The Data Funders Collaborative (DFC) is a partnership of leading philanthropic organizations working together to support learning, discovery and action focused on the ethical collection, protection and use of data. DFC promotes the public's interest in building a data infrastructure that supports research, innovation, and sound policymaking by sharing lessons among ourselves, across sectors (e.g., health, education, social), and among levels of government (district, state, and federal).
Daniella Lowenberg directs and facilitates the DFC. She brings deep experience at the intersection of data governance, policy, and infrastructure. Most recently, she served as Senior Advisor for Data Governance & Policy at the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services where she was responsible for the writing and implementation of open data and public access strategies as well as led the development of secure data infrastructure for human services programs.
She previously held leadership roles at the University of California Office of the President, directing global initiatives and infrastructure for research data publishing (Dryad), data metrics (Make Data Count), and data ethics. She oversaw the open data policy at the Public Library of Science (PLOS) and began her career as a researcher in microbiology and pharmacogenomics at San Francisco Public Health and Stanford.
Get in touch at admin@datafunderscollaborative.org