Mark Abraham is the Executive Director of DataHaven, a public service non-profit organization that partners with local and state government agencies, academic and health care institutions, foundations, and community organizations to collect, share, and interpret public information about Connecticut.
In his role at DataHaven, Mark has authored or co-authored cross-sector reports including the Greater New Haven, Fairfield County, and Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Indexes. He established the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey program that has created an unprecedented source of statewide- and neighborhood-level information about community life, public health, economic security, and other topics through live, in-depth interviews with over 45,000 randomly-selected adults in 2012, 2015, 2018, 2020, and 2021.
From 2014 to 2017, Mark served as a Fellow of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, as part of a national cohort focused on Racial Equity. Mark has received an "Impact Award" from the Community Indicators Consortium and a national "40 under 40 in public health" award from the de Beaumont Foundation, and was elected to the Executive Committee of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (Washington, DC).
Mark is a graduate of Yale University, and is pursuing graduate studies at the Yale School of Public Health. He previously worked as a planner for the New York City 2012 Summer Olympic Games Bid Committee. His interest in sharing information about cities and well-being has led him to attract over 50,000 followers to his personal Twitter account, @urbandata.
WebEx Event link for the live talk:
https://s.uconn.edu/geog-abraham