Press Kit

Press contact:
Caitriona Fitzgerald
[email protected]
202.483.1140
@EPICPrivacy

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WHO WE ARE: The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is a D.C.-based public interest research center established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues. EPIC is fully independent and does not accept corporate or government sponsorships. 

WHAT WE DO: EPIC pursues a wide range of program activities including public education, litigation, and advocacy. Our staff and attorneys: 

  • work closely with a distinguished advisory board; 
  • engage in robust policy research; 
  • routinely file amicus briefs in state and federal courts; 
  • pursue open government cases; 
  • organize conferences and coalitions with other NGOs;   
  • coordinate advocacy and public education efforts; 
  • and testify before Congress and other legislatures about privacy in the digital age. 

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EPIC Senior Staff Expertise

This is a sampling of our senior staff’s expertise. EPIC’s staff also has deep expertise on a wide variety of issues, including chatbots, surveillance pricing, spyware, encryption, and more. 

Alan Butler, EPIC Executive Director and President 
(202.483.1140 x103)
The “Big Picture.” How to understand recent privacy developments in a broader political and historical context. Also: Data protection, privacy law, Fourth Amendment, cybersecurity, financial privacy, communications law, government transparency, and encryption.

John Davisson, Deputy Director and Director of Enforcement
(202.483.1140 x120)
Privacy litigation and enforcement, consumer and data protection, government databases, open government, and voter privacy.

Caitriona Fitzgerald, EPIC Deputy Director and Policy Director
(202.483.1140 x105)
Federal and state privacy and AI laws, legislation, and policy proposals.

Sara Geoghegan, EPIC Senior Counsel 
(202.483.1140)
Health and reproductive privacy, commercial surveillance, data brokers, AI and programmatic advertising, targeted advertising, and consumer privacy.

Megan Iorio, EPIC Senior Counsel and Director of the Platform Governance & Accountability Program
(202.483.1140 x124)
Platform governance and accountability, web scraping, Section 230, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, children’s online safety, social media, appellate litigation, and chatbots.

Calli Schroeder, EPIC Senior Counsel and Director of the AI & Human Rights Program
(202.483.1140)
International privacy policy and enforcement, AI development and risk, international AI policy, consumer protection, surveillance, XR technology, and neurotechnology.

Jeramie Scott, EPIC Senior Counsel and Director, EPIC Project on Surveillance Oversight 
(202.483.1140 x108)
Facial recognition, drones and aerial surveillance, government transparency, social media monitoring, biometric privacy, FISA Section 702, and surveillance oversight.

Enid Zhou, EPIC Senior Counsel 
(202.483.1140 x104)
Open government, FOIA, AI, data protection, and consumer privacy.

All senior EPIC staff members are practicing attorneys, licensed in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.