Brian Fishman
Co-Founder, Cinder
2021, 2022
Brian Fishman is a co-founder of Cinder, an integrated platform for Trust and Safety. He previously led policy work regarding terrorism and hate organizations at Facebook. Prior to Facebook, Fishman served as the director of research at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point; conceived and ran Palantir Technologies’ disaster relief program; worked in-house at New America, a think tank; and worked on Capitol Hill. Fishman authored The Master Plan: ISIS: al-Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory (Yale University Press, 2016), which was built on a pathbreaking course he taught at West Point in 2008 about the Islamic State’s plan to govern. He maintains affiliations with the Combating Terrorism Center, New America, Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, and the University of California, Berkeley.
The Summit offers a unique opportunity to confront the corrosive influence of bigotry and hatred in our society. In order for us to address these challenges, we first must acknowledge their painful and destructive impact in our communities and in our country. I am grateful to serve as a Global Advisor to this timely and powerful initiative.
