Tara C. Smith (born 1976) is an American assistant professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa, deputy director of the University of Iowa Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, founder of Iowa Citizens for Science, and posts regularly to her science blog, "Aetiology."
Professional background
Smith has a in Biology from Yale University and a Ph.D. from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, Ohio in 2002. "Streptococcus (Group B) (Deadly Diseases and Epidemics)," and Streptococcus (Group A) Ebola (Deadly Diseases and Epidemics) was reviewed by evolutionary ecologist and department editor Meghan Guinnee, PhD in The American Biology Teacher in 2006. She contributed a chapter to a book on science blogs that was reviewed in Nature magazine.
She published an article on HIV denial in PLoS Medicine in 2007 which garned press attention. Smith published an editorial in The Times on HIV denial at their invitation.
Smith coauthored an article on academic blogging in PLoS Biology which was published in 2008. This article was well-received, and one of her co-authors was an interviewed by Scientific American.
Smith's Iowa lab has found elevated antibodies to Streptococcus suis in swine workers. She presented this finding that at a conference in 2007. The manuscript is in press at the journal "Emerging Infectious Diseases". Smith's lab has also performed studies finding Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in swine and swine workers. A manuscript is under review, but several news stories have already covered this finding.
Activism
Smith has been fulfilling the "public health" component of her job by defending science and advocating for rational science-based approaches in different venues. Smith has been active in confronting creationists, Intelligent design advocates and AIDS denialists. Smith has also interacted extensively with the media, urging preparations for potential future global pandemics.
Smith founded the group "Iowa Citizens for Science". Iowa Citizens for Science has several dozen members and opposes the introduction of creationism or intelligent design into the public school science curricula. She was inspired to do this after realizing Iowa did not have such a group, but observing that in Ohio, a similar group was resisting efforts of the Discovery Institute to insert intelligent design in the public school science curricula.
To get publicity for Iowa Citizens for Science, Smith helped arrange and promote the University of Iowa Freethinker's fall 2005 panel discussion entitled, "Intelligent Design: in your classroom?", on intelligent design. This panel discussion featured U of I faculty Scott Robinson, Evan Fales and Mark Blumberg exploring intelligent design with Iowa physicist and "Darwin Dissenter" Fred Skiff.
When a candidate for Deputy Governor in Iowa in 2006, Bob Vander Plaats, advocated teaching intelligent design in public schools in Iowa, Smith and 25 other PhDs and other interested citizens wrote a letter to the editor of the Des Moines Register in association with the 2006 election which was published on October 23, 2006. The activities of Smith and her group were described by a columnist in the Des Moines Register on October 25, 2006.
Smith and the Iowa Citizens for Science organized Darwin Day celebrations in Iowa City in February 2007. These had to be canceled at the last minute when a snowstorm did not allow the guest speaker Massimo Pigliucci to attend. Undeterred, Smith and her associates staged a Darwin Day celebration in Iowa City in February 2008, again featuring Pigliucci.
On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2007, Smith, through the group "Iowans for Religion and Science Dialogue", helped to organize a symposium on "Religion and Science" held at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.
Numerous luminaries attended, including marine biologist Welsley Elsberry, Georgetown University theologian John Haught, Dover, Pennsylvania biology teacher Jennifer Miller and executive director of the Iowa Academy of Science and Iowa television personality Craig Johnson.
In a similar vein, Smith and her colleagues circulated a petition at the University of Iowa rejecting intelligent design as science. Smith was able to obtain 150 signatures from University of Iowa faculty on the statement.
Smith's efforts to educate the public about the causes and treatment of AIDS have earned her animosity from AIDS denialists. Some even contacted her employer to complain that she was corrupting students with her stance that HIV causes AIDS.
Smith moderated a panel discussion on science blogs at the 2007 version of the conference "Yearly Kos". This event was the site of a Democratic presidential candidates forum, and the entire conference was covered by CNN and C-SPAN.
