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1 SARAH M. KAUFMAN / sarahkaufman@nyu.edu PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE New York University, New York, New York 2011 to present Assistant Director for Technology Programming and Adjunct Professor of Planning, Rudin Center for Transportation Policy Researching and teaching on issues of technology in transportation, focusing on smart cities, the future of paratransit and economic opportunity through transit access. Directing the annual Emerging Leaders for Transportation Fellowship, connecting 20 early-career innovators with industry executives for leadership development (2014 to present) Designing, curating and participating in high-impact events, notably: o Founders Breakfasts, linking startup founders with transportation leaders to find mutual solutions (2017) o Organized first-ever Metropolitan Transportation Authority hackathon, using data to improve bus service planning (March 2016); sponsored by Google, TransitCenter and CartoDB o Spoke with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on the panel, Social Mobility, Transportation, Social Mobility and Cities (July 2015) o Produced Taxi Shift-Change Hackathon to solve the rush-hour taxi shortage (April 2015); sponsored by Google; partnered with NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission o Curated popular Short Talks, Big Ideas event series, joining transportation practitioners and innovators ( ) Google, New York, New York Visiting Researcher 2015 Analyzed pressing urban issues with opportunities for technological intervention MTA New York City Transit Authority, New York, New York 2007 to 2011 Projects Coordinator, Emerging and Intelligent Transportation Systems Created open data initiative and served as leading liaison to developers; led agency initiatives in social media communications; created strategy and education efforts across agencies for cuttingedge technologies. New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, New York, New York 2006 to 2007 Technical Writer, Wireless Communications Coordinated information, documentation and presentations related to several major citywide wireless projects, including NYCWIN, the groundbreaking first responder citywide data network.

2 New York University, New York, New York 2005 to 2006 Research Assistant, Taub Urban Research Center Researched the role of telecommunications in environmental sustainability, emergency preparedness and urban development, and federal response to urban disasters. New York City Economic Development Corporation, New York, New York 2004 to 2005 Intern, Infrastructure Assisted in developing and acting on report on city telecommunications policy and strategy. New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 2001 to 2003 Communications Associate Created organization intranet and developed external communications branding. ONGOING RESEARCH Paratransit Data: Diving into New York City s paratransit to find opportunities for efficiency and advocacy. Smart Cities for the Rest of Us: Planning the future of urban life for a variety of users. Sustainability of Urban Consumption: Analyzing the environmental impacts of urban freight from online transactions. RECENT RESEARCH Sarah M. Kaufman, Ari Kaputkin Jenny O Connell Joanna Simon Ashley Smith, Transportation Connectivity on the BQX Corridor, July Sarah M Kaufman, Joanna Simon. How the F Train Breakdown Hit Social Media, June Sarah M. Kaufman, Ari L. Kaputkin. Upper East Side Taxis, For-Hire-Vehicles and the Second Avenue Subway, May Mitchell L Moss, Sarah M Kaufman, Sam Levy, Ashley Smith and Jorge Hernandez. Subway Ridership , March Sarah M. Kaufman, Jenny O'Connell. Citi Bike: What Current Use and Activity Suggests for the Future of the Program, March Sarah M. Kaufman, Ashley Smith, Jenny O'Connell, Ari Kaputkin. Intelligent Paratransit, November Mitchell L. Moss, Sam Levy, Jorge Hernandez, Jeff Ferzoco and Sarah M. Kaufman. Manhattan moves, even with the Pope. September 2

3 Sarah M. Kaufman, Mitchell L. Moss, Jorge Hernandez and Justin Tyndall. Mobility, Economic Opportunity and New York City Neighborhoods. NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, November Mitchell L. Moss, Sam Levy, Jorge Hernandez, Jeff Ferzoco and Sarah M. Kaufman. Manhattan moves, even with the Pope. NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, September 22, Sarah M. Kaufman, Lily Gordon-Koven, Nolan Levenson and Mitchell L. Moss. Citi Bike: The First Two Years. NYU Rudin Center, June Kaufman, Sarah. Co-Monitoring for Transit Management. NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, February Sarah M. Kaufman and Susan Bregman. What s the Worst That Can Happen? Social Media Protocols and Policies. In Best Practices for Transportation Agency Use of Social Media, CRC Press, October 2, Sarah M. Kaufman. Social Media in Disaster Preparation, Response, and Recovery. TR News, July-August 2013: Logistics of Disaster Response. Kaufman, Sarah. How Social Media Moves New York, Part 2: Recommended Social Media Policy for Transportation Providers. NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, December Kaufman, Sarah, Carson Qing, Nolan Levenson and Melinda Hanson. Transportation During and After Hurricane Sandy. Rudin Center for Transportation, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, November Kaufman, Sarah. How Social Media Moves New York: Twitter Use by Transportation Providers in the New York Region. October Kaufman, Sarah. Augmented Reality and Urban Exploration. NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, July Moss, Mitchell L., Carson Y. Qing, and Sarah Kaufman. Commuting to Manhattan, A study of residence location trends for Manhattan workers from 2002 to NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, March INSTRUCTION Advanced Projects in Urban Planning (Fall & Spring ) Intelligent Cities: Technology Policy and Planning (Spring 2016 & 2018) Public Policy for Metropolitan Regions (Spring 2013) 3

