Summary
Miranda Zhang is an operations generalist with 11 years of cross-sector experience building teams and programs at the intersection of AI safety, public policy, and civic engagement. Currently at Anthropic, she supports the formation of safety research teams and brings hands-on operational rigor from roles ranging from legislative aide to nonprofit program lead. She has run large-scale fellowship cohorts, scaled student groups regionally, and managed budgets and digital infrastructure to turn volunteer energy into sustained programming. Miranda pairs rapid-response communications and stakeholder coordination skills developed in NYC public affairs with empirical research experience on LLM behavior from a summer fellowship. Based in Oakland, she blends strategic planning with detailed process design—often surfacing and documenting succession and onboarding practices that keep projects resilient. Outside work she has a whimsical GitHub persona hinting at a playful, collaborative approach to serious problems.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at Sevenoaks School
King George V School
Bachelor's degree Public Policy, Bachelor's degree Public Policy at University of Chicago
Spanish, Chinese