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Deborah Abramson Kroll works with organizations to develop data and technology strategies that support their goals and align with their values. She specializes in communicating across sectors and with different types of stakeholders to make compelling cases for investments in data for public good.
Deborah worked for UK Research and Innovation, the UK’s largest funder of academic research, from 2018-2024. She led the AI and Digital funding portfolio for the Arts and Humanities Research Council and, most recently, was Head of Strategy and Partnerships for Smart Data Research UK, a £49M programme of the Economic and Social Research Council. Prior to moving to the UK, she was technical lead for the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Cultural Data Project (now SMU DataArts), and managed information and data analysis services for Prep for Prep and Columbia Artists Management Inc. (CAMI) in New York City. Her current work builds upon solid foundations including technical and data analysis skills, as well as certifications in programme and risk management.
Deborah excels at mentoring and coaching and has developed multiple high-performing teams in her career. She has a multidisciplinary academic background in the humanities including performance and literary studies, arts administration, curatorial studies, and community engagement. She holds an MA in Public Humanities from Brown University and a BA in English Literature, magna cum laude, from Columbia University. She was proud to be the Chair of Trustees for Neon Dance, an acclaimed UK-based contemporary dance company, until moving back to the USA in the summer of 2024.
Skeleton Key Strategies is based in the United States with clients from around the world. We are a fully remote company operating in Lisbon, London, and in the U.S. on the traditional and unceded lands of the Stockbridge-Munsee people of the Mohican nation in Western Massachusetts; and in the Portland, Oregon Metro area, which rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River.