Sascha Meinrath

Sascha Meinrath has been described as a "community Internet pioneer" and an "entrepreneurial visionary" and is a well-known expert on community wireless networks (CWNs) and municipal broadband. Leading news sources, including The Economist, the New York Times, and National Public Radio, often cite Sascha's work in covering issues related to CWNs. Sascha is research director for the New America Foundation's Wireless Future Program. Additionally, he coordinates the Open Source Wireless Coalition, a global partnership dedicated to the development of open source, interoperable, low-cost wireless technologies. He is a regular contributor to Government Technology's Digital Communities, the online portal and comprehensive information resource for the public sector. Sascha has also worked with Free Press, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), the Acorn Active Media Foundation, the Ethos Group, and the CUWiN Foundation. Sascha holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a master's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, both in psychology. He is a telecommunications fellow at the University of Illinois in the Institute for Communications Research, where he is finishing his Ph.D. on community empowerment and the impacts and interactions of participatory media, wireless communications, and emergent technologies.