{"id":325,"date":"2021-08-13T15:12:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/our-team\/distinguished-fellows-and-non-resident-fellows\/mark-maccarthy\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T15:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:16:31","slug":"mark-maccarthy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/people\/affiliate-scholars-and-fellows\/mark-maccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark MacCarthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/mark-maccarthy-web-224x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Mark MacCarthy Headshot\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/mark-maccarthy-web-224x300.jpeg 224w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/mark-maccarthy-web-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/tech-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/08\/mark-maccarthy-web.jpeg 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>Mark MacCarthy is an adjunct faculty member in the Communication, Culture &amp; Technology Program in the Graduate School at Georgetown University, where he teaches courses in technology policy. He also teaches courses on privacy and AI ethics in the Philosophy Department.<\/p>\n<p>He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Technology Law and Policy at Georgetown Law and a Senior Policy Fellow at the Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown\u2019s McDonough School of Business. He is a senior fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum, where works on AI and data privacy projects. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Public Policy at the Software &amp; Information Industry Association, where he directed initiatives and advised member companies on technology policy, privacy, AI ethics, content moderation and competition policy in tech.<\/p>\n<p>Mark has been a consultant on technology policy issues for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and for the Aspen Institute. His previous public policy experience includes senior positions with Visa, Inc., the Wexler|Walker Group, Capital Cities\/ABC and the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. He holds a Ph.D in philosophy from Indiana University and an MA in economics from the University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:maccartm@georgetown.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">maccartm@georgetown.edu<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark MacCarthy is an adjunct faculty member in the Communication, Culture &amp; Technology Program in the Graduate School at Georgetown University, where he teaches courses in technology policy. 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