Internet Law and Policy Foundry Announces its 2019 Class of Fellows
The Internet Law and Policy Foundry (aka the Foundry) is proud to announce its third class of Fellows. The 2019 Fellows Class consists of 56 future leaders in internet law and policy. The Fellows are students and early career professionals from a range of nonprofits, think tanks, internet companies, law and professional services firms, top universities, and congressional offices.
The Foundry brings together future leaders in the internet law and public policy space to network and participate in events aimed at providing them opportunities to share their research.
The 2019 Class represents diversity in demographics, geography, ideology, and skillsets. While many Fellows are lawyers, the class also includes cybersecurity professionals, a historian, and computer scientists. Several fellows have backgrounds as programmers, engineers, data analysts, and in similar technical roles.
Geography of the 2019 Class of Fellows
The Foundry is based in Washington, DC. The 2019 Fellows, however, are a geographically diverse group. Of the 56 Fellows:
- 29 are in Washington, DC
- 10 are in the Bay Area
- Others are located in: New York, NY; Boston, MA; Scottsdale, AZ; Madison, WI; Gujarat, India; and more!
How the Fellows are Selected
Foundry Fellows are chosen through a competitive process. The Foundry opened up its applications for the 2019 Class of Fellows in late spring of 2019, and current Fellows reviewed applications through August 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.
The Foundry chooses a new cohort of Fellows through a competitive process every two years. The current class of Foundry Fellows was selected in 2017, and will transition out of their Fellow roles as the 2019 Fellows ramp up their activities over the fall.
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, which hosts a long running series of technology briefings on Capitol Hill.
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: http://www.ilpfoundry.us/
See the 2019 Class of Fellows at: ilpfoundry.us/about/2019Class
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Foundry Fellows // The 2019 Class
Adira Levine is a Cyber Policy Fellow at New America and a student at Harvard Law School. She most recently worked in Washington, DC as a management consultant to the federal government.
Alan McQuinn is a professional staff member for the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Prior to that, he was a senior policy analyst for the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
Ana is currently a Global Privacy Manager at TrustArc where she helps companies align their data practices with GDPR, APEC, Privacy Shield, and CCPA regulations.
Andrés Bascumbe serves as Counsel to Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California, managing her technology, telecommunications, intellectual property, defense, and national security portfolios.
Andrew Manley is an attorney advisor with the Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau. His work focuses on broadcast station licensing, including helping broadcasters prepare for the transition to next-gen TV, ATSC 3.0.
Apratim Vidyarthi is a sleep-deprived JD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in First Amendment issues, digital privacy, and information policy.
Bao Kham Chau is a J.D. student at the University of Virginia School of Law and an Affiliate at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.
Ben Neumeyer is a Privacy Policy Manager at Facebook. His work focuses on product counseling and analyzing regulatory and policy risk.
Ben is the Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), sponsored by the Friends and Family of Philip M. Stern. There, he works on Artificial Intelligence issues focusing on the criminal justice system.
Charles Cheng is a member of patent, trademark and copyright group at Oracle Corp., and licensed to practice patent before USPTO.
Chris is a law student at George Washington University, taking classes and assisting in research focusing on digital rights.
Devron Brown is AI and Fintech Counsel for the House Financial Services Committee. He advises Committee Members on emerging technology and works to build a bridge between policy, technology, and law.
Donalene Roberts is a recent graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a Research Assistant for the Center on Privacy and Technology.
Edward is a policy analyst with the domestic policy office of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a Bureau within the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Elana Reman Safner is a communications associate at Mintz, where she focuses on public policy, regulatory issues, and litigation affecting the communications sector.
Libby Hennemuth (CIPP/US) is an information privacy professional with experience in digital trade policy and privacy compliance.
Elizabeth Lhost is a historian and legal studies scholar currently based at Dartmouth College. Her research focuses on the global histories of information technologies as they relate to concepts of identity and citizenship.
Gidget Benitez is a Legislative Assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives. Her portfolio of issues includes healthcare, education, labor, housing, space/NASA, civilian technology, and small businesses/economic development.
Harry Anastopulos is an attorney and director of external affairs at CTIA, where he focuses on 5G infrastructure, wireless spectrum, privacy, digital security/safety, and emerging technology issues relating to diverse communities.
Ian Mair is an Associate at The Smith-Free Group where he helps clients in the fintech, financial services and intellectual property spaces navigate Congressional and regulatory issues, providing intel and coverage of legislative activities and direct advocacy before key committees of jurisdiction in furtherance of policy goals.
Ian Williams is the inaugural Fellow for the University of Michigan Law School’s Law & Mobility Program, and serves as Managing Editor of the Journal of Law & Mobility.
Ishan Mehta is a technologist and policy analyst in Washington DC. His work focuses on cybersecurity policy, technology policy, national security.
Jackie is received her JD from GW Law and her BA in Philosophy, Politics & Law from USC. Jackie previously interned in-house at Taiwanese technology companies.
