Amy Winecoff brings a diverse background to her work on AI governance and policy, incorporating knowledge from both technical and social science disciplines. She is currently the AI Governance Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology, focusing on governance of AI systems.

Previously, Amy was a fellow at Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, where she examined how cultural, organizational, and institutional factors shape emerging AI and blockchain companies. She has hands-on experience as a data scientist in the tech industry, having built and deployed recommender systems for e-commerce.

Amy obtained her Ph.D. in Psychology and Neuroscience from Duke University, where her research explored human reward processing and social decision-making.