Co-Primary Investigator and Director
Executive Director of Innovation for the Chief Information Office
Dr. Newell has been a part of the public and open data environment for nearly 15 years. She was part of the team that, jointly with the White House, developed data.gov, one of the largest open data systems in the world. Dr. Newell has also served as a campus liaison for IT for nearly a decade and is an active participant in the research community as the grant administrator for the Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technology and as a representative of the Chief Information Officer.