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Theodora (Theo) Skeadas is the CEO of Tech Policy Consulting. In this role, she has consulted to a range of organizations including Humane Intelligence on algorithmic audits, Microsoft on their elections policies, Domelabs AI on AI in healthcare and national security, National Democratic Institute on online gender-based violence and women’s political participation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Partnership for Countering Influence Operations on government efforts to combat disinformation in Ukraine, Partnership on AI on responsible AI, Effective Institutions Project on forecasting and philanthropy in AI, the Committee to Protect Journalists on a journalist safety tool, YouTube on fraud, and the Oversight Board on elections in Greece.
Previously at Twitter, she managed the Trust and Safety Council, a research hub within the Public Policy team, and a trusted flaggers program for human rights defenders, and she supported Twitter's global civic integrity, transparency, and crisis response efforts.
Before, she worked in national security at Booz Allen Hamilton, examining public sentiment, social movements, and disinformation using social media for the U.S. Federal Government. Previously, she worked with nonprofits in Morocco (Search for Common Ground, Innovations for Poverty Action, Sidi Moumen Cultural Center, and Sister Cities International - Africa), Turkey (Fulbright), Greece (Center for Hellenic Studies), and Costa Rica (World Teach).
She has an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BA from Harvard College. She has language experience in French, Modern Greek, Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Turkish, Moroccan Arabic, and Spanish.