Aetiology
Smith's blog "Aetiology", now hosted at Scienceblogs, discusses a variety of issues in biology, including the evolution-creation controversy. In addition, she is a contributor to the evolution blog. Smith's blog, which was ranked seventh of all science blogs in a Nature magazine study, has helped to garner media attention. She and her blog were featured in the Canadian student-produced science magazine Hypothesis, Cell, Medcape Today, The Epidemiology Monitor Newsletter, and the New England Skeptical Society's "" and Daily Kos. Aetiology was described in WebMD's Medscape Today in 2006 as, "a star attraction on Seed Magazine's ScienceBlogs."
Published works
Published textbooks
#Streptococcus (group A). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004. ISBN 0791079015
#Ebola. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0791085058
#Streptococcus (group B). New York: Chelsea House, forthcoming (2007). ISBN 9780791092439
Book chapters
#'"Public health, defense, and what will *really* make us safer", in Zivkovic, Bora, ed., The Open Laboratory: The Best Writing on Science Blogs. Chapel Hill, NC: Lulu, 2007.
#'"Epigenetics"', T.C. Smith, in Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Sage Publications, 2007. ISBN 9781412928168
#'"Chromosomes in Epidemiology", T.C. Smith, in Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Sage Publications, 2007. ISBN 9781412928168
# "Would you feed your baby someone else's breast milk?", Smith T. C., in Zivkovic, Bora and Cartwright, Reed, ed., The Open Laboratory: The Best Writing on Science Blogs, Chapel Hill, NC: Lulu, 2008.
Selected journal articles
*Smith TC, Roehl SM, Pillai P, Li S, Marrs CF, Foxman B (2006) Distribution of putative and established virulence genes in colonizing and invasive isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae, Epidemiology and Infection, 2007 Aug;135(6):1046-54. Epub 2006 Dec 7, PMID 17156495
*Smith TC, Sledjeski DD, Boyle MD (2005) Selective biological pressure and expression of S. pyogenes genes: lessons from a mouse model of skin infection, Recent Research Developments in Microbiology, .
*Smith TC, Sledjeski DD, Boyle MD (2003) Streptococcus pyogenes infection in mouse skin leads to a time-dependent up-regulation of protein H expression, Infection and Immunity, 71(10), 6079-82, PMID 14500534
*Smith TC, Sledjeski DD, Boyle MD (2003) Regulation of protein H expression in M1 serotype isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 219(1), 9-15. PMID 12594016
*Smith TC, Novella SP (2007) HIV denial in the internet era, PLoS Medicine, 4(8): e256, 2007.
*Batts SA, Anthis N, Smith TC (2008), [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?requestget-document&doi10.1371/journal.pbio.0060240&ct=1 Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy], PLoS Biology, 6(9): e240.
Professional background
Smith has a in Biology from Yale University and a Ph.D. from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, Ohio in 2002. "Streptococcus (Group B) (Deadly Diseases and Epidemics)," and Streptococcus (Group A) Ebola (Deadly Diseases and Epidemics) was reviewed by evolutionary ecologist and department editor Meghan Guinnee, PhD in The American Biology Teacher in 2006. She contributed a chapter to a book on science blogs that was reviewed in Nature magazine.
She published an article on HIV denial in PLoS Medicine in 2007 which garned press attention. Smith published an editorial in The Times on HIV denial at their invitation.
Smith coauthored an article on academic blogging in PLoS Biology which was published in 2008. This article was well-received, and one of her co-authors was an interviewed by Scientific American.
Smith's Iowa lab has found elevated antibodies to Streptococcus suis in swine workers. She presented this finding that at a conference in 2007. The manuscript is in press at the journal "Emerging Infectious Diseases". Smith's lab has also performed studies finding Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in swine and swine workers. A manuscript is under review, but several news stories have already covered this finding.
Activism
Smith has been fulfilling the "public health" component of her job by defending science and advocating for rational science-based approaches in different venues. Smith has been active in confronting creationists, Intelligent design advocates and AIDS denialists. Smith has also interacted extensively with the media, urging preparations for potential future global pandemics.
Smith founded the group "Iowa Citizens for Science". Iowa Citizens for Science has several dozen members and opposes the introduction of creationism or intelligent design into the public school science curricula. She was inspired to do this after realizing Iowa did not have such a group, but observing that in Ohio, a similar group was resisting efforts of the Discovery Institute to insert intelligent design in the public school science curricula.
