Ben Grazda (Archived Bio)

Ben is the U.S. Campaigner at Access Now where he supports strategic outreach to policymakers, civil society, the media, and the private sector in the US. He previously worked at The Signals Network, a whistleblower support organization, where he led the Tech Accountability Project to amplify whistleblowers’ efforts to hold tech companies accountable. Before that, he spent four years working as a grants manager for humanitarian organizations in Kenya, Nigeria, Iraq, and Syria. Prior to that, he worked on the U.S. Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Committee on Rules and Administration. Ben completed his master’s degree in conflict studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and received his BA in public policy from American University.