Ben Scott (policy advisor)

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Ben Scott
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Ben Scott at a conference in Berlin, Dec. 2018
BornMay 14, 1977
Canyon, Texas, Texas, U.S.
EducationNorthwestern University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
OccupationDirector of Policy and Advocacy
EmployerLuminate

Ben Scott (born 14 May, 1977) 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. "Ben Scott". New America Foundation. Retrieved 30 December 2018. During the 2016 presidential campaign, he was the coordinator of the Tech & Innovation Policy Advisory Group[1] for Hillary Clinton. 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. In a small team of advisors to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he worked to help steward the 21st Century Statecraft agenda with a focus on technology policy, social media and development.[citation needed]

Life[]

Scott grew up in Canyon, Texas. Scott is a 1995 graduate of the University of Illinois Laboratory High School. Scott is a graduate of Northwestern University. In 2010 he received his Doctorate from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Career[]

Scott has worked as a legislative telecommunications policy fellow for Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and as the Policy Director for Free Press, a national media reform organization. While at Free Press Ben lead a number of initiatives and was described as a "driving force for 'net neutrality.'"[2] While at Free Press, his expertise was often sought by the press and Ben was regularly called on to testify before the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.[citation needed]

In May, 2010 Scott left Free Press to become Policy Advisor for Innovation at the U.S. State Department.[3] He was part of a small team of advisors to the Secretary of State and has been described as a key player working towards 21st Century Statecraft.[4][citation needed]

In 2015, Ben Scott was called on to submit an expert report for the German Parliament's official inquiry committee into the Snowden affair.[5]

Since 2018 he has served as director of policy and advocacy at Luminate, part of the global philanthropic organization, the Omidyar Group.

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References[]

  1. ^ Romm, Tony. "Inside Clinton's tech policy circle". POLITICO. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  2. ^ Kang, Cecilia (March 28, 2008). "Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  3. ^ Eggerton, John. "Free Press' Ben Scott Exits For State Department Post". Broadcasting and Cable. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  4. ^ Hanson, Fergus (25 October 2012). "The History of eDiplomacy at the U.S. Department of State". Brookings. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  5. ^ dipbt.bundestag.de (PDF) http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/18/CD12850/D_II_Sachverstaendigengutachten/12%20Gutachten%20Scott.pdf. Retrieved 2018-12-29. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Ross, Alec; Ben Scott (2011). "21st Century Statecraft". NATO Review. Retrieved 17 November 2011.

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