For the past 30 years, Stephen Balkam has had a wide range of leadership roles in the nonprofit sector in the both the US and UK. He is currently the Founder and CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), an international, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC. FOSI’s mission is to make the online world safer for kids and their families.

Sarah Holland is Public Policy Manager for Google, where she focuses on consumer privacy and data innovation, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, and online safety and digital literacy.

Monika Bickert is Facebook’s head of product policy and counterterrorism. 

Kurt is the Director of Kids and Family for Amazon, where he leads all digital and hardware products for kids and families, including Amazon FreeTime, Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, and Fire Kids Edition tablet. 

As Twitter's Head of Global Safety Outreach, Patricia Cartes works to define policy and to ensure user safety and security in the challenging realm of modern social media. Patricia's team works 24x7 to defend and respect the voice of Twitter users and to fight online abuse including targeted harassment, child sexual exploitation, human trafficking and cyber-bullying.  

Jenny Backus is the owner and President of Backus Consulting LLC, a strategic communications firm specializing in strategy development, campaign and project management and intergovernmental consulting for corporations, media outlets, trade associations, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions and political campaigns and committees. 

Dr. Tracy Bennett is TeenSafe's Global Ambassador. 

As Vice President of Marketing & Community Safety for Roblox, Tami Bhaumik is supporting the company on a global scale to inspire brand advocacy, awareness, and engagement through social channels, digital experiences, and community-driven events. She is also creating a worldwide community of internet safety leaders to help foster good digital citizenship habits among kids and teens. 

Janell Burley Hofmann is an international author, speaker and consultant specializing on the topics of technology, media, health, relationships and well-being. 

Michael Burns is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zift, which provides essential digital parenting tools, insights and resources for families in a technology driven world.  Zift acquired Net Nanny, the popular parental control software brand, in 2016.  Michael has done multiple start-up ventures.  He was a founder at Agere, which developed  network processors and was acquired by Lucent Technologies.  Michael was founding chairman at Ciclon Semiconductor which built advanced power chips for the mobile and computing markets, including the iPhone.  Michael also was a founder of Traffic.com which went public on the NASDAQ and acquired by Navteq.  Michael has been a Managing Director at Alara Capital, Guggenheim Partners and TL Ventures.   He also served as an officer in the US Navy.  Michaeel is a graduate University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School. 

Chris Calabrese is the Vice President for Policy at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) where he oversees CDT’s policy portfolio. 

Jay Campbell is a partner at Hart Research Associates, and is based in Philadelphia.  He has worked at Hart Research since 1996, when he joined the firm’s data department.  

Cordell is the Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Socrates Program, a global education forum for emerging leaders from all over the USA and 30 countries who come together several times a year for expertly-moderated, values/ethics-based, Socratic group dialogue on contemporary leadership issues.

Henry Claypool currently works as an independent consultant.  His clients include a unique mix of technology companies and organizations working on health care policy.  His work with the technology sector allows companies and organizations to build a deeper appreciation of the user experience from a disability perspective. 

Abigail Davenport is a partner with Hart Research Associates. Since joining the firm in 1994, she has conducted research and provided strategic guidance to a diverse client base that includes issue advocacy and nonprofit organizations, corporations, media, and trade associations.  

Susan Diegelman is Director of Public Affairs at AT&T. 

Kerry Gallagher is a Digital Learning Specialist at St. John’s Prep in Danvers, Massachusetts. She’s also the Director of K-12 Education for ConnectSafely.org, an EdSurge Columnist, and an active blogger. 

Sven Gerjets has served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Mattel, since July 2017.

Jennifer Hanley is the Vice President of Legal and Policy for the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI). Jennifer directs FOSI’s government outreach and policy strategy.

Julie Inman Grant is the eSafety Commissioner.Julie has extensive experience in the non-profit and government sectors, and spent two decades working in senior public policy and safety roles in the tech industry at Microsoft, Twitter, and most recently Adobe.

Larry Magid is a technology journalist and an Internet safety advocate. He is CEO and co-founder of ConnectSafely.org and an on-air technology analyst for CBS News.His technology reports can be heard daily on CBS News and CBS affiliates throughout the U.S. and he has a daily tech segment on KCBS radio in San Francisco. He writes a syndicated column for the San Jose Mercury News and blogs for Forbes and Huffington Post.

Abigail Marsh is a Societal Computing Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University advised by Dr. Lorrie Faith Cranor. 

Emily McReynolds is a researcher at the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab. 

Danielle leads the start up of Thorn’s government affairs strategy and the continued growth of our development efforts. 

Simon Morrison manages family safety issues in Google's Washington DC Public Policy Strategy team.

