Name: Tekedra Mawakana
Current city: Bay Area, CA
Current job: Co-CEO at Waymo
Past job: Chief Operating Officer at Waymo
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Name: Catherine Aiken
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Director of Data Science and Research, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)
Past job: Survey Specialist, Center for Security and Emerging Technology; Lecturer, University of Maryland
Name: Will Hurd
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Former U.S. Congressman, Texas & Author of American Reboot: An Idealist's Way of Getting Things Done
Past job: Undercover CIA officer; cybersecurity entrepreneur
Name: Dan Brewer
Current city: Rolla, MO
Current job: Executive Director, American Materials Technology Partnership (AMTP); Executive Vice President & CRO, Brewer Science, Inc.
Past job: Director of Marketing and New Business Development, BSI
Name: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: FCC Chairwoman
Past job: Senior Communications Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Name: Nicole Tisdale
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Founder & Principal, Advocacy Blueprints
Past job: Director for Legislative Affairs at National Security Council, The White House; Staff Director and Counsel, Intelligence & Counterterrorism Subcommittee; US House Homeland Security Committee
Name: Ifeoma Ozoma
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Founder and Principal at Earthseed
Past job: Directing Global Public Policy Engagement & US State Public Policy at Pinterest; Public Policy at Facebook and Google
Name: David Ryan Polgar
Current city: Manhattan & West Hartford, CT
Current job: Founder of All Tech Is Human and member of TikTok's Content Advisory Council
Past job: Co-founder of the Digital Citizenship Summit
Name: Damika Barr
Current city: Bay Area, CA
Current job: Public Policy and Government Relations Lead, Verily Life Sciences (An Alphabet Company)
Past job: Regulatory Compliance Counsel (Health), Lyft, Inc.; Public Policy Manager, AmeriHealth Caritas
Name: Harini Gokul
Current city: Medina, WA
Current job: Amazon Web Services, Customer Solutions Leader
Previous job: Microsoft, Director, Partner Cloud Strategy
Name: Brandie Nonnecke
Current city: Berkeley, CA
Current job: Director, CITRIS Policy Lab, UC Berkeley
Name: Aerica Banks
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Founder and Principal, Shiso LLC
Past job: Head of Federal Policy and Founder of DC Office, Pinterest
Name: Nicole Isaac
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Senior Director of North America Policy at LinkedIn
Past job: Head of U.S. Public Policy
Name: Yael Eisenstat
Current city: New York City
Current job: Visiting Fellow, Cornell Tech's Digital Life Initiative
Past job: Facebook (Elections Integrity Ops); White House (National Security); CIA Officer
Name: Jamira Burley
Current city: New York, NY
Current job: Head of Youth Engagement and Skills, Global Business Coalition for Education
Past job: National Deputy Millennial Vote Director: Hillary For America
Name: Arvin Patel
Current city: San Jose, CA
Current job: EVP and Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Rovi Corporation, a TiVo Company
Past job: Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Technicolor
Name: June Williams
Current city: Oakland, CA
Current job: Policy Advisor, Trust & Safety at Google
Past job: San Francisco District Director for U.S. Senator Kamala Harris
Name: Suzan DelBene
Current city: Medina, WA
Current job: U.S. Congresswoman to Washington’s first district
Past job: VP of drugstore.com, CEO of Nimble Technology, VP of Mobile Communications at Microsoft, Strategic Advisor at Global Partnerships, Director - Washington State Department of Revenue
Name: Jessica Szmajda
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: CTO, Axios
Past job: CTO, Optoro
Name: Susan Gonzales
City: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Founder & CEO, AIandYou.org
Past job: Facebook’s Director of Community Engagement