Daniel Swislow

Dan Swislow serves as senior partnerships officer at the National Democratic Institute (NDI), leading the Institute’s presence in Silicon Valley and managing programs related to open government and civic innovation as a member of the governance team. In 2012, he helped NDI and its partners found OpeningParliament.org, a forum for more than 160 civil society organizations focused on the transparency of legislatures in over 80 countries. Mr. Swislow has led workshops or been featured as a speaker on open government and civic innovation at international events and conferences on five continents. He was awarded a Legislative Fellowship in 2013, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, to support transparency and accountability advocacy to the Congress of Mexico. Mr. Swislow serves on the advisory boards of the Democracy Earth Foundation, a member of Y Combinator, and Bolt Energy.  He holds a master of public policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and a bachelor of arts from New York University. Follow him on Twitter at @danswislow.