Leslie Harris is the founder and principal of the Harris Strategy Group, which provides strategic advice and services to industry, civil society and foundations on ICT policy and strategy.

She is a global leader in Internet freedom, civil liberties and human rights. She is widely recognized as a transformational leader and social entrepreneur, who has built strong and sustainable organizations, crafted countless issue campaigns, guided winning coalitions, negotiated landmark legislation and nurtured generations of talented leadership.

From 2005 to 2014, Harris served as President /CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology, a globally respected Internet freedom organization working to keep the Internet open, innovative and free.

Earlier, Harris held senior policy leadership positions in two prominent civil liberties organizations, including as Chief Legislative Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington Office. She was also in private law practice in Washington, DC.

Leslie teaches at the School of Communication, Culture and Technology at Georgetown, and has been an adjunct lecturer at the School of Information at the University of California at Berkeley and the Washington College of Law at American University. From 2011- 2014, she served as a senior adjunct fellow at the University of Colorado’s Silicon Flatirons. She currently serves on the Advisory Boards of the Center for Copyright Information and Ranking Digital Rights.