Sarah Schacht

Justice Louis Brandeis said that “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” and Sarah Schacht is bringing the sunshine to legislative information. When she realized that nonprofits, citizens, and policymakers were all having separate conversations about opening government information, she convened Open Gov West, a way to get them all in the same conversation. As the Founder of Knowledge as Power, she is using technology to help people become better, more educated citizens, and legislators to become more accountable and effective.