Dana Bullister

Quick Facts

Current Position: Challenger
Candidate Status: Required signatures submitted: 98 (69 verified)
Website: https://danaforcambridge.com
Committee Registration: OCPF ID 17586
Email: dana@danaforcambridge.com
Phone: 774-270-1385
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Instagram: @danaforcambridge
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Overview

Background

I am a data scientist trained in economics and public policy. I have lived in Cambridge for over a decade as a renter who is fully reliant on our city’s public transportation infrastructure and biking, as I do not own a car. I am deeply committed to the Cambridge community: I serve as chair of the board for the YWCA Cambridge, an incredible local organization providing safe and affordable housing to our city’s most vulnerable women and families. I also serve on our city’s Commercial Parking Control Committee, which helps shape our community’s transportation network.

A Boston area native, I graduated from Wellesley College, where I majored in computer science. There I researched the influence of misinformation in political discourse using unique coding methods. I then studied data, economics, and development policy at a program offered by MIT and worked as a multinationally award-winning data scientist democratizing some of the tools of big companies for use by small businesses. I then focused these skills toward ensuring data works in the service of ordinary citizens at visionary organizations that include ClearGov and Civera.

I am currently pursuing a PhD in public policy design at Northeastern University, where I explore how to leverage policy tools to address root causes of complex challenges in conditions of chaos and uncertainty. There I am also a proud member of the Northeastern University Graduate Student Union. I am a passionate advocate for empirically effective policy on reducing economic inequality, addressing climate change, and strengthening democratic processes at the local, state, and national levels.

I am running because I have a deep connection to this city and I hope to make it better. I also believe that, in this chaotic time, our city has a responsibility to model what it means to capably invest in our community and in the fundamental processes and services that matter. My mission is to help all in this city have the opportunity to thrive.

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