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2024 Annual Report: Welcoming New Faces to CDT - Center for Democracy and Technology

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This is CDT's 2024 annual report page listing new staff hires, including AI Governance Fellows, relevant to AI policy and governance work at a major civil liberties organization influencing tech policy.

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The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) announces new staff members joining in 2024, including AI Governance Fellows and policy analysts across areas like free expression, security, surveillance, and equity in civic technology. The report also highlights new Board of Directors members and the promotion of Asha Allen as CDT Europe's Director. CDT expanded both its U.S. and Brussels offices.

Key Points

  • CDT hired AI Governance Fellows (Chinmay Deshpande and Ruchika Joshi) as part of its AI Governance Lab expansion.
  • New policy staff cover areas including security & surveillance, free expression, elections & democracy, and equity in civic tech.
  • CDT Europe expanded with multiple new hires covering equity, security, surveillance, and communications.
  • Three new Board of Directors members were added, including experts in cybersecurity, fair housing, and data innovation.
  • Asha Allen was promoted to Director and Secretary General of CDT Europe.

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2024 Annual Report: Welcoming New Faces to CDT

 
 
 

 
 

CDT added a number of new members to our team, expanding both the U.S. and Brussels offices. We were also delighted when Asha Allen was promoted to become CDT Europe’s Director and Secretary General. 

The following staff joined CDT in 2024:

Drew Courtney, Director of Communications

Kendal Aldridge, Digital Media and Communications Associate

Kevin Donnelly, Assistant Director, Foundation Relations

Becca Shields, Development and External Affairs Associate

Quinn Anex-Ries, Senior Policy Analyst, Equity in Civic Technology

Tom Bowman, Policy Counsel, Security & Surveillance Project

Becca Branum, Deputy Director, Free Expression Project

Chinmay Deshpande, AI Governance Fellow

Ruchika Joshi, AI Governance Fellow

Isabel Linzer, Elections and Democracy Fellow

Mona Elswah, Project Fellow, Content Moderation for Languages in the Global South

Laura Lazaro Cabrera, Counsel and Director, Equity and Data Program, CDT Europe

Silvia Lorenzo Perez, Director, Security, Surveillance and Human Rights Program, CDT Europe 

David Klotsonis, Policy and Research Officer, CDT Europe

Aimée Duprat-Macabies, Advocacy and Communications Officer, CDT Europe

Giulia Papapietro, Communications Trainee, CDT Europe

We also welcomed the following new members to our Board of Directors:

Dr. Lorrie Cranor, Director, CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Lisa Rice, President & CEO, National Fair Housing Alliance

Dominique Shelton Leipzig, CEO, Global Data Innovation

 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
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