Our team
There’s no shortage of all stars at Code for America. All stars who are passionate about improving the way government works. All stars fueled by a desire to make communities better. These are people you want to know.
Executive Team
Amanda Renteria
Chief Executive Officer
Arlene Corbin Lewis
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Emily Tracy
Chief Revenue Officer
Lou Moore
Chief Technology Officer
Ryan Ko
Chief of Staff
Zeryn Sarpangal
Chief Financial and People Officer
Product and Technology Team
Aditi Joshi
Senior User Researcher
Alex Gonzalez
Software Engineering Apprentice
Alexis Turim
Service Designer
Andrew Xie
Client Success Advocate
Andrew Edstrom
Senior Software Engineer
Anu Murthy
Senior Product Designer
Ash Campo
Senior Software Engineer
Asheesh Laroia
Principal Software Engineer
Atzay Perez Estrada
Senior Client Success Advocate
Ben Golder
Staff Software Engineer
Ben Sheldon
Engineering Manager
Ben Calegari
Senior Software Engineer
Betsy Valu Rohney
User Researcher Apprentice
Britney Epps
Senior Software Engineer
Carlie Guilfoile
Product Designer
Cesar Paredes
Qualitative Researcher
Christa Hartsock
Engineering Manager
Dani Carrillo
User Researcher Manager
Deirdre Hirschtritt
Senior Qualitative Researcher
Dimitri DeFigueiredo
Principal Security Engineer
Elena Fortuna
Client Success Director
Em Barnard-Shao
Software Engineer
Eric Giannella
Data Science Director
Fahad Quraishi
Lead Product Manager
Gwen Rino
Senior Data Scientist
Jazmyn Latimer
Service Design Director
Jenny Heath
Senior Software Engineer
Julie Sutherland
Design Manager
Kelly McBride
Group Product Manager
Kristi Lanzisera
Software Engineer
Laura Kogler
Engineering Director
Lauren Haynes
Group Product Manager
Leah Bross
Product Manager
Luigi Ray-Montañez
Principal Software Engineer
Marie Perrot
Senior Qualitative Researcher
Matt Bernius
Principal User Researcher
Maximilian Hell
Senior Data Scientist
Michael Cowden
Director of Consulting Engineering
Mike Rotondo
Engineering Manager
Molly Trombley-McCann
Senior Software Engineer
Nicole Rappin
User Research Manager
Nida Mirza
Data Scientist Apprentice
Rachel Edelman
Senior Designer
Shalaka Gole
Product Manager
Shannon Byrne
Staff Software Engineer
Shayna Cummings
Staff Consulting Engineer
Simone Sequeira
Lead Product Manager
Sree Prasad
Staff Software Engineer
Suran De Silva
Principal Product Designer
Symonne Singleton
Software Engineer
Taranamol Kaur
Senior Qualitative Researcher
Tom Dooner
Senior Software Engineer
Travis Grathwell
Staff Software Engineer
Vince Dorie
Staff Data Scientist
Vraj Mohan
Principal Software Engineer
Whitney Schaefer
Staff Software Engineer
Yvonne Fong
Product Manager
Programs Team
Alia Toran-Burrell
Associate Program Director
Annelise Grimm
Associate Program Director
Brenda Garcia
Program Specialist
Caitlin Docker
Associate Program Director, GetCalFresh
David Newville
Senior Program Director, GetYourRefund
David Crawford
Program Manager, Clear My Record
Dustin Palmer
Senior Program Manager
Eleanor Davis
Senior Program Manager
Evonne Silva
Senior Director, Criminal Justice
Francesca Costa
Associate Program Director
Laura Maldonado
Program Specialist
Meilani Santillán
Program Director, Criminal Justice
Rae Pilarski
Program Manager
Tracey Patterson
Senior Director, Social Safety Net
Zachary Antoyan
Program Specialist
National Network Team
Billy Lim
Senior Organizer
Cecilia Fischer-Benitez
Network Specialist
Em Burnett
Senior Community Manager
Filsan Abikar
Program Manager, Community Fellowship
Hashim Mteuzi
Program Director, Fellowships
Meredith Horowski
Senior Director, Brigade Network
Stephen T. Simpson
Senior Program Manager, Community Fellowship
Veronica Young
Associate Director, Brigade Network Program
Will Pfeffer
Senior Program Manager
Marketing and Communications Team
Ashley Vaughn
Senior Manager of Digital Marketing
Contasia Placide
Senior Manager, Events and Experiences
Dominique Mann
Associate Director of Program Communications
Emma Coleman
Content Manager
Fritz Jooste
Senior Front End Developer & UX Designer
Jahvita Rastafari
Senior Director of Program Marketing
Lauren Murakami
Marketing and Communications Designer
Ruthie Reisner
Associate Director of Content Development
Development Team
Andrea Baker-Aguilar
Institutional Giving Manager
Dana Pineda
Development Specialist
Geneva Morley
Institutional Giving Manager
Jason Vuong Do
Director of Individual Giving
Laila Brenner
Senior Director, Institutional Giving
Lizzy Gilbert
Associate Director of Institutional Giving
Tanya Grinblat
Senior Manager, Individual Giving
People Operations and Finance Team
Adrian Duann
Operations Specialist
Amanda Gilmore
Senior Contracts Manager
Carissa Ellis
Administrative Assistant
Howard Smalls
Director of Finance
Janelle Rice
Executive Assistant
Joselyn Maser
Associate Director, People Operations
Julie You
Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition
Krista Stinson
People Operations Specialist
Vishal Sood
Senior Accountant
Special Advisors
Jennifer Pahlka
Founder