DataHaven Board of Directors

Penny Canny Senior Vice President for Grantmaking and Strategy, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Paul Cleary Dean, Yale School of Public Health
Karyn Gilvarg Director, New Haven City Plan Department
Jennifer Heath Vice President for Community Leadership, United Way of Greater New Haven
Katya Levitan-Reiner Senior Coordinator, Department of Research, Assessment and Student Information, New Haven Public Schools
Jesse S. Reynolds Data Analyst, Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center
Cynthia Rojas Research Manager, Clifford Beers Guidance Clinic

Staff

Mark Abraham, Executive Director
Mr. Abraham is responsible for the management and development of DataHaven, and for delivery of its multiple products and services in support of civic research, planning and action. Mr. Abraham's professional career has included positions as a planner with the New York City 2012 Summer Olympic Games Bid Committee, as Director of Marketing for the New Haven architecture firm Svigals and Partners, and as Associate at the New Haven consulting firm Holt, Wexler & Farnam, LLP. Mr. Abraham graduated from Yale University with honors in the Architecture major and was a finalist in the 57th annual Westinghouse/Intel Science Talent Search. Mark serves as a New Haven Historic District Commissioner and as a Board Member of Elm City Cycling. He has received the New Haven Environmental Justice Network's Annual Award in 2008 for coordinating the New Haven Safe Streets Coalition, and a Business New Haven Rising Stars Award in 2010.
Mark Speirs, Data Analyst
Mr. Speirs is the Data Analyst for DataHaven in New Haven, Connecticut. His responsibilities include managing data sets, data development, database architecture, accuracy, maintenance, and documentation. Mark is a graduate of Temple University's School of Environmental Design with a Master of Science degree in Community and Regional Planning. His undergraduate degrees are in Information Technology and Economics. Professionally, Mark's most recent position was as Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Economics in Philadelphia. There he was responsible for the collection, verification, and collating of the center's data as well as maintenance and design of the organization's database. His accomplishments include spearheading the evaluation of Altoona, Pennsylvania's 10-year tax-structure implementation study and partnering with the Manhattan Borough President's staff and the New York City Department of Finance to develop models of land use and tax alternatives.

Website Development Team

The site is produced by DataHaven staff, Farnam Associates, and the Website Committee of the DataHaven Board of Directors. Current contributors include:

Mark Abraham Executive Director, DataHaven
James Farnam, Eudald Lerga Farnam Associates
Penny Canny Board Website Committee