Boon Sheridan
Permitting Technology Lead
Boon is a UX designer and researcher with decades of experience helping learn from people what their goals are as they use the tools and services built for them. He joined EPIC in May 2025 after four years of service at 18F, a digital services team within the General Services Administration. Boon spent most of his time working with the Center for Environmental Quality (CEQ) on innovation in permitting technology. While there, he interviewed hundreds of NEPA practitioners, applicants, and technologists looking to improve the permitting process for all. He was a co-author of a report delivered to Congress via CEQ on innovation in permitting technology. At 18F, he helped build and launch the American Climate Corps site, the first federal program to employ thousands of young Americans in the clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience sectors. He was also the research lead for redesigning and launching Get.gov, the domain management service for .gov, the top-level domain for U.S. government agencies. Before 18F, he worked at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, and companies like IBM, Nasdaq, and Digitas.
Get to Know Me Further
I am a Boston native who bounced around Texas for a bit before returning to the home of fall weather, a Dunkin on every corner, and the yearly frustrations of following the Red Sox. I live in a church in Western Mass built in 1898 that became briefly famous when the game Pokémon Go launched in America. A stray tweet went viral, and the story zipped worldwide in a day or two. For a week, I met hundreds of players who visited to train and catch their favorite Pokémon, and countless journalists who wanted to know what living in a church-turned-virtual gym was like. He’d love to discuss your favorite new cocktail or old record.