Alexandra
Reeve Givens
CEO, Center for Democracy & Technology
Alexandra Reeve Givens is the CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology, a leading nonprofit organization fighting to protect people’s rights in the digital age. She is a prominent advocate for protecting people’s privacy and access to information, and ensuring emerging technologies advance human rights and democracy.
At CDT, Alex leads an international team advocating to policymakers, working with tech companies to improve their policies and designs, and helping the public have a voice in how technology shapes our lives and futures. She regularly appears in news outlets such as CNN, NPR, The Washington Post and Wired, and has testified in Congress multiple times.
Alex previously worked in the U.S. Senate and taught for 9 years at Columbia Law and Georgetown Law. She serves on the Boards of the Urban Institute, BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, named for her late father, the actor and advocate Christopher Reeve.
She is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law.