Jasmine is a second-year student at the George Washington University Law School, where she is the Vice President of the CyberLaw Students Association and member of the Federal Communications Law Journal.
Jenna is a Senior Policy Counsel at Public Knowledge, where she focuses on broadband access and infrastructure and privacy.
Jeremy is a multidisciplinary technologist, researcher, policy analyst and doctoral student with a Computer Science and social science background.
Jess Miers is a 2L Tech Edge J.D. candidate at Santa Clara University School of Law where she is currently a research assistant to her advisor and mentor, Professor Eric Goldman.
Kathleen Burke is a 3L at Case Western Reserve University Law School, where she is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law, Technology, and the Internet.
Keir is Policy Counsel at the Computer & Communications Industry Association where he focuses on privacy, security, and emerging technology. Prior to joining CCIA, he managed the Program on Data and Governance at an Ohio State University.
Kelly is an associate at Mayer Brown in Washington, D.C. where he is a member of the firm’s Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement practice with a focus on fintech.
Kira Hessekiel is a 2021 J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School. At Harvard, she is currently Communications Editor for the Journal on Law and Technology and a Teaching Fellow for Professors Michael Sandel and Douglas Melton’s “Tech Ethics” course.
Lauren Harriman, Esq., CIPP/US, is currently seeking a full-time position in Technology Policy. She earned her Juris Doctor with a certificate in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from University of San Francisco School of Law and earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering Physics with a focus in Electronics from Santa Clara University.
Laurin B. Weissinger is the Cybersecurity Fellow at the Center for Global Legal Challenges and a Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Leah Farrar is an attorney and public relations professional. Her work focuses on the intersection of technology, culture, and identity in law and society. In her spare time she enjoys training in circus acrobatics and writing science fiction.
Lena Ghamrawi is a Policy Counsel at The Future of Privacy Forum, where she focuses on privacy law and emerging technologies. Lena was previously a consultant for Booz Allen and Aleada, where she developed privacy programs for commercial clients and federal agencies.
Lyndsey Wajert is a legal fellow with the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Her work focuses on technology, privacy, and the First Amendment.
Maitreya Shah is a disabled lawyer and researcher. His work lies in the interstices of the ethics and governance of emerging technologies and disability rights.
Matt works in government affairs and policy communications at Tusk Strategies, a part-political strategy and part-venture capital firm based in New York City.
Meghan Fenzel is an associate at Fenwick & West LLP where she focuses on litigation, appeals, and counseling related to intellectual property, privacy, and media law.
Michal Totchani graduated from Stanford Law School’s Program in International Legal Studies (SPILS). She focuses on emerging technologies and tech policy issues, including privacy, content moderation, security, public deployment of AI, competition regulation and intellectual property.
Nafia Chowdhury is a recent Stanford graduate from Bangladesh. She completed her B.A. in Economics and M.A. in cybersecurity policy. Nafia first fell in love with cybersecurity from her computer science course in cryptography two years ago.
Natalie recently graduated with an LL.M in Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship from Cornell Tech. She previously interned at Privacy International, and is currently an intern at New America Foundation.
Nathan Reitinger is a computer science PhD candidate at the University of Maryland. Nathan‘s research combines the worlds of computer science and law, with particular attention paid to privacy and security, public policy, and networking.
Nikki Bourassa is a program and policy officer at the Global Network Initiative. She focuses on expanding the diversity of GNI’s membership and developing GNI’s global policy work on issues including intermediary liability, jurisdiction assertions and limits, network disruptions, and surveillance.
Nina Archie is a Master’s in Public Policy and Law Candidate at George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government as well as the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School.
Nomi Conway is a 3L at Berkeley Law, where she is a graduate fellow at the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) and an alumna of the Samuelson Law, Tech & Public Policy Clinic.
Ronak Shah is an Assistant Attorney General at the Illinois Attorney General’s office. He works in the Privacy Unit within the Consumer Fraud Bureau, where he helps investigate and litigate privacy and data security issues affecting Illinois consumers.
In 2012, Shoaib Rizvi founded I Am An Entrepreneur (IAE), a non-profit that advances Pakistani women’s economic participation, for which he received the United Nations Youth Assembly Award.
Smita is a Product Counsel at Apple where she advises cross-functional teams on worldwide regulatory, compliance, and legal issues related to new and existing products. Prior to Apple, Smita worked at two international law firms in the San Francisco bay area. At these firms, her practice was focused on technology transactions.
Spandana Singh is a Policy Analyst at New America’s Open Technology Institute where she works on platform accountability, content moderation, and artificial intelligence issues.
Stefan Ducich is a privacy attorney licensed in New York and Washington, D.C.; he is a 2017 graduate of American University Washington College of Law (cum laude).
Tawanna Lee is a third-year student at the George Washington University Law School where she serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Federal Communications Law Journal and is publishing an article on the antitrust scrutiny facing Silicon Valley.