Mischa leads Code for America’s relationships with its corporate sponsors and partners. Previously, he was the Manager of Strategic Partnerships at DataKind, an organization harnessing the power of data science in the service of humanity. He has worked as a labor journalist, an activist and community organizer, and in international and economic development. Following Hurricane Katrina, he founded Emergency Communities, an organization that operated large-scale disaster relief camps along the Gulf Coast. He is a 2013 Coro Leader, a 2012 NYU Reynolds Scholar in Scaling Social Enterprises, a 2009 Wagner Scholar, and a 2007 Nominee for CNN Hero of the Year. He received his BA from Columbia University and his MPA from NYU.