Yael Eisenstat

Yael Eisenstat is a democracy activist and Future of Democracy Fellow at the Berggruen Institute. She was a former Central Intelligence Agency officer, a National Security Advisor to former Vice President Joe Biden, and diplomat. In 2019-2020, she was a Visiting Fellow at Cornell Tech, focusing on technology's effects on democracy where she taught a course on tech, media and democracy. From 2017 to 2019, she was an adjunct assistant professor at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University. From June - November 2018, she was the Global Head of Elections Integrity Ops for political advertising at Facebook. She has become a vocal critic of the company since leaving. Currently, she specializes in ethics, technology and policy.