NAHRO 2026 National Conference & Exhibition · Denver, CO
Session on how the NJ Department of Community Affairs built the Homelessness Economic Risk Framework (HERF), a ZIP code-level risk model with a conversational GPT interface, and used it to model the effects of federal budget proposals on New Jersey.
30th Annual Governor's Conference on Housing and Economic Development · Atlantic City, NJ
Panel on the economic development case for affordable housing and the data tools DCA has built to help communities make that case.
NJ DCA Mayors and Legislators Resource Series · Virtual Webinar
Recorded webinar introducing NJHOMES Atlas, the statewide map of municipally owned vacant land that lets New Jersey CDBG grantees meet the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act's October 2026 publication rule.
The Power of Public Colleges & Universities Conference - Stockton University · Galloway, NJ
Interdisciplinary panel examining AI's impact on education, work, governance, and civic life at Stockton University's Hughes Center conference.
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy - Rutgers University · New Brunswick, NJ
Career panel at the Bloustein School on careers in public informatics, data analytics, and AI across government, tech, and startup sectors, with three alumni and a former Bloustein lecturer.
2025 Monarch Housing Associates Conference · Somerset, New Jersey
Panel discussion on using data-driven approaches to address housing instability, predict homelessness risk, and prepare for federal policy changes in uncertain times.
Community of Practice for Public Evaluation and Research (CoPPER) · Virtual Workshop
Workshop demonstrating state-ready, advanced AI workflows including building websites with AI coding tools, regulation-aware chatbots, and practical guardrails for bringing AI from concept to production in government settings.
NJ Department of Community Affairs Webinar · Virtual
Webinar on the next phase of the Municipal Lead Reporting Portal: bulk CSV data uploads, an API for automated submissions, a proof-of-concept AI assistant, and the future roadmap.
NJHOMES Roadshow · Newark, NJ
Presented NJ HOMES Choice to municipal officials at the NJHOMES roadshow in Newark, showing how the tool connects a town's A4-S50 affordable housing targets to what it can actually build.
NJHOMES Roadshow · Moorestown, NJ
Presented NJ HOMES Choice to municipal officials at the NJHOMES roadshow hosted in Moorestown Township, one of a series of regional sessions on the state's affordable housing tools.
NJHOMES Launch Event · New Brunswick, NJ
Live demonstration of NJ HOMES Choice, the affordable housing planning tool built by the DHCR Data Center, at the statewide NJHOMES launch event in New Brunswick.
NJ Department of Community Affairs Webinar · Virtual
Technical assistance webinar for municipal staff on reporting under New Jersey's lead paint inspection law, with updates to the Municipal Lead Reporting Portal and the data and reporting tools behind it.
NJ Department of Community Affairs Webinar · Virtual
Led a webinar for municipal staff introducing the Municipal Lead Reporting Portal, covering the legislative background, a live portal demonstration, and technical assistance for local lead-safe inspections.
Bloustein School Research Day - Lightning Talks · New Brunswick, NJ
Lightning talk introducing a spatial risk modeling project to assess how vulnerable New Jersey communities are to opiate overdoses based on built environment, socio-demographic factors, and integrated data sources.
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein - Rutgers University · New Brunswick, NJ
Workshop training researchers and students on using GitHub for academic data science workflows, automated data acquisition, and web publishing.
Drug Policy Alliance - Department of Research and Academic Engagement · Virtual Webinar
Webinar on using FOIA laws for academic research, covering how to request government data and data science workflows for processing public records.
Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University · Montclair, New Jersey
Hybrid in-person and webinar event demonstrating OPRAmachine's platform for filing public records requests in New Jersey and navigating the state's Open Public Records Act.
Community at the Core: A DCA Podcast · New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Discussion with DCA leadership on how data is shaping decisions and the tools being built to collect, analyze, and share information across the department.
EJB Talks · New Brunswick, New Jersey
Discussion about joining Rutgers University's Bloustein School as a Research Computing Specialist for the RUCI Lab, working on projects using geographic and social media data to predict COVID-19's long-term impacts, and 3D printing PPE for healthcare workers.
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs · Trenton, NJ
NJ DCA announced NJHOMES Atlas, a free tool for mapping the vacant land towns own under a new federal rule. The release quotes me on why it was built.
Route Fifty
Route Fifty's national coverage of New Jersey reaching Functional Zero for veteran homelessness, with Gavin Rozzi on the data systems behind it.
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs · Trenton, NJ
New Jersey was named one of 11 states in New America's Eviction Data Response Network. I'm on the state team building the eviction data infrastructure behind it.
Shore News Network
Coverage of receiving the Governor's Team of Excellence Award for A4-S50 affordable housing data implementation work at NJDCA.
NAHRO 2026 National Conference & Exhibition · Denver, CO
Four NAHRO national awards for NJ DCA's NJHOMES program, NJ Eviction Guide, and HERF AI model, accepted on behalf of the Department in Denver on October 15, 2026.
New Jersey Civil Service Commission · Trenton, NJ
Recognized as part of the A4-S50 implementation team for building data infrastructure supporting New Jersey's landmark affordable housing law.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection · Trenton, NJ
First place in the 3D category of the 34th annual NJ DEP GIS Mapmaking Contest for a 3D population density map of New Jersey, with an honorable mention for Best Cartographic Design.
Center for Cooperative Media, Montclair State University · Montclair, NJ
Rozzi Media Group received the Innovate Local award in the Center for Cooperative Media's 2019 NJ News Commons Excellence in Local News Awards for the OPRAmachine rollout.
Gavin Rozzi is a government innovation and modernization executive and data scientist in New Jersey. As the founding Director of the DHCR Data Center at New Jersey's Department of Community Affairs, he leads an in-house civic technology team that builds modern web applications and data infrastructure for affordable housing and community development programs.
