By combining innovative policy, global advocacy, and direct technical support, we fight for open and secure communications for all.
Access Now defends and extends the digital rights of users at risk around the world.
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Policy
Policy works at the intersection of human rights and technology, furthering Access Now’s mission by developing and promoting rights-respecting practices and policies. With staff placed strategically around the world, we seek to advance laws and global norms to affect long-term systemic change in the area of digital rights and online security, developing insightful, rights-based, and well-researched policy guidance to governments, corporations, and civil society.
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Advocacy
Advocacy leverages deep user engagement, bold visual advocacy, and innovative campaign tactics. Our campaigns bring our policy positions and advocacy asks straight to the halls of parliaments and corporate boardrooms, package and deliver secure technologies to protect users at risk, and mobilize global internet users to pressure the powerful.
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Tech
Tech provides technology solutions and real-time advice for users at risk in circumstances where communications are not open, free, or safe. Through our 24/7 Digital Security Helpline, we offer technical guidance and incident response to inform and support activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and civil society actors on the ground.
Our Team
Oxford
Deniz Duru Aydin
Deniz (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0xD08E0F30) has been working on issues of internet governance, business and human rights and digital rights in Turkey as…
Policy
Manila
Aureson "Tom" Banaria
Tom (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x3A71A2D0) is a Security Incident Handler at our Access Office in Manila. Before joining Access, Tom worked as a…
Tech
San Jose
Daniel Bedoya Arroyo
Daniel (Email: [email protected]; PGP Key: 0xC21FA059) is the Incident Response Manager at Access Now. He works in Access Now's Costa Rica Office. He is…
Tech
San Jose
Gustaf Björksten
Gustaf (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0xA70A0F7B) has been gaining professional experience as a technologist and information security specialist since 1994, most recently in the…
Tech
New York
Nerida Brownlee
Nerida's (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x24145805) focus as a member of the Ops team is to drive the steady growth of Access' Human Resources…
Ops
New York
Kim Burton
Kim (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x62160B47) is the Digital Security Documentation Coordinator for the NYC office. Her goal is to create accessible content that…
Tech
San Jose
Marcos Calderon
Marcos (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0xDD3201FD) is a Security Incident Handler in the Access Costa Rica Office. He is finishing his Bachelor Degree in…
Tech
Berlin
Michael Carbone
Michael (email: [email protected], PGP key ID: 0x63FC4D2684A733B4) is the Manager of Security Education, where he provides advice to civil society groups and human rights…
Tech
Tunis
Mohamed Chennoufi
Mohamed (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x254414D4) is a security incident shift lead at Access Now. He is a computer science engineer. He graduated from…
Tech
New York
Nick Dagostino
Nick (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x4DC5EF9C) coordinates the leading event on the future of the internet, and has a passion for bringing people together…
Advocacy
New Dehli
Raman Jit Singh Chima
Raman Jit Singh Chima (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x2A186000) serves as Policy Director at Access, leading the organisation's team of global policy staff in…
Policy
Nairobi
Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
Ephraim (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: E6BA8DC1) is the Sub-Saharan Africa Policy Analyst at Access Now working on the connection between internet policy and human…
Policy
Tunis
Islam Khoufi
Islam (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0xA616A569) joined Access in 2014. She works as operations manager for the Tunis office. Islam worked in logistics for…
Ops
New York
Melissa Kim
Melissa (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0xE8FD7A4B) works closely with the Executive Director to provide the necessary support to further his and Access's goals in…
Ops
Brussels
Nina Komakhidze
Nina (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x8AD196B3) works at Access Now as the Regional Operations Manager of the Brussels office, primarily involved in managing the…
Ops
Brussels
Lucie Krahulcova
Lucie (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x8419586B) is our new policy associate in the Access Now Brussels office. She has a BA in International Relations…
Policy
USA
Josh Levy
Josh Levy (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x84C9F275) is Advocacy Director at Access. He's worked for years at the intersections of technology, politics and activism.…
Advocacy
New York
Anqi Li
Anqi (Email: [email protected]; PGP Key: 0x62F35D1E) is the Design Lead at Access Now. Her focus is on user experience and digital engagement. With problem-solving…
Advocacy
San Jose
Rogelio Lopez
Rogelio (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0xA3AF5A90) studied CS at Universidad de Costa Rica. He has been a software developer for the corporate world for…
Tech
Brussels
Estelle Massé
Estelle (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x7A755A5F) is a Policy Analyst at our Brussels office. Prior to joining Access Now, Estelle interned with European Digital…
Policy
New York
Peter Micek
Peter Micek (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0xA5BD70B0) leads the Access policy team's business and human rights work, advocating for a more rights-respecting telecom and…
Policy
Washington D.C.
