Nicholas Hart

Nicholas “Nick”, Hart: Nick Hart's career reflects a dynamic engagement with evidence-informed policymaking and data advocacy. Mr. Hart is currently President & CEO of the Data Foundation, championing data-driven approaches to governance and the use of data. Previously, Mr. Hart directed the Evidence Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center from 2017 to 2019, where he remains a Fellow. As Policy and Research Director of the U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking from 2016 to 2017, he helped formulate unanimous recommendations that became the basis of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act). His service in government included roles as a Senior Program Examiner within the White House Office of Management and Budget, focusing on education, income maintenance, and labor programs from 2012 to 2017, as a Special Assistant from 2011 to 2012, and as a Program Examiner for natural resources programs from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Hart is an Adjunct Professor at George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration in program evaluation.