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Tiffani Bell

Exec Dir/Founder
The Human Utility

Tiffani Ashley Bell is Founder and Executive Director of The Human Utility (formerly known as the Detroit Water Project), a platform enabling people from around the world to help people in Detroit and Baltimore with their water bills.

Since its founding in July 2014, the organization has helped over 950 families and is a Y Combinator-backed not-for-profit.

Tiffani was also a 2014 Code for America Fellow and previously, was the CEO + founder of Pencil You In, enabling businesses to operate more efficiently by accepting appointments online.

Tiffani is a front and back-end developer working primarily with Ruby on Rails and iOS. She finished at Howard University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Systems & Computer Science.

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Events featuring Tiffani Bell
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