FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT….AND WHY!

A NY tech exec and mother decides to serve her community by running for office in one of the most high-profile districts in Manhattan. Elizabeth Golluscio looked at her city's $106 billion budget and found that there was limited transparency on how decisions were being made. She looked at challenges like unlicensed E-bikes (part of the 56,000 deliveries of food in NYC each day!) and met with Police and found a basement in the precinct full of them. She got a sense of what was happening with local crime and safety. Then she did what people who want answers from their local government and know they can do better often do: she ran for office. She used social media against an incumbent whose party dominates the city. (Oh, and in between she attended ICF's Top7 Reception to find out what Intelligent Communities can teach.) Listen to her talk frankly about the experience. Elizabeth Golluscio has lived in Carnegie Hill for nearly 15 years, and served on the board of her Coop for a few years after first moving into the neighborhood - on 90th Street between Lex and 3rd Aves. - from the west side. Her two sons attended the La Scuola Italian school on East 96th St, for their early school years. They are now in public high schools (ages 15 and 16). Ms. Golluscio is not a politician and this would be her first campaign; she's spent her career in the high tech (software) industry. Most recently, she was a Managing Vice President at Gartner, leading the team of research analysts who advise clients on their software design & development strategies. She started at Gartner as a Research Analyst in 2015, covering application architecture and integration topics. Prior to that, she held a variety of roles in product management, marketing and sales in early-stage software start-ups, experiencing a wide variety of opportunities and challenges, e.g. helping raise VC funding, launching new products, working abroad to integrate newly acquired businesses, an IPO, etc. She's lived and worked in Australia, Ireland, and Italy. Ms. Golluscio's completed dozens of marathons, half marathons and triathlons, and is now a Crossfit enthusiast, so you're likely to find her in Central Park or at the gym. She earned her engineering degree from Cornell, and her MBA from MIT Sloan.