Joy Bonaguro
Independent Consultant & Former CDO of California and San Francisco
Joy has spent her career working at the nexus of data, design, technology, and policy. She now works as an independent consultant using a blend of data, technology, design, and policy to help make organizations work well. She has extensive experience working in complex, highly regulated organizations to accelerate use of data in an agile, iterative, safe, ethical, and durable manner. She’s an international speaker and writer on leading practices in data infrastructure, management, analytics, data science, and responsible AI.
Prior to her consulting, Joy served as Chief Data Officer of the State of California with an overarching goal to improve government use of data. She established the Office of the CDO along with a suite of statewide data services. Prior to her state role, she was responsible for scaling internal systems, data, and information security at Corelight, a high-growth cybersecurity startup funded by Accel and General Catalyst. She served as the first Chief Data Officer for the City and County of San Francisco, where she pioneered multiple initiatives to introduce data science, streamline data access, improve data management, and boost capacity to use data. Before that, Joy developed technology, cyber and privacy policy across the Department of Energy’s National Laboratory System. Her career started in New Orleans with seven years designing and managing the development of information systems to support planning and decision-making for local governments and nonprofits. Joy earned her Master's degree from UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and her Bachelor's in Mathematics and Philosophy from Tulane University.
