Transitions at Smart Chicago

As of today, Friday, May 27, 2016, I am leaving my position as Executive Director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative.

Kyla Williams has been appointed Interim Executive Director. She has been with the organization since December 2011. She is a wellspring of knowledge and has been a key person in nearly every program we run. You can contact Kyla at .

The founding partners of Smart Chicago— the The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the City of Chicago, and The Chicago Community Trust— are devoted to the organization and are working to launch the search for a new Executive Director. Stay tuned to http://smartchicagocollaborative.org/ for more on that.

While Kyla is responsible for all finances, programs, and personnel, here’s a handy contact list for many existing Smart Chicago projects:

Sonja Marziano,

• Chicago Early Learning

• Civic User Testing Group (CUTGroup)

• CUTGroup Collective

• Expunge.io

Denise Linn

• Connect Chicago

• Chicago School of Data

• Array of Things Civic Engagement

• National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership

Leslie Durr

• Smart Health Centers

• Chicago Health Atlas

• Condom Finder App

• Hive Learning Network

• Chicago Defender Charities

• Youth-Led Tech

And Kyla retains or inherits responsibility for the following projects:

• Documenters

• Open Grid for Smart Cities

• Foodborne Chicago

• Developer Resources

• Cook County Open Data

• Forest Preserve Trail Map

• All Justice projects

Please contact Kyla Williams at  with any questions, comments and concerns.

On a personal note, I look forward to keeping up with you— find me over here on Twitter and see my writing here. Otherwise, I greatly look forward to seeing the great work of Smart Chicago continue!

Love, Daniel X. O’Neil & the Smart Chicago Collaborative