To get publicity for Iowa Citizens for Science, Smith helped arrange and promote the University of Iowa Freethinker's fall 2005 panel discussion entitled, "Intelligent Design: in your classroom?", on intelligent design. This panel discussion featured U of I faculty Scott Robinson, Evan Fales and Mark Blumberg exploring intelligent design with Iowa physicist and "Darwin Dissenter" Fred Skiff.
When a candidate for Deputy Governor in Iowa in 2006, Bob Vander Plaats, advocated teaching intelligent design in public schools in Iowa, Smith and 25 other PhDs and other interested citizens wrote a letter to the editor of the Des Moines Register in association with the 2006 election which was published on October 23, 2006. The activities of Smith and her group were described by a columnist in the Des Moines Register on October 25, 2006.
Smith and the Iowa Citizens for Science organized Darwin Day celebrations in Iowa City in February 2007. These had to be canceled at the last minute when a snowstorm did not allow the guest speaker Massimo Pigliucci to attend. Undeterred, Smith and her associates staged a Darwin Day celebration in Iowa City in February 2008, again featuring Pigliucci.
On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2007, Smith, through the group "Iowans for Religion and Science Dialogue", helped to organize a symposium on "Religion and Science" held at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.
Numerous luminaries attended, including marine biologist Welsley Elsberry, Georgetown University theologian John Haught, Dover, Pennsylvania biology teacher Jennifer Miller and executive director of the Iowa Academy of Science and Iowa television personality Craig Johnson.
In a similar vein, Smith and her colleagues circulated a petition at the University of Iowa rejecting intelligent design as science. Smith was able to obtain 150 signatures from University of Iowa faculty on the statement.
Smith's efforts to educate the public about the causes and treatment of AIDS have earned her animosity from AIDS denialists. Some even contacted her employer to complain that she was corrupting students with her stance that HIV causes AIDS.
Smith moderated a panel discussion on science blogs at the 2007 version of the conference "Yearly Kos". This event was the site of a Democratic presidential candidates forum, and the entire conference was covered by CNN and C-SPAN.
Aetiology
Smith's blog "Aetiology", now hosted at Scienceblogs, discusses a variety of issues in biology, including the evolution-creation controversy. In addition, she is a contributor to the evolution blog. Smith's blog, which was ranked seventh of all science blogs in a Nature magazine study, has helped to garner media attention. She and her blog were featured in the Canadian student-produced science magazine Hypothesis, Cell, Medcape Today, The Epidemiology Monitor Newsletter, and the New England Skeptical Society's "" and Daily Kos. Aetiology was described in WebMD's Medscape Today in 2006 as, "a star attraction on Seed Magazine's ScienceBlogs."
Published works
Published textbooks
#Streptococcus (group A). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004. ISBN 0791079015
#Ebola. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0791085058
#Streptococcus (group B). New York: Chelsea House, forthcoming (2007). ISBN 9780791092439
Book chapters
#'"Public health, defense, and what will *really* make us safer", in Zivkovic, Bora, ed., The Open Laboratory: The Best Writing on Science Blogs. Chapel Hill, NC: Lulu, 2007.
#'"Epigenetics"', T.C. Smith, in Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Sage Publications, 2007. ISBN 9781412928168
#'"Chromosomes in Epidemiology", T.C. Smith, in Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Sage Publications, 2007. ISBN 9781412928168
# "Would you feed your baby someone else's breast milk?", Smith T. C., in Zivkovic, Bora and Cartwright, Reed, ed., The Open Laboratory: The Best Writing on Science Blogs, Chapel Hill, NC: Lulu, 2008.
Selected journal articles
*Smith TC, Roehl SM, Pillai P, Li S, Marrs CF, Foxman B (2006) Distribution of putative and established virulence genes in colonizing and invasive isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae, Epidemiology and Infection, 2007 Aug;135(6):1046-54. Epub 2006 Dec 7, PMID 17156495
*Smith TC, Sledjeski DD, Boyle MD (2005) Selective biological pressure and expression of S. pyogenes genes: lessons from a mouse model of skin infection, Recent Research Developments in Microbiology, .
*Smith TC, Sledjeski DD, Boyle MD (2003) Streptococcus pyogenes infection in mouse skin leads to a time-dependent up-regulation of protein H expression, Infection and Immunity, 71(10), 6079-82, PMID 14500534
*Smith TC, Sledjeski DD, Boyle MD (2003) Regulation of protein H expression in M1 serotype isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 219(1), 9-15. PMID 12594016
*Smith TC, Novella SP (2007) HIV denial in the internet era, PLoS Medicine, 4(8): e256, 2007.
*Batts SA, Anthis N, Smith TC (2008), [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?requestget-document&doi10.1371/journal.pbio.0060240&ct=1 Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy], PLoS Biology, 6(9): e240.
Kite Flying Society is an indie pop band from San Diego, California. The band was born from demos recorded by Dustin Illingworth and Derek Rast who had met while studying at the University of California, San Diego. Their name was taken from one of Max Fischer's club titles in the Wes Anderson film Rushmore.
On December 17, 2005, Kite Flying Society played its first show opening for Rogue Wave of Sub Pop Records. In the Summer of 2006 they released their debut album Where is the Glow? and won "Best New Artist" at the San Diego Music Awards Also in 2006, Kite Flying Society acted as backing band for Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary fame.
In October 2007 the song "If I Could Split" from Where is the Glow? was featured on the Second Season DVD of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother.
Members included Dustin Illingworth (vocals, guitar, keys), Derek Rast (guitar, synths, vocals, production), Kelly Duley (keys, vocals, violin), David Lizerbram (bass), John Martin (bass), and Todd Caschetta (drums).
Kite Flying Society announced they parted ways in February 2008.
In February 2010, Kite Flying Society released their digital-only sophomore album, The Aviary, and announced they would continue to exist as a recording project.
On December 17, 2005, Kite Flying Society played its first show opening for Rogue Wave of Sub Pop Records. In the Summer of 2006 they released their debut album Where is the Glow? and won "Best New Artist" at the San Diego Music Awards Also in 2006, Kite Flying Society acted as backing band for Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary fame.
In October 2007 the song "If I Could Split" from Where is the Glow? was featured on the Second Season DVD of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother.
Members included Dustin Illingworth (vocals, guitar, keys), Derek Rast (guitar, synths, vocals, production), Kelly Duley (keys, vocals, violin), David Lizerbram (bass), John Martin (bass), and Todd Caschetta (drums).
Kite Flying Society announced they parted ways in February 2008.
In February 2010, Kite Flying Society released their digital-only sophomore album, The Aviary, and announced they would continue to exist as a recording project.
BodyTite is a Liposuction procedure (developed 2009) that uses RFAL Technology. RFAL or Radio Frequency Assisted Liposuction involves heating the skin by the RF current which flows from the internal to the external electrode placed on the skin above the internal electrode. BodyTite is the latest development in cosmetic surgery and combines simultaneous skin tightening with RFAL assisted liposuction. BodyTite has many advantages over traditional methods of liposuction such as SmartLipo or Vaser Lipo in terms of being a less invasive procedure that is carried out under local anaesthetic, along with increased patient safety during the procedure due to more accurate monitoring of temperatures by the surgeon; results are experienced by the patient almost immediately and the combined skin tightenening means that the procedure can be carried out in one session, whereas traditional liposuction techniques may have then needed to be followed up by a Abdominoplasty or "Tummy Tuck" procedure to remove the excess skin.
The BodyTite Equipment
BodyTite is a registered Trademark of Invasix Ltd who are a specialist manufacturer of Cosmetic Procedure Equipment. Invasix Ltd together with their subsidiaries, design, develop and market minimally invasive aesthetic medical platforms based on their proprietary RFAL™ technology to plastic and aesthetic surgeons. Invasix sells its products through third party distributors in Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. Invasix was founded in 2008 and their headquarters are located in Yokneam Ilit, Israel, with additional offices in the US, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
How BodyTite Works
RF energy travels from an internal electrode, which is simultaneously aspirating the coagulated tissue, to an external electrode, resulting in coagulation of adipose, vascular and fibrous tissue as well as heating the entire soft-tissue matrix. The coagulated and liquefied tissue is aspirated while heating of the soft tissue matrix and subdermal tissue results in significant body tightening and recontouring. BodyTite provides gentle, outpatient treatment with improved safety and efficacy compared to other liposuction methods.
Areas of the Body that can be treated with BodyTite
Basically any area that would be treated with Traditional Liposuction can be treated with BodyTIte, such as:
• Abdomen (upper and lower)
• Bingo Wings
• Chin and neck
• Inner thighs
• Inner knees
• Ankles
• Hips
• Outer thighs (saddlebags)
• Flanks (love handles)
• Back
• Upper arms
• Man Boobs (Moobs)
The Benefits of BodyTite
The BodyTite procedure is painless, and can effectively remove unhealthy and unwanted fat with less downtime and least risk and can be performed under local anesthetic.
While removing the excess fat deposits, BodyTitr can firm and shape the body and reduce wrinkles - without scars and painful injections.
The BodyTite procedure using bipolar radiofrequency energy is a safer procedure than traditional forms of liposuction in that it can quickly and precisely control the intensity and direction of energy to the fat, blood vessels, and dermis.
Using BodyTite RFAL has benefits such as speedy treatment, considerably less tissue trauma, coagulation of blood vessels, controlled administering of energy, careful monitoring of skin temperature, and even heating of the skin and the subcutaneous layer.
The benefits of the BodyTite technique mean that the maximum skin contraction that is achieved through conventional liposuction techniques can be increased by up to 60%.
BodyTite in the Media
BodyTite has been featured in magazines such as Vogue and Grazia during 2009 and in newspapers such as: The News of the World, The Daily Express and the Daily Mail during 2010. BodyTite has also featured on a medical TV series in the USA and UK called "The Doctors" who produce an informational medical news programme that reviews the latest medical developments.
Countries Where BodyTite is available
BodyTite was first used in North America during 2009. In 2010 the BodyTite procedure has now been available throughout the UK and Ireland.
Since 2009 BodyTite is also available in Finland.
The Cost of BodyTite
The price of BodyTite treatments will vary depending upon the Country or Clinic who are performing the treatment but currently in the UK and Ireland prices are usually between £2500 to £5000.
The BodyTite Equipment
BodyTite is a registered Trademark of Invasix Ltd who are a specialist manufacturer of Cosmetic Procedure Equipment. Invasix Ltd together with their subsidiaries, design, develop and market minimally invasive aesthetic medical platforms based on their proprietary RFAL™ technology to plastic and aesthetic surgeons. Invasix sells its products through third party distributors in Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. Invasix was founded in 2008 and their headquarters are located in Yokneam Ilit, Israel, with additional offices in the US, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
How BodyTite Works
RF energy travels from an internal electrode, which is simultaneously aspirating the coagulated tissue, to an external electrode, resulting in coagulation of adipose, vascular and fibrous tissue as well as heating the entire soft-tissue matrix. The coagulated and liquefied tissue is aspirated while heating of the soft tissue matrix and subdermal tissue results in significant body tightening and recontouring. BodyTite provides gentle, outpatient treatment with improved safety and efficacy compared to other liposuction methods.
Areas of the Body that can be treated with BodyTite
Basically any area that would be treated with Traditional Liposuction can be treated with BodyTIte, such as:
• Abdomen (upper and lower)
• Bingo Wings
• Chin and neck
• Inner thighs
• Inner knees
• Ankles
• Hips
• Outer thighs (saddlebags)
• Flanks (love handles)
• Back
• Upper arms
• Man Boobs (Moobs)
The Benefits of BodyTite
The BodyTite procedure is painless, and can effectively remove unhealthy and unwanted fat with less downtime and least risk and can be performed under local anesthetic.
While removing the excess fat deposits, BodyTitr can firm and shape the body and reduce wrinkles - without scars and painful injections.
The BodyTite procedure using bipolar radiofrequency energy is a safer procedure than traditional forms of liposuction in that it can quickly and precisely control the intensity and direction of energy to the fat, blood vessels, and dermis.
Using BodyTite RFAL has benefits such as speedy treatment, considerably less tissue trauma, coagulation of blood vessels, controlled administering of energy, careful monitoring of skin temperature, and even heating of the skin and the subcutaneous layer.
