Team

Staff

Mackenzie B | Program + Communications Manager

Mackenzie is an operations and program management specialist with background in evidentiary research. She supports Pluro Labs'  engagement and communications with policy, legal and advocacy stakeholders.

Sofia S | Data Researcher + Analyst

Sofia is an OSINT and data analyst with experience across human rights, democracy protection, and digital investigations for legal accountability.

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Yaas F | Data Researcher + Analyst

Yaas F is a data-driven researcher and analyst with deep passion for protecting democracy, human rights, and the public good.

Will Byrne | Founder + Executive Director

Will is a social entrepreneur, applied technology executive, and democracy advocate. Will was founding CEO of Groundswell, a social enterprise that makes clean energy accessible to disadvantaged communities in the US. He then led strategy at a Bay Area AI and emerging tech firm, and led tech and innovation teams at global humanitarian and human rights organizations.

Will is an affiliated scholar at UC Berkeley's CITRIS Lab on Tech in the Public Interest. He's written on AI, emerging tech, and democracy for FastCompany and other publications. Will worked at Der Spiegel and the American Academy in Berlin, and his background in German history and United States politics informs his focus upon deepening democratic resilience worldwide. Will has been honored as an Ashoka Fellow, World Economic Forum Global Shaper, Forbes 30 under 30 Entrepreneur, White House Champion of Change, and Stanford d.School Fellow.

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Advisors

Alexa Koenig, PhD, JD
Co-Executive Director, UC Berkeley Human Rights Center; Founder, Digital Investigations Lab. Global leader in technology and human rights, architect of Berkeley Protocol on open-source investigation.
Dhruv Gulati
Co-Founder and CEO, Factmata. Mis-information technologist, product leader, expert in fraud, digital information and media ecosystems, and social networks.
Sue Hendrickson, JD
Director Emeritus, Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Expert in technology and media policy and law.
Rumman Chowdury, PhD
Former Director; Machine Learning Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability; Twitter. Expert, pioneer, advocate in ethics in AI and machine learning.
Hany Farid, PhD
Professor and Dean Alumnus, UC Berkeley School of Information. Technologist, researcher, trailblazer in image analysis and computer vision technology.