Alexandra Reeve Givens
President and CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology
Alexandra Reeve Givens is president and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization fighting to protect civil rights and civil liberties in the digital age. She leads an international team of lawyers and technologists shaping technology policy, governance, and design. Previously, Givens was executive director of Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Policy & Law. From 2011 to 2016, she was chief or senior counsel for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, covering technology and consumer protection. Earlier in her career, she taught at Columbia Law and worked in private legal practice. Givens is a frequent public commentator on ways to protect users’ online privacy and access to information, among other issues in responsible governance of emerging technologies. She is vice chair of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
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