The benefits of the BodyTite technique mean that the maximum skin contraction that is achieved through conventional liposuction techniques can be increased by up to 60%.
BodyTite in the Media
BodyTite has been featured in magazines such as Vogue and Grazia during 2009 and in newspapers such as: The News of the World, The Daily Express and the Daily Mail during 2010. BodyTite has also featured on a medical TV series in the USA and UK called "The Doctors" who produce an informational medical news programme that reviews the latest medical developments.
Countries Where BodyTite is available
BodyTite was first used in North America during 2009. In 2010 the BodyTite procedure has now been available throughout the UK and Ireland.
Since 2009 BodyTite is also available in Finland.
The Cost of BodyTite
The price of BodyTite treatments will vary depending upon the Country or Clinic who are performing the treatment but currently in the UK and Ireland prices are usually between £2500 to £5000.
David Carlucci is the Town Clerk of Clarkstown, New York. He is currently the Democratic candidate for the New York State Senate seat for the 38th district.
Background
David Carlucci was born and raised in Rockland County, graduating from Clarkstown High School North and Rockland Community College, where he was Student Representative to the college's Board of Trustees. After graduation, Carlucci volunteered for the Clarkstown chapter of the American Red Cross and served as a member of both St. Augustine's Parish Council in New City and the New City Library Board of Trustees. He later received a Leadership Scholarship to attend Cornell University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Labor Relations.
Political career
Carlucci was elected Town Clerk of Clarkstown in 2005, the youngest in New York history, and was later reelected for a second and third term. In October 2009, he established a "mobile office" providing weekend hours to meet with Clarkstown residents at various locations throughout the town. Carlucci serves as Records Management Officer for Clarkstown and was elected to chair the Regional Advisory Committee for the New York State Archives in April 2008.
Technology
In May of 2009, Carlucci was named one of the nation's top 100 Generation NEXT and Information Technology Leaders by Innovation Generation. Later that year, he was awarded a fellowship to attend the 2009 Google Personal Democracy Forum. Carlucci is currently leading an initiative to win free broadband from Google for Clarkstown and has secured grants from the New York State Archives to digitize town documents from as early as 1752. Carlucci has also been successful in developing programs that allow residents to apply for handicapped parking permits and absentee ballots by text message.
2010 New York State Senate campaign
In May 2010, Carlucci announced that he would be running for the 38th district seat of the New York State Senate. The seat, which has remained vacant since the death of Senator Thomas Morahan on July 12, represents Rockland County and part of Orange County.
Personal life
Carlucci is engaged to be married to Lauren Grossberg, also a Rockland resident, in January 2011.
Background
David Carlucci was born and raised in Rockland County, graduating from Clarkstown High School North and Rockland Community College, where he was Student Representative to the college's Board of Trustees. After graduation, Carlucci volunteered for the Clarkstown chapter of the American Red Cross and served as a member of both St. Augustine's Parish Council in New City and the New City Library Board of Trustees. He later received a Leadership Scholarship to attend Cornell University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Labor Relations.
Political career
Carlucci was elected Town Clerk of Clarkstown in 2005, the youngest in New York history, and was later reelected for a second and third term. In October 2009, he established a "mobile office" providing weekend hours to meet with Clarkstown residents at various locations throughout the town. Carlucci serves as Records Management Officer for Clarkstown and was elected to chair the Regional Advisory Committee for the New York State Archives in April 2008.
Technology
In May of 2009, Carlucci was named one of the nation's top 100 Generation NEXT and Information Technology Leaders by Innovation Generation. Later that year, he was awarded a fellowship to attend the 2009 Google Personal Democracy Forum. Carlucci is currently leading an initiative to win free broadband from Google for Clarkstown and has secured grants from the New York State Archives to digitize town documents from as early as 1752. Carlucci has also been successful in developing programs that allow residents to apply for handicapped parking permits and absentee ballots by text message.
2010 New York State Senate campaign
In May 2010, Carlucci announced that he would be running for the 38th district seat of the New York State Senate. The seat, which has remained vacant since the death of Senator Thomas Morahan on July 12, represents Rockland County and part of Orange County.
Personal life
Carlucci is engaged to be married to Lauren Grossberg, also a Rockland resident, in January 2011.