Apprenticeship Data Alignment and Performance Technical Assistance CenterApprenticeship Data Alignment and Performance Technical Assistance Center
Program Manager
The Council of State Governments Center of Innovation
Casandra manages the Apprenticeship Data Alignment and Performance Technical Assistance Center, the Overseas Voting Initiative, and other research areas related to cybersecurity, data and privacy. As a part of her work at CSG, Casandra regularly convenes state policy makers to facilitate the exchange of innovative policies and practices. Her work focuses on improving the quality of data collection in the states to help states inform policy decisions.
Policy Analyst
The Council of State Governments Center of Innovation
Joe Paul is a Policy Analyst at the Council of State Governments Center of Innovation. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Kentucky (1986) and his MPA from Strayer University in 2012. Joe worked for the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet as a Resource Management Analyst and Program Manager (2010-2022). He joined The Council of State Governments in October 2022 working on Registered Apprenticeship Standards and Apprenticeship Data.
The Turnout
Jared Marcotte’s expertise lies in the areas of technology and policy, cybersecurity, and data standardization. Jared has served as Senior Technology Advisor to The Council of State Governments Overseas Voting Initiative, a collaborative effort between CSG and the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program, as part of his work at The Turnout. In this capacity he assisted state and local officials in the development of the ESB Data Standard and works with state and local officials toward data alignment. Along with other members of The Turnout, he works with state officials and federal agencies to assess data governance and create product certification programs. He was Senior Engineer at New Organizing Institute, Web Developer/Designer at Six Apart, and Software Engineer at IBM. He has also served as Elections Technology Officer and Manager of the Voting Information Project at The Pew Charitable Trusts.
The Turnout
John Dziurłaj’s involvement in the technology and process modeling space spans over a decade. John has worked in a large urban county as well as the state, the latter of which he was responsible for the maintenance of the statewide voter registration database. He has worked on data driven projects including database design, development, and migration. He has broad experience in data architecture designing ETL processes, building data structures, and semantic modeling. He has been a constant advocate for open data standards, serving on committees as well as incorporating them into this work. Since 2016, he serves as the chair of the NIST-EAC Working Group on Election Modeling, which works to build a common understanding of elections across the country
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Brian Guayante is a programmer with more than five years of experience in tech. Formerly specializing in hardware, network infrastructure, and support, he has worked for the University of California, the XPRIZE Foundation, and human-I-T, a non-profit organization that processes e-waste into donatable electronic devices for families in the Los Angeles area. More recently, Brian worked with the County of Los Angeles to provide support for in-person voting sites during the 2020 General Election. Brian is a graduate of the University of California, Riverside, and General Assembly, where he learned and built web applications using the MERN (Mongo, Express, React, and Node) stack.
