_posts/2014-09-15-say-hello-to-the-new-presidential-innovation-fellows.md
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date: '2014-09-15T14:39:05-04:00'
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title: "Say hello to the new Presidential Innovation Fellows"
description: The third class of Presidential Innovation Fellows was sworn into duty last week by former CTO Todd Park. We are excited to welcome them into the 18F family.
excerpt: The third class of Presidential Innovation Fellows was sworn into duty last week by former CTO Todd Park. We are excited to welcome them into the 18F family.
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- garren
tags:
- presidential innovation fellows
- join us
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Former CTO Todd Park swore in the third class of Presidential Innovation
Fellows last week. We're excited to welcome them into the 18F family.
> We recently welcomed the newest group of Presidential Innovation
> Fellows into the federal government. This diverse group represents
> some of the nation’s most talented and creative civic-minded
> innovators.
>
> More than a thousand candidates applied to serve the country in this
> unique capacity. From this pool of amazing and incredibly motivated
> applicants, we selected almost 30 designers, developers, entrepreneurs
> and executives to bring their unique skills into government.
[Read the full post at the GSA
blog.](https://gsablogs.gsa.gov/gsablog/2014/09/15/welcoming-the-third-class-of-presidential-innovation-fellows/)
[Meet the 27
Fellows.](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/innovationfellows/meet-the-fellows)
[Read more about the
projects](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/innovationfellows/projects) that
make up these initiatives, and the previous successes the program has
helped shape.