Abstract

The Helping Advance Technology, Communication, and Health in Haiti (HATCH) project endeavors to find cost-effective communicatioin and scheduling technologies that help empower rural community health centers, affiliated with the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) in Haiti, to provide better healthcare outcomes for their constituents. By leveraging the personal experiences and skills of the project group members, our team represents a unique partnership between the H. John Heinz III School for Public Policy and Management, TechBridgeWorld, and HAS.

Speaker Bios

Mindy Lauck is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, completing a Masters of Science in Public Policy and Management with a concentration in Information Technology. Mindy began her career in IT with Confluent, Inc., a software and Internet application start-up company in San Francisco. Confluent was acquired by E-TRADE Financial in 2000, where she became a lead producer with an emphasis on multimedia content and production. She left E-TRADE in 2002 to lead the Macromedia web team as senior producer for macromedia.com, one of the most visited sites on the web. Mindy has a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology and Women's Studies from Vassar College in New York.

Joe Dupelle is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. Formally, Joe worked as a Congressional aid and spent two and half years in Tanzania as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Joe’s work experience consists of both domestic and international projects ranging in location from Haiti, Mexico, and East Africa to Capitol Hill. Joe spent a year working as a marketing assistant after completing his biochemistry degree at Springfield College in Western Massachusetts. Joe is interested in pursuing a career in international relations and national security.

Alexis Lozada attends Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management for a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management degree. Alexis Lozada has nine years of experience working as a financial analyst for various multinational corporations, an IT outsourcing company and a boutique investment banking firm in the U.S. and Venezuela. Mr. Lozada holds a Master in Finance from Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Sociology/Anthropology from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Pete Noll is a graduate student at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. Before enrolling at the school, he served as the director of a nonprofit organization in Oaxaca, Mexico. He also worked as a member of the Peace Corps in Guatemala and El Salvador. His future plans included policy and political work related to helping the disadvantaged in Latin America.

Benjamin Todd is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, completing a Masters of Science in Public Policy and Management. Prior to Benjamin’s graduate work, he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho assisting the National University of Lesotho’s adult and distance learning programs, expanding a rural hospital’s technology infrastructure and planning and taught HIV/AIDS life-skills. Before Peace Corps, Benjamin was the director of the Smart Neighborhood Initiative in Hartford, CT. The nationally recognized project provided internet access and a free community technology center to residents living in several of the poorest census tracts in Connecticut. Benjamin graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1997.