Internet Law and Policy Foundry Announces its 2017 Class of Fellows
The Internet Law and Policy Foundry (the Foundry) is proud to announce its second class of Fellows.The 2017 Fellows Class consists of 57 future leaders in Internet law and policy. The Fellows are students and early career professionals from leading Internet companies, law and professional services firms, top universities, and major nonprofits.
The Foundry is a project that aims to bring together a cadre of future leaders in the Internet law and public policy space. At the center of the Foundry are its Fellows, students and early career professionals with a strong interest and track record in Internet law and policy. The Fellows run the Foundry, putting together events and content of interest to the technology, law, and public policy communities.
The 2017 Fellows will begin running the Internet networking and education group by the Fall of 2017. The Foundry chooses a new cohort of Fellows through a competitive process every two years. The inaugural Class of Fellows was selected in 2015, and will transition out of their Fellow roles as the 2017 Fellows ramp up their activities over the summer.
The 2017 Class represents diversity in demographics, geography, ideology, and skillsets. While many Fellows are lawyers, the class also includes social science researchers, journalists, and communications experts. Several fellows have backgrounds as programmers, engineers, data analysts, and in similar technical roles.
Geography of the 2017 Class of Fellows
The Foundry is based in Washington, DC. The 2017 Fellows, however, are a geographically diverse group. Of the 57 Fellows:
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- 23 are in Washington, DC
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- 17 are in the Bay Area
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- 7 are in New York City
- Others are in Seattle; Portland; Houston; San Diego; South Bend, Indiana; New Haven, Connecticut; Western Massachusetts; and Baltimore.
How the Fellows are Selected
Foundry Fellows are chosen through a competitive process. The Foundry began requesting applications for the 2017 Class of Fellows in late summer of 2016, and the Inaugural Class reviewed applications through February of this year. For its Fellows, the Foundry seeks “doers” who are interested in the Foundry’s activities, have a passion for technology, and can provide diverse perspectives on Internet Law and Policy issues.
Internet Education Foundation
The Foundry is a project of the Internet Education Foundation (IEF), which runs the Congressional App Challenge and the annual State of the Net conference in Washington, DC, perhaps the best known conference on Internet policy issues. IEF also runs the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, which hosts a long running series of technology briefings on Capitol Hill.
The IEF launched the Foundry to fill a gap: before the Foundry there were few if any professional organizations for lawyers and policy experts focused specifically on Internet law and policy, despite growing interest in the field. The Foundry also provides opportunities for students and early career professionals to provide leadership and showcase their skills, distinguishing it from well established niche bar associations and other professional groups.
You can read more about the Foundry on its website: https://www.ilpfoundry.us/
See the 2017 Class of Fellows at: https://www.ilpfoundry.us/about/2017class/
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Foundry Fellows // The 2017 Class
Ahmed is a Senior Intelligence Analyst at LookingGlass Cyber Solutions. With interests in both policy and programming, he enjoys discussing how the world’s cultural and political divides are increasingly falling along digital lines.
Alex Kostura is Product Manager and Site Lead of ConsenSys Solutions Incubator in DC, where he is focused on enhancing government performance and social sector outcomes through blockchain-based solutions.
Ángel Díaz is a Technology Associate at Gunderson Dettmer, where he counsels technology start-ups and venture capital firms through the changing landscape of IP, privacy, and data security issues.
Angela Hooks is a manager of government affairs for Yelp. As part of a small but mighty team, she focuses on a plethora of issues; including consumer free speech, intermediary liability, antitrust, and diversity in tech.
Angelo Alcid is a 2013 graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law whose practice currently primarily consists of advising video game developers, tech startups, and nonprofit organizations in intellectual property and business law issues.
Anisha Mangalick is a technology attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area who enjoys exploring the intersection of law and technology. Currently, she is an Associate Corporate Cousel at Zendesk, focusing on commercial and privacy issues.
Anjelika Deogirikar has spent over a decade working in both the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Most recently, she was the ORGANIZE Innovator in Residence at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Anne Hobson is a technology policy fellow with the R Street Institute, specializing in free-market approaches to emerging technologies, including virtual reality, artificial intelligence, the internet of things and the sharing economy.
Ariel Dobkin is a third-year student at Yale Law School, where she is a co-founder of the Yale Law & Technology Society and a Student Fellow at the Information Society Project.
Ashkhen Kazaryan is a Legal Fellow at TechFreedom. She writes, teaches and advocates for free speech, privacy and limited government surveillance.
Described by coworkers as “not the lawyer we need, but the lawyer we deserve,” Brendan O’Connor is a security researcher and consultant in Seattle, WA. He is admitted to the bar in Montana and Washington, and serves as Vice-Chair of the ABA’s Information Security Committee; while he is a lawyer, he is not your lawyer.
Charles Roslof is an attorney at the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. His work there focuses on trademarks (protection, enforcement, and licensing) and copyright policy.
Christine Bannan is the Administrative Law and Policy Fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), where she works on consumer privacy, government surveillance, and student privacy issues.
Christine Doelling is a first year associate at Cooley LLP where she practices trademark, copyright and advertising law. Her first love is and always will be music, which in this climate means she is a deep lover of technology.
Crystal is a 2016 cum laude graduate of American University. She is interested in the intersection of Intellectual Property and Telecommunications and has interned at several places dealing with these subjects throughout law school.
Danielle Kehl is a student at Harvard Law School and a fellow at New America’s Open Technology Institute, where she previously worked full-time as a Senior Policy Analyst. She got her start in tech policy at AccessNow before moving to DC to work for New America
As Vice President at Glen Echo Group, Ellen Satterwhite helps clients formulate policy positions and tell their stories with good one-liners backed by solid data.
