Shireen Aboukhalil is a tech policy researcher who recently completed her Masters in Public Administration (with a specialization in data analytics) from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Her interests and work focus on building trust and understanding between technology and its users.

Prior to SIPA, Shireen worked at PwC in San Francisco auditing tech companies (most notably Twitter Inc.) along with working for a non-profit focused on building sustainable development projects for refugees in the Middle East.