Rebecca Williams
Visiting Assistant Professor at White House
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRebecca Williams is a privacy and data governance leader with 12 years of experience shaping civic technology and public-sector information policy, now directing Strategy, Privacy & Data Governance at the ACLU in New York. Her career bridges government, academia, and advocacy—spanning roles at the Office of Management and Budget, GSA, Johns Hopkins GovEx, and a Belfer Center fellowship—where she translated technical policy into operational programs. She teaches Information & Human Rights at Pratt Institute while running independent research projects for international and civil-society partners, demonstrating a rare mix of classroom, freelance, and institutional impact. Trained as a lawyer with a J.D. in environmental law and a BA in Communication and Film, she brings legal rigor and narrative clarity to complex data governance challenges. Colleagues rely on her for pragmatic strategies that balance civil liberties with the realities of government technology.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Juris Doctor Environmental Law, Juris Doctor Environmental Law at Western New England University School of LawBachelor of Arts Communication and Film, Bachelor of Arts Communication and Film at University of Massachusetts Amherst
spanish (elementary)
Github Skills (120)
metadata10
data-management10
data-gov10
catalog10
wordpress10
ckan10
api10
active10
open-data10
portal10
credit10
metadata-management10
sunlight10
data-dashboard10
inventory-management9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
rebeccawilliams/whatisdata
Nov 2018 - Jul 2024
Code repository for whatisdigitalhumanities.com
Contributions:84 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 9 months
code-repository
dclegalhackers/dclegalhackers.github.io
Jan 2015 - May 2021
Contributions:53 pushes, 2 comments, 2 issues in 6 years 5 months
hackerslegal
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