Mindy Lauck is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, completing a Masters of Science in Public Policy and Management with a concentration in Information Technology.   Mindy began her career in IT with Confluent, Inc., a software and Internet application start-up company in San Francisco.  Confluent was acquired by E-TRADE Financial in 2000, where she became a lead producer with an emphasis on multimedia content and production.  She left E-TRADE in 2002 to lead the Macromedia web team as senior producer for macromedia.com, one of the most visited sites on the web. Mindy has a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology and Women's Studies from Vassar College in New York.

The Helping Advance Technology, Communication, and Health in Haiti (HATCH) project endeavors to find cost-effective communicatioin and scheduling technologies that help empower rural community health centers, affiliated with the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) in Haiti, to provide better healthcare outcomes for their constituents.   By leveraging the personal experiences and skills of the project group members, our team represents a unique partnership between the H. John Heinz III School for Public Policy and Management, TechBridgeWorld, and HAS.