Samarth Bhaskar is a mission driven leader. He has elected two presidents and transformed The New York Times newsroom. He currently works at Duolingo.

Professional.

Samarth is a trained computational social scientist and has held leadership roles in analytics, strategy and operations in politics, tech, media, healthcare and ed-tech.

Volunteer.

Samarth volunteers as an advisor for nonprofits and artists. He was on the board of CELF, an environmental education nonprofit. A founding board member of Pittsburgh Tomorrow. And regularly mentors students and young professionals, including Fullstack Academy’s DATA program .

Personal.

Samarth lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife Elise Hawthorne and their dogs, Barry and Edie. He likes to run, bike and swim. He reviews movies. And books.