Rob Pegoraro tries to make sense of computers, gadgets, the Internet, apps, and other things that beep or blink. He covers tech policy at Yahoo Finance, writes a tech-help column for USAToday.com, offers telecom and gadget guidance at Wirecutter and has contributed to such sites as Consumer Reports, Are Technica, PCMag.com, Boing Boing, VentureBeat, and Discovery News. You can also find him on radio, TV, podcasts and the occasional panel.

Robin Raskin is the founder of Living in Digital Times (LIDT), a team of technophiles who bring together top experts and the latest innovations to look at the intersection of lifestyle and technology.

Tim Sparapani, Principal at SPQR Strategies, PLLC, is a legislative, legal and strategic consultant who helps companies understand and respond to the pressures created for businesses, consumers and governments by emerging technologies.  Tim’s specialties are privacy, cybersecurity, technology and constitutional law.  Tim’s clients are a diverse mix of industry leading companies, dynamic technology startups, and thought leading advocacy organizations.  

Adam Thierer is a Senior Research Fellow with the Technology Policy Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He specializes in technology, media, Internet, and free-speech policies, with a particular focus on online safety and digital privacy. His writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and Forbes, and he has appeared on national television and radio. Thierer is a frequent guest lecturer and has testified numerous times on Capitol Hill.

John Verdi is Vice President of Policy at the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington, DC- based think tank that seeks to advance responsible data practices.

Jonathan Vick is Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Associate Director of Investigative Technology and Cyberhate Response in New York.

Heather works on security, data governance, net neutrality, and privacy in the digital age at Mozilla, maker of the Firefox browser. 

Princess Young is currently the Lead Management and Program Analyst for National Awareness Programs in the Cybersecurity Education and Awareness (CE&A) branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s office of Cybersecurity Communications (CS&C).

Hilary is Director of Technology and Innovation Policy for Toyota. 

Brooke Scannell is chief of staff to Congresswoman Katherine M. Clark (MA-5). Congresswoman Clark is a national leader in the fight against serious online threats and harassment, working with online safety advocates and the tech industry to raise awareness of these issues in Congress.

Kristin Cohen is a Senior Attorney in the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection in the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection. 

Former Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy from March 2013 – January 2017.

Chris Conley is a Policy Attorney with the Technology and Civil Liberties Project of the ACLU of Northern California, where he works to ensure that emerging technologies support rather than undermine individual rights.

Rachel Martin is Director of Communications and Outreach for Born This Way Foundation. The nonprofit organization, founded in 2012 by Lady Gaga and her mother Cynthia Germanotta, is dedicated to supporting the wellness of young people and empowering them to create a kinder, braver world.

Susan Benesch founded and directs the Dangerous Speech Project, to study speech that can inspire violence – and to find ways to prevent this, without infringing on freedom of expression. To that end, she conducts research on methods to diminish harmful speech online, or the harm itself. 

Irene Braam joined the Bertelsmann Foundation North America as executive director in April 2016. She is also the first vice president and board director of the Bertelsmann Foundation Board of Directors.

Suzy Rosen Singleton, a native user of American Sign Language, is the Chief of the Disability Rights Office of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission, and has practiced with the Commission since 2012.

Pablo Chavez is the General Manager, US Public Policy for Microsoft and Global Public Policy for LinkedIn. In his Microsoft role, Pablo leads the company's US policy team. In his LinkedIn role, Pablo Chavez is responsible for LinkedIn's public policy and government affairs initiatives as well as the company's policy research and civic engagement programs. 

After earning his Masters in Public Administration from the University of Arizona, Jason joined the team at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute.

Natasha Jackson, Head of Content Policy at the GSMA, is responsible for public policy and regulatory issues arising from mobile content services. Natasha leads the GSMA's work on promoting responsible self-regulatory approaches to mobile content services.

Rebecca Arbogast serves as Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy for Comcast Corporation.  

Sarah Hudgins is Amazon’s Head of Policy for Digital, Devices, and Services. She is based in Amazon’s Public Policy Americas office in Washington, DC.    

Darren Brelesky is Senior Vice President, Digital Products, Nickelodeon Group. In this role, Brelesky oversees the full product development life cycle from user research, to conceptualization and design, engineering and product delivery. He also spearheads the premium and web games teams for both Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.

Peggy Klein joined The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2006 after 14 years of prosecutorial experience serving as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Illinois Attorney General and Assistant District Attorney for the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.

Samuel George is a documentary filmmaker and analyst of international politics and economics as the Global Markets and Digital Advisor for the Bertelsmann Foundation. 

Ginelle Brown is Director of Product Management in Verizon’s Global Products and Services group. She leads a team that develops Family and Communications apps and services for consumer wireless including FamilyBase, Family Locator, Caller Name ID and Verizon Messages.