Expert Labs

Expert Labs is a non-profit technology incubator intended to aid government access expertise from interested members of the public. Part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,{{cite news |url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/one-to-one-anil-dash-of-expert-labs-and-six-apart/ |title=One on One: Anil Dash of Expert Labs |work=The New York Times |date=January 13, 2010 |last=Bilton |first=Nick }} it was formed in November 2009, following discussions with the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/anil-dash-crowdsources-social-networks-to-inform-public-policy/|title=Crowdsourcing Social Networks to Inform Public Policy|publisher=Wired News|date=18 November 2009}} Expert Labs is directed by longtime blogger and technology evangelist Anil Dash. Initial funding of US$500,000 is from the MacArthur Foundation.{{cite news|url=http://www.observer.com/2009/media/dash-dc-tech-guru-will-head-govt-incubator-digitize-democracy|title=Tech Guru Will Head Gov't Incubator, Digitize Democracy|publisher=The New York Observer|date=18 November 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121174612/http://www.observer.com/2009/media/dash-dc-tech-guru-will-head-govt-incubator-digitize-democracy|archivedate=21 November 2009}}

Gina Trapani joined as a Product Director in February 2010.{{cite web|url=http://expertlabs.org/2010/02/in-support-of-grand-challenges.html|title=In Support of Grand Challenges|publisher=Expert Labs website|accessdate=30 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906054325/http://expertlabs.org/2010/02/in-support-of-grand-challenges.html|archive-date=6 September 2011|url-status=dead}} Her private project ThinkTank has since been renamed ThinkUp and is now funded by Expert Labs.