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Advisory Council

The Center for Democracy & Technology’s (CDT) Advisory Council brings new insight and expertise to our policy advocacy work. The Advisory Council meets several times a year, and operates separately from CDT’s Board of Directors. Laura Moy of Georgetown Law and Christopher Wood of the LGBT Tech are serving as co-chairs. Members serve in their personal capacity, and organizational affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.

The Advisory Council members are:

Debo Adegbile. Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Wearing glasses and a great suit with a white shirt.

DEBO ADEGBILE  
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Masheika Allgood. AllAI Consulting. Wearing a dark shirt, in front of a dark blue background.

MASHEIKA ALLGOOD
AllAI

Sarabeth Berman, wearing a black jacket and smiling in a green outdoor setting.

SARABETH BERMAN
American Journalism Project

Jesse Blumenthal. Director, Technology & Innovation, Apple. Wearing glasses and a white collared shirt with a light blue suit jacket.

JESSE BLUMENTHAL  
Apple  

Afua Bruce. Chief Program Officer, DataKind. Wearing a black and bright blue shirt, in front of a white background.

AFUA BRUCE  
DataKind 

In dark green text: "CDT's Advisory Council."

CHRIS CALABRESE  
Microsoft

Ryan Calo. University of Washington. Wearing a bright pink collared shirt, in front of a light-colored bookcase.

RYAN CALO  
University of Washington 

Damara Catlett. Principal, Raben Group. Wearing a red collared shirt and a dark grey suit, in front of a white backdrop.

DAMARA CATLETT  
Raben Group ; Full Color Future 

Henry Claypool. Independent. Wearing glasses and a light blue collared shirt with a dark suit, in front of a dark grey backdrop.

HENRY CLAYPOOL
Independent

Erin Egan. Meta Platforms, Inc. Wearing a burgundy shirt and leather jacket, in front of a light colored backdrop.

ERIN EGAN  
Meta Platforms 

Donna Epps. Verizon. Wearing a light colored suit in front of a white backdrop.

DONNA EPPS  
Verizon 

Nita Farahany, wearing a black top in front of a white background with arms crossed.

NITA FARAHANY
Duke University

Cathy Feingold. AFL-CIO. Wearing a dark colored suit in front of a light colored backdrop.

CATHY FEINGOLD
AFL-CIO 

Christina	Fitzpatrick. AARP. Wearing light blue glasses and a dark colored shirt, in front of a white backdrop.

CHRISTINA FITZPATRICK
AARP 

Lara	 Flint. Democracy Fund. Wearing a blue shirt in front of a white backdrop.

LARA FLINT
Democracy Fund

Camille Francois. Wearing a light colored shirt in front of a light colored background.

CAMILLE FRANCOIS
Niantic

Megan Gray. DuckDuckGo. Wearing a red turtleneck with a dark jacket, in front of a light green background (and a green leafy plant).

MEGAN GRAY
GrayMatters Law & Policy

Sam Gregory, wearing black rimmed glasses and a black t-shirt, in front of a white wall.

SAM GREGORY
WITNESS

Joe Hall. Internet Society. Wearing a light blue collared shirt and dark suit, in front of a light brown background.

JOSEPH LORENZO HALL
Internet Society | ISOC

Katie Harbath, wearing white and smiling in front of a white background.

KATIE HARBATH
Duco Experts

Dominique Harrison. Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Wearing a dark grey shirt, in front of a leafy green background.

DOMINIQUE HARRISON

Jennifer Hodges, smiling in the sun outdoors while wearing a blue top.

JENNIFER HODGES
Mozilla

Robert Holleyman. Crowell & Moring. Wearing glasses and a white collared shirt and blue suit, in front of a light colored background.

AMBASSADOR ROBERT HOLLEYMAN
Crowell & Moring

Brian Huseman. Amazon. Wearing a light blue collared shirt, in front of a dark blue backdrop.

BRIAN HUSEMAN  
Amazon 

Rose Jackson, wearing a dark jacket and standing in a green outdoor setting.

ROSE JACKSON
Atlantic Council

Jameel Jaffer. Knight First Amendment Institute. Wearing a white collared shirt and a dark grey suit, in front of a grey backdrop.

JAMEEL JAFFER  
Knight First Amendment Institute

Roscoe Jones. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Wearing a white collared shirt and dark suit, in front of a dark grey building.

ROSCOE JONES 
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Jeff Joseph. Software & Information Industry Association. Wearing a white collared shirt and a dark suit, in front of a white backdrop.

JEFF JOSEPH  
Software & Information Industry Association 

Daphne Keller. Stanford Center for Internet and Society. Wearing glasses, a white shirt and a dark suit.

DAPHNE KELLER
Stanford Cyber Policy Center

Susan Landau. Tufts University. Wearing glasses, a white shirt and a dark colored jacket, in front of a grey backdrop.

SUSAN LANDAU  
Tufts University  

Deven McGraw. Ciitizen. Wearing a red shirt, in front of a leafy green background.

DEVEN MCGRAW  
Invitae  

Travis Moore, wearing a dark jacket and dark red tie, smiling in front of an indoors setting.

TRAVIS MOORE
TechCongress

John Morris. Brookings Institute. Wearing glasses, a white collared shirt and a dark grey suit, in front of a light colored background.

JOHN MORRIS
Brookings Institution

Laura Moy. Georgetown University. Wearing a black shirt in front of a building and leafy green background.

LAURA MOY
Georgetown Law

Lydia Parnes. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Wearing a dark shirt in front of a light brown background.

LYDIA PARNES  
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 

Edward Perez, smiling wearing black rimmed glasses in front of a light colored wall.

EDWARD PEREZ
OSET Institute

Michael Petricone. Consumer Technology Association. Wearing a white collared shirt and a dark grey suit, in front of a white backdrop.

MICHAEL PETRICONE  
Consumer Technology Association 

David Quinalty. Waymo. Wearing a light blue collared shirt and a light blue / gray suit, in front of a leafy green background.

DAVID QUINALTY
Waymo

Gabe Rottman, smiling in front of a brightly lit window and office background.

GABE ROTTMAN
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Michael Rubin, smiling in front of a daylight window.

MICHAEL RUBIN
Latham & Watkins LLP

Hina Shamsi. American Civil Liberties Union. Wearing a blue shirt, in front of a light grey backdrop.

HINA SHAMSI
American Civil Liberties Union

Alissa Starzak. Cloudflare. Wearing a deep purple shirt in front of a grey background.

ALISSA STARZAK  
Cloudflare 

Nabiha Syed. The Markup. Wearing a white collared shirt and a light grey suit, in front of a light brown background.

NABIHA SYED
The Markup

Shane Tews. American Enterprise Institute. Wearing a black shirt in front of a blue sky and green leafy background.

SHANE TEWS  
American Enterprise Institute  

Vinay Trivedi. General Atlantic. Wearing a light blue collared shirt and a dark suit, in front of a grey background.

VINAY TRIVEDI  
General Atlantic 

Dr. Alisa Valentin, wearing a black top and pink suit jacket.

DR. ALISA VALENTIN

Miriam Vogel. EqualAI. Wearing a light purple shirt and a dark blue suit, in front of a light grey backdrop.

MIRIAM VOGEL
EqualAI

Richard Whitt. GLIA Foundation. Wearing a light grey collared shirt and a dark grey jacket, in front of a brown brick background.

RICHARD WHITT
Twilio

Chris Wood, wearing a grey suit and red and black tie.

CHRIS WOOD
Executive Director & Co-Founder, LGBT Tech

Corrine Yu. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Wearing a grey shirt in front of a light grey backdrop.

CORRINE YU
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights