Judges & Mentors

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Judges

Professor Daniel Moerner

Is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Chicago. His classes include Ethics in the Digital Age, Descartes’s Meditations in its Medieval Context, Spinoza’s Ethics, and Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy.

Erin Simpson

Is an Associate Director of Technology Policy at American Progress, and one of the cofounders of UChicago TechTeam in 2013!

Olivia Myszskowski

Is an Associate Vice President of Client Services at Morning Consult, and also one of the cofounders of UChicago TechTeam!

Jakub Tucholski

Is a Software Engineer at Uber, and also one of the cofounders of UChicago TechTeam/Director of Technology!

Matthew Muench

Is the Senior VP of Talent at P33, leading P33's education, workforce development, and corporate talent efforts. Previously, he was the Director of Workforce Innovation for the City of Chicago.

Mentors

Alex Niemczewski

Is the CEO at BallotReady, an online voter guide to local elections. BallotReady won first place in Chicago Booth's Social New Venture Challenge, we've been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Knight Foundation, and UChicago's Institute of Politics.

Nico Marchio

Is a Lead Data Scientist at the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation. Previously, he was a Data Science Engineer at Bernie Sanders For President and a Senior Data Scientist at Civis Analytics.

Sofia Gross

Is the head of policy partnerships + social impact at Snap. She is on the board of uchipolitics, an officer at the U.S. Navy Reserve, and an alum of the University of Chicago where she studied International Studies and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations.