Joseph Porcelli serves as Global Public Agency Lead for Nextdoor. Nextdoor is the neighborhood hub for trusted connections and the exchange of helpful information, goods, and services. Nextdoor for Public Agencies is a platform for government agencies to engage with the public. The platform enables our government partners to geo-target messages and engage with a built-in audience of residents in their jurisdiction where their communications are most relevant. Before joining Nextdoor, Joseph established the Community Engagement consulting practice at GovDelivery (now Granicus) where he created the National Preparedness Community, he served as the nation's first Community Engagement Strategist for the Department of Homeland Security and he worked for the Boston Police Department.   You can connect with Joseph on Twitter at @JosephPorcelli and Nextdoor at @Nextdoor Joseph received a BA in marketing, business management at Saint Michael’s College.