Tomicah

Dr. Tomicah Tillemann is President of Project Liberty and Project Liberty Institute. His work focuses on providing people with more agency over their data, a voice in how digital platforms operate, and greater access to the economic benefits of innovation. Prior to joining Project Liberty, he led policy for Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Haun Ventures. Tomicah joined the State Department in 2009 as Hillary Clinton's speechwriter and spent four years on the professional staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee working with Joe Biden, Tony Blinken, Barack Obama, and John Kerry. Tomicah also served as the Executive Director of the Digital Impact and Governance Initiative at New America. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University and holds a Ph.D. with distinction from the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.