40 technologists learned the basics of the policy process in our online, part-time primer program
San Francisco, CA, April 21, 2022 — The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is thrilled to announce the Winter 2022 cohort of the Tech Policy Primer Program. The Tech Policy Primer is our new virtual and part-time program teaching the policy process to experienced technologists. Participants first engaged in several weeks of policy training before producing final projects to solve real-world problems for government stakeholders. The Primer has a similar curriculum to our full-time Fellowship, but allows us to train many more technologists due to its virtual, part-time format.
Our 40 scholars hold vast experience in digital innovation as artificial intelligence experts, product managers, entrepreneurs, and data scientists.
The Winter 2022 Tech Policy Program participants are:
- Yemi Adewumni, Co-Founder of Civic Eagle
- Ehrik Aldana, Co-Founder of AI Education Project
- Ahmed Amer, Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Santa Clara University
- Aurelia Attal-Juncqua, Program Officer on the Board on Health Sciences Policy at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Camille Carlton, Communications Manager at the Center for Humane Technology
- Shelley Chan, Product Manager at REPLICA
- Di Cooke, Research Analyst at Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge
- Jessica Davies, Researcher and Technology Consultant
- Nichole Dennis, Program Director and Government Relations Specialist at the Cybercrime Support Network
- Craig Dermody, COVID-19 Data Specialist for the City of San Francisco
- Lisa Einstein, Graduate Researcher at Stanford Internet Observatory
- Lakshmi Gopal, Founder of Muciri Law
- Harry Arjun Hassard, Head of Product at NuCypher
- Krystal Jackson, Information Security, Policy, and Management Master’s Student at Carnegie Mellon University
- Max Katz, Solutions Architect at NVIDIA
- Shayna Korol, Reporter at BioNews Services
- Alex Lee, Product Manager at Strivr
- Jessica Lee, Founder of Increment
- Rob Lever, Journalist at Agence France-Presse
- Nancy Mandujano, Software Engineer at Stanford University’s Computational Policy Lab
- Michael Masuda, Program Analyst at the Office of the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary at the US Department of State
- Félim McMahon, Founding Member of Storyful
- Mayank Mishra, Co-Founder of Televeda
- Justino Mora, Senior Software Developer at RAICES
- Chizobam Nwagwu, Former Product Management Fellow at the Department of Health and Human Services
- Matt O’Shaughnessy, Machine Learning Algorithm Developer at Georgia Tech
- Stephanie Pakrul, Web Entrepreneur
- Julia Pan, Senior Associate of Product at Dcode
- Bryce Pedroza, Subject Matter Specialist at Axonius
- Hadrien Pouget, Technology Policy Master’s Student at the University of Cambridge
- Jordan Ross, Product Manager at Google Ads Privacy and Safety
- Siddarth Srinivasan, Computer Science PhD Student at the University of Washington
- Chris Torres, Product Technology Manager at Google Travel
- Andre Uhl, Technology and Innovation Fellow at the Planetary Health Alliance
- Julia Uhr, XR Developer and PhD Student at CU Boulder’s ATLAS Institute
- Ritvik Vasudevan, Product Manager at Flatiron Health
- Nina Vyedin, Engineering Manager at Own Up
- Katarina Watney, Project Lead at CRDF Global
- Tafari Wilson, IT Project Manager for the Social Security Administration
- Michael Yang, Open Philanthropy Technology Policy Fellow
For more information about the Tech Policy Primer Program and participants, see here.