4 EDUCATION MBA New York University, Polytechnic Institute, Technology Innovation 2011 MUP New York University, Urban Planning 2005 BA Washington University in St. Louis, Science Writing 2001 Concentration in Computer Science COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT The Li.st Women in technology network, 2017-present 1776, Smart Cities and Transportation Startups Mentor, 2016 present TechStars, Transportation Startups Advisor, present Technology Steering Committee, Regional Plan Association s Fourth Regional Plan Advisory Committee, 2016-present Technology Advisory Group for the City of New York s For-Hire Transportation Study, 2015 NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission Data/Tech Advisory Committee, 2015 present BetaNYC, Advisory Board Member, 2015 present P.S. 9 Brooklyn Parent-Teacher Organization, Transportation Committee Member, 2015 present Open New York Transportation Data Meetup Group, Co-Organizer, 2013 present Women s Transportation Seminar of Greater New York, Annual Conference Planning Committee, 2015-present; Director-at-Large, 2012 to 2014; Founding Chair, Young Professionals Committee, Lower Eastside Girls Club, Mentor, PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters Kaufman, Sarah. Citi Bike and Pantaloons, in La Vuelta Al Mundo En 80 Bicycletas / Around the World in 80 Bicycles, El Caminante, Kaufman, Sarah and Susan Bregman. What s the Worst that Can Happen? Social Media Protocols and Policies in Best Practices for Transportation Agency Use of Social Media, Susan Bregman & Kari Edison Watkins, eds., Taylor and Francis, Journal Articles 4

5 Moss, M.L., Kaufman, S.M. and Townsend A.M The relationship of sustainability to telecommunications, with Mitchell L. Moss and Anthony M. Townsend. Technology and Society. 28(1-2): Other Articles and Letters Kaufman, Sarah. Social Media for Disaster Response and Recovery, Transportation Research News, July/August Kaufman, Sarah. Hurricane Sandy: Apple s Bobbing, Roads and Bridges, March Kaufman, Sarah. Put Internet Access on the Trains, Gotham Gazette, Nov Conference Papers and Presentations Intelligent Paratransit, Urban Design Forum, November Co-Monitoring for Transit Management, Transportation Research Board, January Transportation During and After Hurricane Sandy, New York State Transportation Equity Alliance Conference, March The Role of Social Media in Preparation, Response, and Recovery, Transportation Research Board, January Getting Started with Open Data, poster, Transportation Research Board, January Kaufman, Sarah. Getting Started with Open Data, National Association of Regional Councils Annual Meeting, June Kaufman, Sarah. Augmented Reality and Urban Exploration. Walking and the Life of the City Symposium: NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, June (publication forthcoming) Kaufman, Sarah. Parallel Demands in Customer Information Technologies and Intelligent Transportation Systems, Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress, November Kaufman, Sarah. A Sense of Place: Urban Tourism and Wireless Technology, UbiComp, Nottingham, England, Sept 2004 and The Institute for Infrastructure 5

6 Protection, June AWARDS & HONORS Google Fellow, Personal Democracy Forum, 2014 Next American Vanguard, Next City, 2012 Distinguished Alumna, Washington University in St. Louis, 2002 SYMPOSIA, PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES Keynote Speaker: Political Protests and Transportation Infrastructure, American Society for Highway Engineers Annual Meeting, June Panelist, Ridesharing and the Future of Mobility, Women s Transportation Seminar Annual Conference, May Panelist, Driverless Cars, The Office of the Manhattan Borough President, September Organizer, first-ever Metropolitan Transportation Authority hackathon, using data to improve bus service planning (March 2016); sponsored by Google, TransitCenter and CartoDB Moderator and Curator, Periphery: Commuting from the Edge, Van Alen Institute, November Panelist, The Subway Map: The Last 50 Years, The Next 50 Years, The Cooper Union, October Panelist and Organizer, On the Street: The Future of the Streetscape, Van Alen Institute, June Presenter, Transport equity in New York City, GeoNYC, Google, December Panelist, Millennials & Public Transportation, Association for a Better New York, October Guest Lecturer, Communications and Mobility, University of Pennsylvania, February Judge, Science and the City Hackathon, February Conference Presenter, How Social Media Moves New York, National Association of City Transportation Officials, October

7 Conference Presenter, Open Transportation Data, DataGotham, September Conference Presenter, Getting Started with Open Data, National Association of Regional Councils, June Conference Presenter, Augmented Reality and Urban Exploration, Walking and the Life of the City Symposium: NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, June Conference Presenter, Leveraging Social Media and Open Data for Weather Events, Intelligent Transportation Systems of New York, March Panelist, Social Media in Government, City Hall News, CUNY Baruch College, November Conference Presenter, Open Data at the MTA, OpenNY Unconference on Open Government in New York State, June Conference Presenter, Open Data and Social Media at the MTA, In.Gov We Trust, Eyebeam NYC, July Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems, New York University s Interactive Telecommunications Program, February Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems, New York University, Robert F. Wagner School, March