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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. Jennifer Hodges of the Mozilla Foundation and Christopher Wood of the LGBT Tech serve 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  

Shawn Bone, smiling in rimmed glasses and a collared shirt and sweater (outdoors, in a black-and-white photo).

SHAWN BONE
Verizon

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

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

DAMARA CATLETT  
Bryson Gillette; 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 

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 

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

LARA FLINT
Independent

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

CAMILLE FRANCOIS
Columbia University

Liza Getsinger, smiling in white collared shirt, sitting on a white and dark brown wooden staircase.

LIZA GETSINGER
Google

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

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
Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative

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

ROSE JACKSON
Beacon

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 
Drake University

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

DAPHNE KELLER
Stanford Cyber Policy Center

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

TRAVIS MOORE
TechCongress

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

LAURA MOY
Georgetown Law

Chan Park, smiling in a collared shirt and dark suit jacket, in front of a grey backdrop.

CHAN PARK
OpenAI

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

Sean Perryman, smiling in front of a grey backgdrop wearing a dark blue suit jacket and light blue collared shirt.

SEAN PERRYMAN
Uber

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 

Juan Proaño, in a dark suit and bright red tie, in front of a white backdrop.

JUAN PROAÑO
LULAC

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

Justin Sherman, in a brown blazer holding a microphone speaking up on a stage.

JUSTIN SHERMAN
Global Cyber Strategies

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
Mozilla Foundation

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
Public Knowledge

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
GLIA Foundation

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

CHRIS WOOD
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

Laura Zommer, smiling in a white dress in front of a white background.

LAURA ZOMMER
Factchequeado