Ben Scott (policy advisor)

Ben Scott
Ben Scott at a conference in Berlin, Dec. 2018
BornMay 14, 1977
EducationNorthwestern University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Occupation(s)Director of Policy and Advocacy
EmployerLuminate

Ben Scott (born 14 May, 1977) is an American policy researcher and advocate.

He is director of policy and advocacy at Luminate, a part of the global philanthropic organization, the Omidyar Group. He is also on the management board of the Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (SNV) in Berlin, an independent technology policy think tank. He has been a part of the leadership at the SNV since 2014, and before that was a fellow there.

Previously, Scott was Senior Advisor at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., where he did work on the ad tech industry.[1] During the 2016 presidential campaign, he was the coordinator of the Tech & Innovation Policy Advisory Group for Hillary Clinton.[2] Previously, he was a Policy Advisor for Innovation at the US Department of State where he worked at the intersection of technology and foreign policy.

  1. ^ "Ben Scott". New America. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  2. ^ Romm, Tony. "Inside Clinton's tech policy circle". POLITICO. Retrieved 2018-12-29.