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Meet Janet Bland, PhD, DataKind’s Senior Education Implementation Manager. With decades of experience spanning faculty, academic leadership, and higher education consulting, Janet brings a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing today’s colleges and universities.  As DataKind continues to expand its work in higher education – from supporting institutions with Edvise to advancing new […]

Meet Allison Hirata, DataKind’s Director, Product Management. As our first product management leader, Allison is helping establish the processes, systems, and cross-functional ways of working that enable DataKind to build and deliver enterprise products across our portfolio, beginning with education.  Drawing on extensive experience leading product strategy for education technology companies, startups, and nonprofits, he

Beacon is DataKind’s new, expanded local data platform, shaped by years of learning and co-development alongside practitioners and evolving DataKind’s earlier community data infrastructure efforts into a more collaborative, action-oriented experience.  Designed to support economic mobility and community impact, Beacon equips practitioners with the data, insights, and collaborative tools needed to strengthen small business support,

By Sathy Rajasekharan, Vice President, Transformational Programs and Support, Parkinson Canada and former Independent Expert Advisor, Climate and Health, DataKind | Mignonne Fowlis, Senior Manager, Product and Programs, DataKind In Kajiado County, Kenya, pregnant and postpartum women face mounting health risks from climate-sensitive conditions, including malaria outbreaks, heat stress, and disruptions from flooding and droughts.

Research consistently shows that food insecurity and poor health are closely linked to economic instability – affecting everything from employment continuity to long-term mobility. Addressing these challenges requires more than isolated interventions or static reports; it requires shared data, aligned indicators, and sustained collaboration across organizations. In Central Florida, the Health and Hunger Task Force,

By Lauren Woodman, CEO, DataKind In the social sector, data is everywhere – dashboards, reports, metrics, models. But for many nonprofit leaders, the question isn’t whether data exists. It’s whether it actually helps them make better decisions. Too often, it doesn’t. Data on its own is inert. It doesn’t design a program. It doesn’t decide