MARLA SHAIVITZ

Marla Shaivitz has in-depth knowledge of new media technologies and trends and is interested in data visualization, machine learning and how web technology creates efficiencies in operations, particularly in global health/nonprofit organizations... Her experience lies in integrated communications, online community, web development, content creation and project management for web-based software. Currently, she works for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Center for Communication Programs, as Director of Digital Strategy. Prior to this position, she worked in the B2B software world in digital marketing, crafted numerous websites as a front-end developer and wrote by-lined and ghost-written articles on tech topics (here's a Pinterest board of articles.) She spent nine years as the Web Technology Director at The Horizon Foundation, a proactive, strategic philanthropy where she provided counsel and direction on how web technology could best achieve organizational..