Ben Berkowitz is Co-Founder and CEO of SeeClickFix.com, a free web tool that allows communities to report non-emergency issues to those responsible for the public space. In his volunteer life, he currently serves as President of the Upper State Street Association, a neighborhood and business group which he founded in 2007, in New Haven, CT. He has been a leader in the drive towards local government transparency as well a pusher of greater citizen participation in hyper-local news.