Maci McCord

Maci McCord (She/Her) serves as a Partnership Coordinator at Paragon Policy Fellowship where she works with government partners to identify the needs of their organizations and communities. Maci has always had a passion for civil rights, and she carries a commitment to ethics into the technology space she calls home. She believes in community development and humane technology.

Maci completed her bachelor's degree at Louisiana State University in Computer Science and Business Administration, where she gained a love for data, motivation to build community, and an interest in socio-technical risk. She has a background in technical project management, civil and environmental research, civic tech, and writing. She is a current Technology, People, and Policy master's student at Northwestern University where she is learning to apply her skills to actionable policy efforts that consider marginalized communities.

Outside of work, you can find Maci being bossed around by her elderly Bulldog Blu Power-Ranger McCord, reading, or writing poetry.