Drew Mitnick
Drew (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0xA7B4A0FF) works on cybersecurity, digital due process, and privacy. He has experience working on human rights in Asia and…
Policy
Manila
Jose Clemente Olaivar
JC Olaivar is Security Incident Handler Shift Lead at Access Now in Manila. Before joining Access Now, he worked in IT security in multiple…
Tech
New York
Deji Olukotun
As a member of the advocacy team, Deji Olukotun (Email: [email protected]; PGP Key: 0x6012CDA8) manages Access' global campaigns to protect the open internet, stop…
Advocacy
Córdoba
Javier Pallero
Javier (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0xEBFD028A) is Access' Policy Analyst for Latin America. Before joining Access, he worked for several years with digital rights…
Policy
San Jose
Peter Saugman
Peter (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0xA5FA6FA6) is bringing extensive international work experience to Access, that spans the USA, Indonesia, Singapore, Venezuela, Belgium, Costa Rica,…
Ops
Tunis
Hassen Selmi
Hassen (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x3EF06D5C) has been a a security incident handler at Access since October 2014. He graduated from National School Of…
Tech
New York
Brett Solomon
Brett (Email: [email protected]; PGP Key: 0x4EDC17EB) is co-founder and Executive Director of Access (accessnow.org). Access defends and extends the digital rights of users at…
New York
Joe Steele
Joe (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x066D312E) is responsible for supporting and organizing much of the day-to-day work of the staff, as well as overseeing…
Ops
Washington D.C.
Amie Stepanovich
Amie Stepanovich (Phone Extension: x702, Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x1C1DA0C7) works to ensure that laws and policies on surveillance and cybersecurity recognize and respect…
Policy
Washington D.C.
Carolyn Tackett
Carolyn (Email: [email protected] , PGP Key: 0xA9C98C76) first joined the Access advocacy team as an intern in 2012. She now supports the team's work…
Advocacy
USA
Jamie Tomasello
Jamie (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x66E5FB48) has been combating internet abuse and addressing policy issues for over thirteen years. With a background in applied…
Tech
Washington D.C.
Rian Wanstreet
Rian (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x24F54E04) works to ensure that at-risk actors and organizations working on digital rights have the resources they need to…
Ops
USA
Donna Wentworth
Donna (Email: [email protected] , PGP Key: 077B2130) is Strategic Communications Manager at Access Now, developing and implementing strategies to increase the impact of the…
Advocacy
New York
Ben Whelan
Ben (Email: [email protected]; PGP Key: 0x1F2EC60E) works as Global Risk and Operations Manager for Access, which involves opening and supporting our global offices, organization…
Ops
Washington D.C.
Nathan White
Nathan White (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x9030A74E) is the Senior Legislative Manager for the Access advocacy team. A former communications director in the U.S.…
Advocacy
New York
Kevin Willits
Kevin (Email: [email protected], PGP Key: 0x0657E1E7) is the Grants Administrator for Access Now, which involves ensuring that organizations and activists working to advance digital…
Ops
Our Board
Andrew Cohen
Andrew Cohen is a New York City-based internet entrepreneur and media executive. Today he is the CEO of Perch, an early-stage “Internet of Things”…
Andrew McLaughlin
Andrew McLaughlin is a partner at betaworks, a technology and media start-up studio based in New York City. He also serves as CEO of…
Brett Solomon
Brett (Email: [email protected]; PGP Key: 0x4EDC17EB) is co-founder and Executive Director of Access (accessnow.org). Access defends and extends the digital rights of users at…
Esra'a Al Shafei
Esra'a Al Shafei is the founder and director of Mideast Youth, a network of online platforms that amplify under-reported and marginalized voices throughout the…
Ronaldo Lemos
Ronaldo Lemos is an internationally respected Brazilian scholar and commentator on intellectual property, culture, and technology. He founded the Center for Technology & Society…
Yvette Albderdingk Thijm
Yvette is the Executive Director of WITNESS, an international nonprofit organization that empowers human rights defenders to use video to fight injustice, and to…