Ben Ballard is a Google Public Policy Fellow at EFF working on international privacy and online free expression issues. He is a graduate student at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University focusing on international tech policy, cybersecurity, and ICT4D. By day, he enjoys bingeing cooking videos, cooking, and eating other people’s cooking.
Academic Background: Truckee Meadows Community College (Associates of Art 2017); University of Nevada, Reno (Bachelors in Journalism 2019)
Work Experience: Producer for You Got This Podcast at UNR (internship); Journalist for NPR Next Generation Radio 2018
Journalistic Interests: Writing and recording podcasts about technology and their effects on society, music reviews, video game reviews, and the video game industry.
Bio/Other Interests: Recording and editing podcasts with friends, playing video games, obsessing over Spider-Man, and trying out new technology.
Academic Background: University of Nevada, Reno
Work Experience: Leach Kern Gruchow Anderson Song (Clerical Assistant)
Research Interests: Government funding, interactions between government agencies and the public, new technology and its impact on global security, digital crime and terrorism.
Bio/Other Interests: Reading contemporary fiction, mountain biking, watching classic movies, spending the day at the beach.
Summer 2019
Ben Ballard - Google Public Policy Fellow
Annie Cappetta
Qifan Huang
Ginny Kozemczak
Roger Li
Sabrin Qadi
Rebecca Schwartz
Carmen Sobczak
Spring 2019
Alicia Ginsberg
Brittany Johnson
Joseph La Herran
Yoon Kyung (Eunnie) Lee
Sam Quach
Fall 2018
Mariam Azhar
Keton Hansrajh
Monica Zwolinski
Summer 2018
Nicole Babaknia
Danielle Deluty
Melodi Dincer
Nicole Fleming
Edward Nugent
Miranda Rutherford
Spring 2018
TJ Fox
Sarah Glendon
Irene Lee
Evan Mann
Mukund Rathi
Caroline Shen
Fall 2017
Holden Benon
Aleksander Danielyan
Michelle Geronimo
Charlie Sweeny
Summer 2017
Grayson Clary
Rachel Dallal (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Legal Fellow)
Julia Greenberg
Priscilla Guo
Alex Noonan
Sarah Smith
Delbert Tran
Daniel Yablon
Spring 2017
Michael Deamer
Amanda Nielson-Galloway
Paget Norton
Fall 2016
Frida Alim (Bridge Fellow)
Inayat Chaudhry
William Hendel
Aileen Nguyen (Bridge Fellow)
Kinga Rorat
James Yoon
Summer 2016
Christine Bannan
Meghan Fenzel
Colette Ghazarian
Shelli Gimelstein
Michael Rosenbloom
Ritchie Wilson (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Legal Fellow)
Leah Yaffe
Spring 2016
Lea Mekhneche
Leighanna Mixter
Patrick Moore
Erich Snow
Fall 2015
Jack Bussell
Michael Godbe
Yonatan Moskowitz
Kelly Vargas
Carmen Wierenga
Summer 2015
Erica Fisher
Kelsey Harclerode
David Krone
Boris Mindzak
Sheri Pan
Michael Sinanian
Stephen Stanwood (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Legal Fellow)
Spring 2015
Farbod Faraji
Mark Gray
Mehtab Khan
Joe Jung (Harvard "J" Term)
Paige Pembrook
Dimitri Rizek
Kerry Maeve Sheehan
Olga Slobodyanyuk (Harvard "J" Term)
Fall 2014
Marta Belcher
Jeff Hirschey
Mike Isaacs
Jake Wyrick
Summer 2014
Kendra Albert
Vera Eidelman
Naomi Gilens
Thad Houston
Emily Mahoney
Divya Musinipally
Rebecca Wexler
Spring 2013
James Buatti
Natasha Chu
Christopher Civil (Bridge Fellow)
Dan Garon
Jane Li (Harvard "J" Term)
Everett Monroe
Joe Mornin
Hilary Richardson (Bridge Fellow)
Megumi Yukie (Bridge Fellow)
Fall 2013
Christian Lee
Sydney Archibald
Christopher Civil (Bridge Fellow)
Hilary Richardson (Bridge Fellow)
Megumi Yukie (Bridge Fellow)
Summer 2013
Natasha Duarte
Colin Farlow
Craig Fratrik
Oliver Richards
Morgan Weiland
Spring 2013
Jack Donahoe
Peter Holm
Sarah Jeong (Harvard "J" Term)
Christopher Civil
Jose de Wit
Luis Zambrano
Jacob Zweig
Fall 2012
Erik Bauman
Joshua House
Andrew Serros
Tara Whalen
Summer 2012
Paige Austin
Whitney Merrill
Hannah Bloch-Wehba
Charlie Crain
Maxwell Mishkin
Joe Newman
Spring 2012
Angela Daly, International Legal Fellow
Courtney Bowman
Matthew Cagle
Adam Gulkis
Alexandra Moss
Natalie Nichol
Rob Walker
Fall 2011
James Leggett
Rebekka Murphy
Rowan Reynolds
Andrew Serros
Summer 2011
Michelle Benard
Tim Hwang
Adi Kamdar
Teri Karobonik
Eric Lindgren
Leafan “Lea” Rosen
Jarred Taylor
Elizabeth Uzelac
Fall 2010
Carlos Rosario
Summer 2010
Mohit Gupta
Jonathan Mayer
Sarah Adelaida McIntire
Heather Patterson
Mani Potnuru
Brian Rideout
Bahrad Sokhansanj
Shane Wagman
Spring 2010
Alessandra "Alea" Garbagnati
Shana Dines
Kathy Hashimoto
Fall 2009
Engey Elrefaie
Rohen Peterson
Summer 2009
Shana Dines
Brandon Weiner
Elizabeth Offen-Brown
Will Frank
Heather Casteel
Matthew Maddox
Lauren Gallo
Summer 2008
Kate Vershov
Justin Haan
Adrienna Wong
Nick Jackson
Shane Witnov
Google Policy Fellows:
Margot Kaminski
Ren Bucholz
Summer 2007
Nancy Sims
Kathleen Lu
Amy Morganstern
Erin Simon
Matt Sanchez
Nika Engberg
Ruben Rodrigues
Summer 2006
Henry Lien
Nicholas Smallwood
Aaron Perzanowski
Charles Duan
Summer 2005
Chris Riley
Adam Thomas
Talitha Nabbali
James Grimmelmann
Judit Ruis
Rosaclaire Baisinger
Chris Conley
2004
Lila Bailey
Charlotte Rodeen-Dickert
Kat Duffy
David Price
2003
Justin Firestone
Badri Natarajan
Elizabeth Miles
Paul Serritella
