Francella Ochillo is an attorney and tech policy expert whose work underscores how widespread connectivity can improve educational outcomes, economic resilience, the ability to age in place, and pathways for participating in democracy. Her work at Next Century Cities equips local government officials working to deliver on ubiquitous broadband goals. Through her Technology and Public Purpose Fellowship at Harvard University, Francella published research on how digital inequities reinforce disadvantage, impose a shared cost on connected and disconnected populations, and contribute to the separation of wealth. She has served on federal agency working groups, provided Congressional testimony, and participated in local, state, and federal level proceedings on closing the digital divide.
