of Technology and Public Policy Program Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy (TPP) established a new Visiting Scholars Program in January 2024, attracting interest from leading experts working in a variety of fields at the intersection of technology and policy. The first batch of members includes a leading lawyer with deep experience at the FTC and currently counseling members of the House Judiciary Committee, an engineer-turned-policy entrepreneur, and Meta's augmented reality (AR) ) Includes former members of the policy team who currently serve as the Minister of Justice. Professor of Communications Law and Media Ethics.
Over the 2024-2025 academic year, TPP Visiting Fellows will lead discussion groups with students on technology policy-related topics, provide one-on-one conversations through regular office hours, and share inside experiences with students. , which will open the door to the world of technology. policy. Fellows participate in academic life as guest lecturers in classrooms and special events, as researchers on emerging technology policy topics, and as guides on student field trips to civil society organizations, technology companies, government agencies, and major industry organizations. Participate in
Meet our Spring 2024 Technology and Public Policy Visiting Fellows
Victoria Houed is an engineer turned policy entrepreneur who has dedicated her career to improving the technology policy ecosystem and modernizing government. She currently serves as Director of AI Policy and Strategy at the U.S. Department of Commerce and Senior Advisor at the POPVOX Foundation. She previously served as manager of Schmidt Her Futures, which funds major science and technology policy initiatives and educates relevant stakeholders on how to best advocate for policy ideas in the legislative and executive branches. did.
Prior to joining Schmidt Futures, Mr. Howd served as a TechCongress Congressional Innovation Fellow under former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, where he focused on all aspects of technology (broadband, disinformation, antitrust, etc.) during the coronavirus crisis. assisted Ms. Pelosi with respect to She started her career as a software engineer at Cards Against Humanity and founded BlackByte, a nonprofit organization for Black women in technology.
Gustav Chiarello (MPP'96) is an alumnus of the school then known as the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) and now known as the McCourt School of Public Policy, and a premier antitrust and competition policy and enforcement lawyer. He has extensive experience across federal agencies. technology field. During his more than 17 years of service at the Federal Trade Commission, Mr. Chiarello played a key role in competition policy development and advocacy, and within the Competition Bureau, he served as an antitrust expert on many issues at the intersection of technology and antitrust law. Led the investigation and enforcement of the law.
During his time at the FTC, Mr. Chiarello investigated several technology companies at the forefront of competition and served as legal advisor to then-Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen on all pre-FTC competition matters. In February 2023, Mr. Chiarello began serving as a detailed consultant to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, assisting members with agency oversight and legislative matters.
Joseph Jerome is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Tampa, where he teaches communication law and media ethics. He is a privacy lawyer by trade and previously served as a member of Meta Reality Labs' policy team, providing privacy advice on AR and immersive technologies. Previously, he advocated for national technology policy initiatives at the Center for Democracy & Technology and Common Sense Media. He also served as a policy advisor at the Future of Privacy Forum and worked in the privacy and cybersecurity practice at WilmerHale.
Jerome's policy interests lie at the intersection of law and technology, and he writes about immersive technology, big data, data portability policies, trust deficits in the online sharing economy, and video game policy issues.
