Connecticut Data Collaborative Adds Data Manager; Expands Efforts to Improve Data Use in Policy Development

The Connecticut Data Collaborative (CT Data), a public-private partnership that advocates for the public availability of open and accessible data, has announced the hiring of Jenna Daly of Glastonbury as its Data Manager. She will be responsible for coordinating data management and contributing to CT Data’s growing repository of accessible data related and to the general operations of the organization.

Daly brings experiences as an engineer and most recently from United Technologies Corporation where she served as an IT Specialist in Corporate Applications. Previously, she was a systems engineer at Pratt & Whitney in Systems Modeling & Integration.

“The CT Data Collaborative advocates for the public availability of open and accessible data with the hope that data will drive planning and policy-making across the state. We know that nonprofits and community organizations, as well as public agencies, are looking for support in building their data skills,” said Michelle Riordan-Nold, Executive Director of the CT Data Collaborative. “Jenna brings both expertise and enthusiasm for helping data producers and data users make the best use of data to drive and inform policy development.”

“I am overjoyed to join such a vibrant team; to be working on such face-paced, engaging, and critical projects benefiting organizations all across Connecticut. CT Data's contributions to data literacy and efficacy are what truly drive innovation and support for helping make better decisions in all levels of policy making across the state. I'm so excited to be a part of the process,” Daly said.

Daly received her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Hartford, and is pursuing a M.S. in Business Analytics from Quinnipiac University.

The CT Data Collaborative is propelling the rapidly expanding volume of state and municipal data that has been added to the publicly-accessible website, www.ctdata.org, and the many ways the data can be used by a range of businesses, town and city governments, and various organizations in the state to further policy development, evaluation and analysis. To date, the website contains nearly 150 datasets on a wide range of subjects and programmatic areas.

CT Data has also recently launched the CT Data Academy, which offers a series of trainings and collaborations for individuals from the public and private sectors to further their knowledge and exchange best practices regarding the use of and accessibility of public data. More information about the Data Basics sessions and other collaborative initiatives, as well as upcoming Data Forums and the next CT Data Conference, to be held in March, is available at www.ctdata.org