Kate Bittinger Eikel is the Data Integration Strategist for the Hartford Data Collaborative, a project housed at the Connecticut Data Collaborative. She manages several data projects that seek to link data about Hartford residents focused on understanding children and youth engagement, youth violence prevention, adults returning from incarceration, and families living in the North End Promise Zone. In addition, Kate serves as the director of the Hartford Youth Data Fellowship program, a program she developed that recruits and trains Hartford youth ages 17-24 in data analysis skills to serve as co-researchers on local community data projects. Kate’s background includes evaluating federal programs and policies for Congress as a senior research analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. She also serves on several local foundations and community boards in Connecticut. Kate has a Bachelor of History degree from Barnard College, Columbia University and a master’s in public policy from the University of Chicago- Harris School of Public Policy.