Lauren Culbertson Grieco is Twitter’s Head of U.S. Public Policy and is based in Washington, D.C. She leads the company’s federal and state public policy teams and initiatives, including advocating for public policies that support the public conversation happening on Twitter. She also serves as Twitter’s global lead for intermediary liability policy and spearheads the company’s efforts to help combat the #OpioidCrisis in the United States.
Previously, Lauren worked in the U.S. Senate for former Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), and on statewide campaigns in her home state of Georgia. She also founded an organization, Millennial Bridge, to promote public policies that impact millennials, notably technology and energy issues.
Currently, Lauren serves on the boards of the Computers & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), and INCOMPAS, as well as on the Center for Democracy & Technology’s Advisory Council and the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Public Policy Council.
Lauren is also an active member of the Meridian International Center’s Rising Leaders’ Council and the National Press Foundation’s Dinner Committee. Lauren has been recognized as a “Rising Player” on Internet issues by C.Q. Weekly, one of D.C.’s “Most Influential People Under 40” by Washington Life magazine, and one of D.C.’s “500 Most Influential People” by the Washingtonian.
It is a tragic reality that hateful ideology has found fertile ground online and offline, with consequences affecting not only Americans but people around the world. We cannot stand idle in the face of bias, bigotry, and extremism. Together, at the Eradicate Hate Summit and beyond, the collective will of individuals and organizations is needed to galvanize all people of good will to protect and defend our communities.
