ALEXANDRA REEVE GIVENS

Alexandra Reeve Givens is the CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology, the leading nonpartisan,
nonprofit organization fighting to protect civil rights and civil liberties in the digital age. She is a prominent advocate for protecting people’s online privacy and access to information, and ensuring emerging technologies advance human rights and democracy.

At CDT, Alex leads an international team of lawyers, policy experts, and technologists. CDT advocates to policymakers and the courts, works to improve tech companies’ policies and product designs, and helps the public have a voice in how technology shapes our lives and futures. Alex previously served as a chief counsel in the U.S. Senate and founded Georgetown University’s Institute for Technology Law & Policy. She began her career as a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and taught for nine years at Columbia Law and Georgetown Law. Alex serves on the boards of the Urban Institute, BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, which is named for her late father, Christopher Reeve. She also serves on advisory boards for the Aspen Institute, World Economic Forum, Partnership on AI, KKR, and numerous companies, and is a judge for the Webby Awards.