Team

Staff

Will Byrne | Founder and Executive Director

Will is a social entrepreneur, applied technology executive, and democracy advocate. He served as founding CEO of Groundswell, a pioneering nonprofit that makes clean energy accessible to disadvantaged communities in the US. He then lead product strategy an AI and emerging tech software firm, before developing tech and innovation teams at CARE and Human Rights First.

Will has written and spoken on AI, tech, and the public interest at FastCompany, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley, among others. He has been honored for his impact as an Ashoka Fellow, World Economic Forum Global Shaper, Forbes 30 under 30 Entrepreneur, White House Champion of Change, and Stanford d.School Fellow.

Janine Graham | Research Lead

Janine Graham is an investigative researcher specializing in open-source intelligence (OSINT) techniques to investigate subjects of public interest. Her work has covered areas ranging from war crimes and illicit supply chains to tracking persons of interest for organizations such as UC Berkeley's Human Rights Center, The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal. As a journalist, she previously worked for CNBC and CNN International.

Mackenzie Berwick | Partnerships + Program Lead

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

Mackenzie is an experienced open-source investigator in the human rights and democracy field. Over five years, she has built expertise in the digital verification and documentation of gross human rights abuses around the world. She has conducted investigations at Amnesty International USA and Amnesty International's research arm, the International Secretariat. Mackenzie is passionate about using technology and data to drive accountability and inform ethical AI governance.

Sofia Schnurer | Data Researcher + Analyst

Sofia is an open-source investigator and data analyst with experience across human rights, democracy protection, and digital investigations for legal accountability. She is skilled in mass social media discovery, identifying deepfakes, and advanced visual analysis techniques.

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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.