Data for Democracy Resources

Patrick J. Flaherty is Director of Research at the Connecticut Department of Labor, Connecticut’s Labor Market Information shop and the Data Integration Hub for P20WIN, Connecticut’s State Longitudinal Data System. Patrick is on the P20WIN Data Governing Board and serves as the Connecticut Department of Labor’s Agency Data Officer. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies from Harvard University and his Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Connecticut. He is also Adjunct Faculty at UConn where he is teaching Principles of Microeconomics at UConn/Hartford.

Currently, Patrick is the Labor Commissioner’s designee on the Connecticut Retirement Security Program (MyCTSavings). He is also the New England representative on the Local Employment Dynamics Steering Committee.

Scott Gaul is Chief Data Officer for Connecticut at the Office of Policy and Management where he supports the state’s efforts to improve open data, integrated data, through the state longitudinal data system, GIS data and data analytics. Previously, Scott worked on research, evaluation and community indicators at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the community foundation for the Greater Hartford region. Prior to that, he served as director of analysis in the Washington, D.C.-based Microfinance Information Exchange and worked for the World Bank, Mercy Corps, and Quantitative Risk Management. He holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Johns Hopkins and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago.

Sumit Sajnani serves as the Health Information Technology Officer (HITO) for the State of Connecticut. In this role he chairs several state committees and commissions focused on health IT and is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the statewide Health Information Exchange (Connie).

Sajnani directs the development of uniform data standards and collaborates with other state officials to implement a state health information plan. He engages in the legislative processes in pursuit of Office of Health Strategy (OHS) objectives.

Previously, he spent 12 years as an executive consultant at Connecticut Department of Correction (CT DOC), driving transformational IT programs for offender management and electronic health record.

Sajnani has held several senior leadership positions in information technology, management consulting and healthcare administration. He has nearly 25 years of experience in health IT, IT strategy, planning, development, delivery, and monitoring of technical solutions.