As co-founder and CEO of POPVOX and Executive Director of the nonprofit POPVOX Foundation, Marci Harris is passionate about using technology for good. She developed the idea for the POPVOX civic technology platform while working as a Congressional staffer with the Ways and Means Health subcommittee from 2008-2010. Marci has rich experience unifying communities, including leading redevelopment in Jackson, Tennessee after a 2003 tornado and advising FEMA and Puerto Rico's government on recovery strategies following the 2018 hurricanes. Marci makes regular contributions to Congressional modernization, testifying before the House Select Committee on Modernization and co-writing tech recommendations for the American Political Science Association's Presidential Task Force. During the pandemic, she guided Congress' adoption of remote technologies and workflows. In 2023, she initiated the first staff level information-sharing sessions around the use of AI in the legislative branch and has become an internationally recognized expert on AI for parliaments. Marci is a lecturer in political science at San Jose State University and adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco. She holds a B.A. from Franklin University Lugano, Switzerland, a J.D. from the University of Memphis, an LL.M. from American University, and has held fellowships at New America and the Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.

Marci is a lecturer in political science at San Jose State University and adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco. She holds a B.A. from Franklin University Lugano, Switzerland, a J.D. from the University of Memphis, and an LL.M. from American University.

As co-founder and CEO of POPVOX, Inc. and the Executive Director of the nonprofit POPVOX Foundation, Marci is passionate about the responsible use of technology to benefit humanity.

She developed the concept for POPVOX while working as a Congressional staffer on the Ways and Means team drafting the Affordable Care Act from 2008–2010. She often says her “first startup was a town,” as she served as Tornado Recovery Coordinator for Jackson, Tennessee following a 2003 tornado that devastated the city’s downtown and adjacent residential area. She brought community members, stakeholders and experts together for a city-wide participatory process to incorporate public input on a community redevelopment plan in the impacted area, including the largest FEMA hazard mitigation project in Tennessee history to relocate floodplain residents. She was a Technology & Democracy fellow with the Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democracy (2016), a New America California fellow (2017), and an affiliated scholar with the CITRIS Policy Lab at UC Berkeley. In 2018, she led a team with the People-Centered Internet that developed recovery recommendations for the government of Puerto Rico.

Marci co-wrote “Tech and Innovation” recommendations for the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress as a member of the American Political Science Association’s Presidential Task Force on Congressional Reform, and has testified several times before the Select Committee. During the recent pandemic she advised Congressional offices, committees, and staff organizations on the adoption of remote technologies and processes for the Congressional workflow and hosted two “mock remote hearings” with over 60 former members of Congress to help currently serving lawmakers become comfortable with the technology. She is a co-founder of the “CapitolStrong” coalition of organizations that came together to support Congressional staff after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and of the First Branch Intern Project, which coordinates efforts to support Congressional internships and improve the diversity of the pipeline to Capitol Hill. Marci is a lecturer in political science at San Jose State University and an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco Graduate School of Public Administration. She holds a B.A. from Franklin University Lugano, Switzerland, a J.D. from the University of Memphis and an LL.M. from the American University Washington College of Law.