about me // bullet points version

currently doing // professional

• Co-founder and partner, Higher Ground Labs (2017-present)

• Senior advisor, Sandbox AQ (2021-present)

• Senior advisor, Radia (2023-present)

• Senior advisor, Project Liberty (2023-present)

• Advisor, Assembly OSM (2023-present)

• Venture partner, betaworks (2016-present)

currently doing // boards

• Board of directors, Globant (NYSE: GLOB) (2024-present)

• Board of directors & executive committee, Starknet Foundation (2022-present)

currently doing // public interest

• Co-chair of the board of directors, Access Now (2011-present)

• Board of directors, Swing Left (2022-present)

• Digital Strategy Committee, Brooklyn Public Library (co-chair, 2017-2022)

• Steering Committee, Transatlantic Digital Debates fellowship program of GPPi and the New America Foundation (2021-present)

• Future Tense Fellow at the New America Foundation (2013-present)

• Advisory Council, Open Technology Fund (2012-present)

• Community Advisory Council, Brooklyn Bridge Park (2021-present)

• Digital Task Force, New York Public Radio (2014-present)

currently doing // academic

• Member, Council on Foreign Relations (2024-present)

• Advisor, Data & Society (2014-present)

previously did // professional

• President and Chief Operating Officer, Assembly OSM (2019-2023)

• Founding Executive Director, Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (2017-2018)

• Partner at betaworks (2011-2017), VC and venture studio, including parallel roles as:

  • EVP, Medium, responsible for corporate development, new business initiatives, editorial, outreach, international, and enterprise services (2016-2017)

  • CEO, Digg (2013-2016)

  • CEO, Instapaper (2013-2015)

  • EVP, Tumblr, responsible for the editorial, marketing, international growth, community, outreach, and support teams (2011-2012)

• Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States & member of President Obama's senior White House staff, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President (2009-2011)

• Head of Global Public Policy, Google (2003-2009)

• Vice President, Chief Policy Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (1999-2003)

• Legal counsel, U.S. House of Representatives (1997-1998)

• Associate, Jenner & Block (1995-1997)

• Law clerk, Judge Gerald W. Heaney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1994-95)

previously did // academic

• Senior Fellow in Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (2014-2015)

• Lecturer in Law, Stanford Law School, taught course on "Freedom of Speech in a Digitally Interconnected World", a comparative international examination of constitutional clauses, legislation, and case law across 12 countries; fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet & Society (2011-2012)

• Fellow, Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University (2011-2012)

• Co-founder, CIPESA, Makerere University (2002-2004)

• Senior fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School; taught course on “Digital Democracy” (1998-2005)

previously did // boards

• Board of directors, Electric Coin Company (2018-2022)

• Board of directors, Chartbeat (2013-2019)

• Board of directors, Digg (2012-2016)

• Board of directors, Instapaper (2012-2017)

• Board of directors, Public Knowledge (2012-2021)

• Board of directors, Sunlight Foundation, (2011-2016)

• Board of directors, Code for America (2011-13)

• Board of directors, Bridges.org (2005-2009)

previously did // advisory

• Goggo Network, Madrid, Paris, Berlin; business and regulatory strategy for autonomous delivery as a service (2019-2022)

• Facebook, Menlo Park; content policies, algorithmic ethics and accountability, independent review mechanism, ethical practices for artificial intelligence and machine learning (2018-2020)

• Strava Inc., San Francisco; geopolitical issues arising from posting of users’ locations (2018)

• Edelman, New York City; business strategy for emerging digital environment (2017)

• Mozilla Corp., Mountain View; Internet Public Policy Module (2012-2015)

previously did // public interest

• Volunteer, Biden-Harris presidential transition team (2020-2021), focusing on personnel appointments in the areas of government tech delivery and innovation, cybersecurity, and technology policy.

• Co-chair, COVID-19 Technology Task Force (2020-2022)

• Member, NYC Mayor-Elect Eric Adams’s transition team (2021), focusing on technology, government efficiency, and city management systems and operations.

• Advisory board, Third Way Cyber Enforcement Initiative (2018-2021)

• Member, human rights and tech & innovation advisory committees, Hillary Clinton presidential campaign (2015-2016)

• Member, Innovation Council, Partnership for New York City (2014-2020)

• Member, Commission on Innovation of the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (2011-2013)

• Member, Obama/Biden presidential transition team, on the Technology, Innovation and Government Reform cluster (2008-2009)

education

• J.D., Harvard Law School

• B.A. in history, Yale University

other things

• Member of the D.C. Bar, in good standing (1997-present)

• Member, Global Future Council on the Future of Human Rights, World Economic Forum (2016-2018)

• Fellow, Young Leaders Forum of the National Committee on US-China Relations (2005-present)

• Global Leader for Tomorrow, World Economic Forum (2001)

• Digital Dozen for the New Century, Time Magazine (2000)

ancient history

Growing up, Andrew attended Highland Elementary School in Sylvania, Ohio;  Widsten Elementary School in Wayzata, Minnesota;  Longfellow Elementary School and Ben Franklin Junior High School in Fargo, North Dakota;  the American Community School in Cobham, Surrey, UK; and Neil A. Armstrong Senior High School in Plymouth, Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1987.  Over summers, he attended the Trollwood Performing Arts School in Fargo, the International Music Camp in Dunseith, North Dakota, and the Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth in St. Paul, at which point he had to start working summer jobs at places like the Sheraton Park Place Hotel, Dayton's Department Store, and the kitchen of the celebrated Red Lobster of Golden Valley.