About Us
We’re a community-powered think tank transforming how social platforms impact society through public interest research, cross-sector collaboration, and community engagement.
The Team
Jeff Allen
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Jeff Allen is a former physicist and astronomer who left academia for data science in 2013. Since then, he has worked on multiple sides of the internet information ecosystem: on publishers who are trying to maximize the traffic they get from platforms, on platforms themselves, and on political organizations and campaigns just trying to navigate the online spaces.
At Facebook, he worked on tackling systemic issues in the public content ecosystems of Facebook and Instagram, developing strategies to ensure that the incentive structure that the platforms created for publishers was in alignment with Facebook’s company mission statement.
At the Integrity Institute, Jeff leads our research efforts, helping to harness the experience and expertise of our community of integrity professionals and share it with the world. He works with companies, policy makers, academics, and civil society to help build a better social internet.
Karin Sabey
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Karin has more than 25 years of experience leading operations in both nonprofit and healthcare organizations in Canada and the US. Her passion for the work is deeply rooted in her commitment to ensuring all people and communities have access to high quality care and services. Karin believes that change is an opportunity to enhance efficiency, as well as the employee and customer experience. She draws upon a variety of modalities to improve processes and transform operations, including Lean Six Sigma (blackbelt certified).
Originally from Alberta, Canada, Karin has lived and worked in the US for more than 20 years. Her favorite things include traveling with her husband, the mountains, coffee, reading and her dog.
David Jay
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Author of the book "Relationality: A Framework for Shaping Our World Through Connection" from North Atlantic books.
David is an experienced organizer that knows that relationships are at the heart of how movements build power. Those relationships are powerful because they evolve in unpredictable ways, and that unpredictability often makes them difficult to fund. To overcome this challenge David specializes in relational measurement and learning practices that can support funders and community organizers in building trust without requiring communities and movements to behave predictably.
April Lat
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April is the Community Lead at the Integrity Institute, where they support and scale a global community of integrity professionals working to build a more trustworthy internet. With a deep love for connective, equity-centered spaces, they lead community programming that bridges the gap between practitioners, researchers, and advocates to surface what integrity looks like in action, online and IRL.
Their background spans digital safety, youth engagement, and cross-cultural mentorship. They previously led a federally funded innovation incubator focused on improving adolescent health outcomes, built the first moderator mentorship program for teens at Discord, and supported a global mentorship program through TechWomen, a U.S. State Department–funded initiative for women in STEM. They’ve worked across 25+ countries and believe in the power of story, culture, and community to drive social change. April is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sofia Bonilla
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Sofia's background has covered policy, research, and project management within the fields of international affairs and human rights. She has experience with major public and private sector projects that tackle labor rights issues in global supply chains, promote corporate social responsibility, champion migrant workers, and assist international development efforts. She is based in New York City.
Spencer Gurley
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Spencer has been in the intersection of technology, policy and integrity since beginning his research in ethical AI at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2019. Since then he has worked across a myriad of integrity topics including: AI, child safety, elections and transparency. Additionally, he has worked across numerous domains including: policy, risk assessments, regulatory frameworks and consultations. He is based in the Bay Area, California.
The Board
Samidh Chakrabarti
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Samidh has spent his career at the intersection of technology and social impact. He most recently founded and led the Civic Integrity team at Facebook (now Meta) where he was responsible for keeping the 3B person community safe from societal-level harms, including driving the company's product work on election integrity and humanitarian crises. Prior to Facebook, Samidh was at Google where he led work on Civic Engagement products. Currently, Samidh is the Chief Product Officer at Groq where he is bringing responsibility to the core of a novel AI computing platform. Samidh holds graduate degrees from MIT in Artificial Intelligence, from Oxford in Modern History, and from Cambridge in Public Policy. He is still working to perfect his wild mushroom risotto.
Meetali Jain
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Meetali expertise lies at the intersection of tech policy and law, democracy and human rights. She has worked as a litigator, policy advocate, campaigner and educator, both in the United States and in South Africa. Most recently, she started the Tech Justice Law Project in 2023 and works with a collective of legal experts, policy advocates, digital rights organizations and technologists to ensure that legal and policy frameworks are fit for the digital age. She is based in Atlanta.
Megan Stifel
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Megan Stifel is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Institute for Security and Technology, where she helps lead the organization’s work under the Future of Digital Security pillar, including serving as Executive Director of the Ransomware Task Force. Megan previously served as Global Policy Officer at the Global Cyber Alliance and as the Cybersecurity Policy Director at Public Knowledge. She is a Visiting Fellow at the National Security Institute. Megan's prior government experience includes serving as a Director for International Cyber Policy at the National Security Council. Prior to the NSC, Ms. Stifel served in the U.S. Department of Justice as Director for Cyber Policy in the National Security Division and as counsel in the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.
Before law school, Ms. Stifel worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She received a Juris Doctorate from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame. She is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network as a Liberty Fellow.
