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING PUBLIC SUPPORT FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF DONORS, WITH A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNING BODY. MOREOVER, CODE IS CONTINUING TO SEEK NEW SOURCES OF SUPPORT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. ACCORDINGLY, CODE QUALIFIES AS A "PUBLICLY SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 170(B)(1)(A)(VI). |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.