Currently finishing his third year at California Western School of Law, with plans to graduate in April and take the July, 2017, California Bar Exam, Emory has a focus on privacy and internet law generally,
Fred Jennings is a litigator and hacker at Tor Ekeland, PC, where he represents clients in criminal and civil CFAA cases across the country. He also handles copyright and trademark matters, security and privacy advising,
Hilary Richardson is an Intellectual Property Risk Associate at Facebook. Her focus is on developing policies to scale the operational challenges of managing intellectual property-related intermediary liability on Facebook’s platforms.
Inayat is an LL.M candidate at UC Berkeley’s School of Law. Before this, she was a legal intern at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) where she worked on copyright law, Internet of Things, and First Amendment issues.
Jacqueline Ahn Yang is currently a legal specialist at IBM, assisting developers and business teams to navigate the world of open source software licensing. Prior to IBM, she interned at Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and New America Foundation.
Jameson Dempsey is an associate in the Communications and Privacy & Information Security groups of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where he counsels communications service providers, technology companies,
Jamie is a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where she is part of the civil liberties team. Jamie focuses on the First and Fourth Amendment implications of new technologies. Jamie joined EFF in 2014 as a Frank Stanton Legal Fellow.
Jesse Blumenthal manages the Technology & Innovation work of the Charles Koch Institute, focusing on emerging technology issues, digital free speech, and industries ripe for innovation.
Joe Mornin is a software engineer, IP lawyer, and legal tech entrepreneur. He is currently clerking at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Joseph Jerome is a Policy Counsel for the Privacy & Data Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology. His work focuses on the legal and ethical questions posed by smart technologies and artificial intelligence,
Joshua is the policy counsel and government affairs lead at New America’s Open Technology Institute, where he focuses on telecommunications law, competition policy, and defending net neutrality.
Kacee Taylor is on the Privacy, Security and Compliance team at Everlaw, an e-discovery software company. Prior to this role, she worked in technology transactions and Internet policy, as well as Baker McKenzie’s Intellectual Property group in Vietnam.
Kara Sutton is senior manager of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Global Regulatory Cooperation, where she oversees the Chamber’s international high-tech and digital policy work, with an emphasis on global data privacy and data transfer policies and best practices.
Katherine Bravo is a 3L, at the American University Washington College of Law, who is focused on technology, e-commerce, and data privacy. Her experiences have involved mobile advertising, privacy and data security, finance issues involving identity, intellectual property, and the First Amendment on the internet.
Kelsey is a Legal Fellow at ZwillGen, PLLC, where she works on privacy and technology related matters, including representing clients in litigation, responding to FTC and state Attorneys General investigations,
Kendra is a clinical instructional fellow at the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard Law School, where they teach students how to practice law by working with pro bono clients. Previously, they were an associate at Zeitgeist Law PC, a boutique technology law firm in San Francisco,
Most recently, Kerry worked as a consulting policy strategist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, focusing on intellectual property and net neutrality. Prior to her work with EFF, Kerry was a policy fellow at Public Knowledge in Washington, D.C., working primarily on copyright, patent, and free expression issues.
Kristian Stout is the Associate Director for Innovation Policy at the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE) and a contributor to TheHill.com.
Lauren Smith is Policy Counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum, where she focuses on big data and the internet of things as related to connected cars, data ethics, algorithmic decision-making, and drones.
Michael Lambert is an attorney and author committed to preserving and progressing civil liberties on and offline. He currently serves as the Media/First Amendment Law Clerk for the NBCUniversal News Group in New York City.
Morgan N. Weiland is the Executive Director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, where she received her JD in 2015. She is in the process of completing the first joint degree program between SLS and Stanford’s Communication Department, where she is a PhD candidate.
Muira McCammon is a freelance journalist and war crimes researcher. Her writings focus on the intersection of digital culture, Guantánamo, information policy, including the U.S. laws governing the deletion and disappearance of federal records and archives.
Patrick Kyhos is an information security and privacy attorney. His work focuses on transparency, data security, privacy, and national security.
Pinal Shah is a California licensed attorney who just recently left the ranks of the Obama Administration. She is presently a consultant to the Federal government, where she finds early-stage startups in Silicon Valley
Randy is an attorney, published author, tech-aficionado and current candidate for New York City Council from the Bronx. Randy is an alum of the Google Policy fellowship, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute law fellowship and the Obama Administration.
Rhianon Anderson is passionate about the tech community, and especially about the policy arenas surrounding diversity, STEM education, talent retention, and pipeline issues.
Sasha Moss is technology policy manager with the R Street Institute, handling the intellectual property, open data and digital free-speech portfolios of R Street’s technology policy program.
Scott Johnson is a Professional Staff Member on the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, where he advises on national security and tech policy.
Stephen currently serves as Regulatory Counsel for the Consumer Bankers Association where he specializes in new and developing financial technologies, and the various affects government regulations have on the American consumer.
Suchismita Pahi is a data security and privacy attorney with a passion for the Constitution and technology. After a brief stint in health IT, Suchi decided to work on the policy side of tech roll outs. She helps people and companies integrate data
Tatevik Sargsyan is a recent graduate of the doctoral program at American University’s School of Communication (SOC) focusing on Internet governance. She currently serves as an Adjunct Faculty Member at SOC.
Travis Moore is the founder and director of TechCongress, incubated at the Open Technology Institute at New America. TechCongress is building 21st century government with technology talent through its one year Congressional Innovation Fellowship.