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USAFacts is looking for a new president to lead it into the AI future (exclusive)
USAFacts, the nonprofit that aims to make government data more available, and understandable, to everyday Americans, is looking for a new leader who can help usher it into the AI age.
Poppy MacDonald, who has been the nonprofit's president since 2018, will be stepping down on June 27. Steve Ballmer, the founder of USAFacts and former Microsoft CEO, will be stepping in in the interim, and hopes to fill role by the end of the year (or sooner).
In her seven year tenure, MacDonald oversaw the growth of the nonprofit's reach, including to 640,000 newsletter subscribers, 65-plus million view on its ' Just the Facts ' video series—which explained things like how the government categorizes immigrants to how taxes fund the government—and more than 16 million monthly website visitors. The nonprofit also released a massive report and data skills course for lawmakers; published more than 900 nonpartisan articles with data insights on topics like immigration, crime, and the economy; and, yes, began integrating AI analysis to respond to hyper-specific reader questions.
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