Joshua Edmonds is a digital inclusion policy fellow within the Poverty Solutions Initiative at the University of Michigan and the City of Detroit’s inaugural Director of Digital Inclusion. In his role, Joshua is responsible for creating a sustainable digital inclusion strategy to help bridge Detroit’s vast digital divide. Joshua’s work intersects with public policy, telecommunications and community engagement. Prior to his role at the City of Detroit, Joshua served as a Digital Innovation Fellow at The Cleveland Foundation. During his tenure at The Cleveland Foundation, he leveraged philanthropic and corporate funding to help address Cleveland, Ohio’s digital divide. Joshua also has experience working on President Obama’s ConnectHome initiative within the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority. Joshua is responsible for developing the Cleveland’s first Housing Hackathon. His work received national recognition from HUD.