Karen Mossberger, Ph.D. is the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University.  Her research interests in digital inequality began with her experience in workforce and economic development while working for the City of Detroit.  Her academic career has included research and teaching in local government, urban policy, digital government, and digital inclusion. Prior co-authored books on technology include Virtual Inequality:  Beyond the Digital Divide (Georgetown University Press, 2003), Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society and Participation (MIT Press, 2008), and Digital Cities:  The Internet and the Geography of Opportunity (Oxford University Press, 2012).  She evaluated Chicago’s Smart Communities program.

Hart Clements serves as a Legislative Aide to Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), working on technology, telecommunications, judiciary, agriculture, civil rights, and immigration policy. Prior to joining the senator’s office in January 2018, she worked as the State and Local Campaigns Coordinator at EMILY’s List and as an Organizer on the Hillary for America presidential campaign. She is a Philadelphia native and holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Virginia.

Ben has served as Senator Patty Murray’s lead policy staffer for telecommunications, space, technology, and homeland security issues since March of 2015. In this capacity, he advises the senator on policy matters arising within these fields; manages her priorities within the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittees; and represents the senator’s interests before stakeholders in the public and private sector. In this role, he has drafted legislation relating to rural broadband deployment, disaster recovery, and has secured funding for regulatory modernization at the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

Ben originally joined Senator Murray’s office in 2013 as a Legislative Aide working on defense and veterans affairs issues. Previously, Ben was a junior staff member on the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Ben graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Government with an emphasis in International Relations. Benjamin is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and currently resides in Washington, DC.