Dan Correa

Dan Correa is Senior Advisor for Innovation Policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where his portfolio spans topics from government innovation to entrepreneurship policies. He leads the White House Smart Cities Initiative, launched in fall of 2015, and co-led a 2015 update to the President's Strategy for American Innovation, which provides a blueprint for the Administration's efforts to promote lasting economic growth and competitiveness through innovation. Previously, Correa worked as an analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington, D.C. think tank, where he authored reports on innovation, entrepreneurship, and broadband policy, which have been cited in publications including the Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Correa has also consulted for the Connecticut Technology Council on state entrepreneurship policies and technology-based economic development, and worked on several political campaigns. He previously held the position of Kauffman Fellow in Law, Economics and Entrepreneurship at Yale Law School. Correa is a graduate of Yale Law School, holds a Masters in Economics from Yale University, and a Bachelors from Dartmouth College.