Post in Obama's transition team technology, innovation and government reform working group

Nov 26 22:17 UTC

More names - even some people I know - from:
http://change.gov/learn/policy_working_groups/

Technology, Innovation & Government Reform

The Technology, Innovation & Government Reform Policy Working Group will help
prepare the incoming Administration to implement the Innovation Agenda, which
includes a range of proposals to create a 21st century government that is more
open and effective; leverages technology to grow the economy, create jobs, and
solve our country’s most pressing problems; respects the integrity of and
renews our commitment to science; and catalyzes active citizenship and
partnerships in shared governance with civil society institutions. The Working
Group is organized into four sub-teams: (1) Innovation and Government, (2)
Innovation and National Priorities, (3) Innovation and Science, and (4)
Innovation and Civil Society.

Blair Levin is a Managing Director of Stifel Nicolaus and serves as the firm’s
principal telecom, media and tech regulatory and strategy analyst. Prior to his
work as an analyst, Mr. Levin served as Chief of Staff to Chairman Reed Hundt
at the Federal Communications Commission from 1993 through 1997. Before joining
the FCC, Levin was a partner in the North Carolina law firm of Parker Poe, Poe,
Adams and Bernstein.

Sonal Shah heads Google.org’s global development efforts. Prior to joining
Google, she was Vice President at Goldman, Sachs and Co. developing and
implementing the firm’s environmental policy. She is also the co-founder of
Indicorps, a U.S.-based non-profit organization offering one-year fellowships
Indian-Americans to work on development projects in India. Sonal also worked at
the Center for American Progress on trade, outsourcing and post conflict issues
and the Center for Global Development on development policy issues. Sonal
worked at the Department of Treasury from 1995-2002 on various economic issues
and regions of the world, including Bosnia, Kosovo, the Asian crisis and
sub-Saharan Africa. During that time she also worked at the National Security
Council from 1998-1999. Sonal received her BA in economics from the University
of Chicago and her MA in economics from Duke University. She is on the
Obama-Biden Transition Project Advisory Board.

Julius Genachowski is co-founder of Rock Creek Ventures and LaunchBox Digital,
a special advisor at General Atlantic, and a member of various boards of
directors and advisors. From 1997 to 2005, he was a senior executive at
IAC/InterActiveCorp, where his roles included Chief of Business Operations,
General Counsel, and a member of the Office of the Chairman. Genachowski served
at the Federal Communications Commission from 1994 to 1997, including as Chief
Counsel to the Chairman. From 1991 to 1994 he served as a law clerk to U.S.
Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J.
Brennan, Jr. (ret.), and to Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He worked in Congress from 1985 to 1988, for Sen.
Charles E. Schumer (then a U.S. Representative), and for the joint select
committe on the Iran-Contra Affair. He is a on the Obama-Biden Transition
Project Advisory Board.
Group Members

Howard Buffet
David Burd
Dan Chenok
Aneesh Chopra
Jack Chorowsky
Cheryl Dorsey
Joshua Dubois
Judy Estrin
Tom Freedman
Jim Halpert
Mark Johnson
Michele Jolin
Tom Kalil
Kei Koizumi
Vivek Kundra
Don Lamb
John Leibovitz
Bruce McConnell
Andrew McLaughlin
Parry Norling
Beth Noveck
Spencer Overton
Lori Perine
Kartik Raghavan
Alec Ross
Paul Schmitz
Clifford Sloan
Steve Spinner
Marta Urquilla
Chris Warren
Daniel Weitzner
Irving Wladawsky-Berger