2024 Social Media Safety Index

Social Media Safety Index Advisory Committee

The GLAAD SMSI advisory committee includes an array of respected leaders working at the intersections of tech accountability and LGBTQ social justice.

ALOK (they/them)
Internationally acclaimed writer, performer, and media personality

Lucy Bernholz (she/her)
Director, Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford University

Alejandra Caraballo, Esq. (she/her)
Clinical Instructor, Cyberlaw Clinic, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School

Joan Donovan, PhD (she/her)
Founder, Critical Internet Studies Institute and Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University

Jelani Drew-Davi (they/them)
Senior Communications Specialist, Kairos

Liz Fong-Jones (she/her)
Field CTO, Honeycomb

Evan Greer (she/they)
Director, Fight for the Future

Leigh Honeywell (she/her)
CEO and Co-founder, Tall Poppy

Maria Ressa (she/her)
Journalist and CEO, Rappler

Tom Rielly (he/him)
Founder, TED Fellows Program and Founder, PlanetOut.com

Dr. Sarah T. Roberts (she/her)
Faculty Director, UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry and Associate Professor, Department of Gender Studies at UCLA

Brennan Suen (he/him)
Deputy Director of External Affairs, Media Matters for America

Kara Swisher (she/her)
Renowned journalist and Editor-at-Large at New York Magazine, and host of “On with Kara Swisher” and “Pivot” podcasts

Marlena Wisniak (she/her)
Senior Advisor, Digital Rights, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law

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