SANTANA JACKSON - JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER

Santana Jackson is an Assistant General Counsel at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in Washington DC. Prior to working at IMLS she was a litigation associate in the cyber/data/privacy group at Cooley LLP. She graduated from NYU School of Law in 2021. While she was at NYU she participated in the Technology Law and Policy Clinic for two semesters, the second one being an advanced clinic. Santana was also previously a legal fellow at the Policing Project where she researched surveillance technology used by police and governmental entities. She is passionate about mitigating the use and harm of surveillance technology, commercial surveillance, algorithmic/AI bias, and generally consumer data protection. Santana grew up in Charlotte, NC and studied at Georgetown University, where she majored in Government and minored in Justice and Peace Studies.