Megan has testified before Congress; been featured on NPR, BBC, and the PBS NewsHour; published in The Hill and VentureBeat; and quoted in the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and Politico, among other publications.
Wafa Ben-Hassine
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Wafa Ben-Hassine is a tech and human rights lawyer who has dedicated her career to navigating the intersection of technology, policy, and human rights. As a principal on the Responsible Technology team at Omidyar Network, she leads the organization's vision and portfolio on Digital Trust and Safety, while also contributing to the work of the Generative AI team.
Prior to joining Omidyar Network, Wafa worked at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law. She previously served as the Middle East and North Africa Policy Manager and Global Policy Counsel for AccessNow, a global non-profit organization defending human rights online. Her contributions extended to consulting roles with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UNESCO.
A Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Wafa has held leadership roles in various initiatives focused on the societal impact of emerging technologies. She served as co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council (GFC) on Human Rights and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and as a member of the GFC on Data Policy. Her other engagements include serving on the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence's Safety-Critical AI Steering Committee, among others.
Wafa's international human rights experience spans multiple regions, including serving as Tunisia's first-ever legislative aide in the national Constituent Assembly, and working in the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague.
Wafa holds a JD from the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law and a BA in political science with a focus on public law from the University of California, San Diego, where she served as student body president. Wafa is licensed to practice law in New York and currently resides in Washington, D.C.
Bhupesh (Vic) Madan
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Bhupesh (Vic) Madan brings over 30 years of diverse finance experience spanning various industries and roles. After starting his career in hospitality finance at property level in New York City, Vic transitioned to a Corporate Manager role for a large global and Hospitality and Travel company, which brought him to Twin Cities, where he currently resides.
Vic’s finance experience includes lead roles and working closely with organizational leadership as a consultant, on high level initiatives including financial planning and analysis, performance reporting, systems implementations, process improvement, transformations, acquisitions and divestures.
Vic strongly believes in giving back to the community in a meaningful way: whether it be volunteering as a coach for his sons’ soccer and basketball teams, serving on a school board’s strategic planning committee, or helping prepare community meals. At Integrity institute, he looks forward to devoting his time to help it grow and continue to make an impact.
Vic received a Master of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.
Vaishnavi J
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Vaishnavi is an expert in youth safety, privacy, and responsible platform design, with a career spanning leadership roles at some of the world’s largest technology companies. She is the founder of Vyanams Strategies (Vys), helping organizations navigate the complex intersection of product strategy, platform governance, and child safety.
Vaishnavi previously served as the Global Head of Youth Policy at Meta, where she led company-wide efforts to implement age-appropriate design across Instagram, Facebook, VR, and messaging products. Before that, she was Twitter’s first Head of Safety in Asia-Pacific and later directed global video trust & safety operations. At Google, she helped drive cross-functional child safety initiatives, working closely with product, legal, and policy teams.
Her work today centers on helping platforms strengthen governance systems - through red teaming, policy development, and responsible AI practices - to address evolving regulatory requirements and societal expectations. She advises on risk mitigation strategies related to age assurance, design bias, and harmful content, with a focus on scalable, developmentally appropriate solutions.
Vaishnavi’s insights have been featured in The New York Times, BBC, CNN, NPR, Rolling Stone, and The Wall Street Journal. She brings a cross-disciplinary perspective and a strategic approach to building safer, more trusted platforms for the next generation of users.
Theodora Skeadas
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Theodora Skeadas is a public policy strategist and thought leader at the forefront of technology ethics, platform governance, and responsible AI.
She currently works as Community Policy Manager at DoorDash, where she develops and implements trust and safety policies to protect users at scale. In addition, Theodora is Chief of Staff at Humane Intelligence, a nonprofit committed to collaborative red teaming and improving the safety of generative AI systems. She is also a Strategic Advisor for Technology Policy at All Tech Is Human, where she helps shape cross-sector solutions for more ethical and inclusive tech development.
Previously, Theodora worked on Twitter’s global Public Policy team, focusing on human rights, disinformation, content moderation, child exploitation, and managing the company’s Trust and Safety Council. She has also consulted with organizations including National Democratic Institute, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Committee to Protect Journalists, Partnership on AI, Duco, and the W7.
She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Philosophy at King’s College London, exploring ethical responses to online harms and the governance of emerging technologies. She has an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BA from Harvard College.
Fellows
Our fellows work on a variety of projects that advance our goals: ensuring that social products are built with more integrity, advancing the theory and practice of integrity work, and helping integrity workers have more power and influence.
Members
Our members are current and former engineers, researchers, policy experts, and other professionals with extensive experience across major social media platforms.
Supporters
The Integrity Institute is grateful for support from foundations, philanthropic funders, and individual contributors, whose generosity allows us to advance the theory and practice of protecting the social internet independent of tech corporate funding.
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Note: Prior to March 1, 2023, the Integrity Institute was a fiscally sponsored project at Community Partners, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in California. While Community Partners does not audit individual projects, its consolidated financials are available here.