Theodora (Theo) Skeadas is hosting a one hour conversation on pathways into technology policy, trust and safety, and AI. 

Theodora Skeadas is a public policy professional with 11 years of experience at the intersection of technology, society, and safety. Theodora currently works as a DoorDash's Community Policy Manager, helping build trust and safety policies. Additionally, as Chief of Staff with Humane Intelligence, she contributes to the development of hands-on, measurable methods of real-time assessments of societal impact of AI models. She is also a PhD student at King's College London Department of War Studies, exploring the relationship between online and offline harms. She also chairs the Advisory Board of All Tech is Human. 

Previously, she worked as an independent consultant with non-profits, governments, and companies on issues including AI governance, tech-facilitated gender-based violence, government efforts to combat disinformation, information integrity, journalist safety, fraud, election integrity, and AI philanthropy. At Twitter, she managed the Trust and Safety Council, a research hub, and a trusted flaggers program for human rights defenders, and she supported global civic integrity, transparency, and crisis response efforts. Theodora graduated from Harvard College in 2012 with a B.A. in Philosophy and Government, and minors in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Modern Standard Arabic, and Modern Greek.

This event is hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association (HKSNEAA).