It is our honor to announce that our January 2024 Congressional Fellows have successfully completed the TechCongress orientation and placement process. After weeks of learning the ins and outs of Congress, fellows networked and built connections with some of the most influential members of the Hill. Our fellows have matched with various offices across Congress, where they will help shape tech policy as we know it. Meet our January 2024 Fellows: Reggie Darby will be working with the office of Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on matters regarding technology, veteran affairs, and healthcare cybersec ..read more

In our final installment of our fellow announcement campaign, we are happy to announce that congressional innovation fellow Tie Hardy has joined the office of Representative Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11). As a seasoned technologist and accessibility advocate, Tie will work alongside Rep. Sherrill on the Select Committee on the CCP. Their primary policy focuses include technology, A.I., security, environment, health, and transportation & accessibility. Within their blog post, Tie recounts the day they made the defining decision to pivot from technology to policy. Read more below: I woke up on t ..read more

Senior Congressional Fellow Sarah Harris has officially joined the office of Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM). Sarah’s career experience spans industry, academic research, & teaching, with specialization in entrepreneurship, internet regulation, digital literacy, & similar areas. In Lujan’s office, Harris will focus on matters of artificial intelligence, connectivity, data privacy, digital services, and modernization. Learn about Sarah’s reasons for becoming a technologist and how these motivations have carried on into her pivot to policy: I became a technologist because I'm passionate ab ..read more

TechCongress’ team has made the difficult decision to recruit and place only one class of Congressional Innovation Fellows in 2024. This was the result of a great deal of planning and conversation, which began in April 2023 at a team retreat in western Virginia. ' In our conversation during our team retreat, we incorporated post-fellowship feedback from TechCongress fellows and alumni to see how we could adjust the fellowship to better suit the needs of the fellows, the program, and Congress. We decided to test a new model in 2024, with one larger class of fellows in January, as opposed t ..read more

Join us in congratulating Senior Congressional fellow Dean Alderucci on his placement with the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Dean has an extensive background in developing artificial intelligence systems and shaping technology policy, and will be carrying these skills into his new position. During his time with the committee, Dean will assist in matters pertaining to AI innovation, safety, and utilization in government systems. Hear from Dean directly about his insights on AI and the government in his blog here: With my background in developing AI systems, performing AI r ..read more

It is our pleasure to introduce fellow Evan DiPetrillo, who has joined the office of Senator Todd Young. While there, Evan will focus on matters pertaining to artificial intelligence and national security. Read on to hear Evan’s fascinating take on the relationship between history and technology and how it inspired him to join the Hill as a technologist: Like many of those interested in technology, I grew up reading science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke was my personal favorite, and my high school writing projects often centered on the different paths humanity could take once we developed artific ..read more

Join us in congratulating congressional fellow Lars Schönander on his placement with the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business. In this position, Lars will work alongside the committee on matters pertaining to federal technical procurement, SBIR, and oversight of SBA and small business contracting. Read more on Lars’ path to working in Congress and his experiences in becoming a fellow in his blog below: Ever since I abandoned my childhood dream to work for the State Department in college, I thought I would never get the opportunity to work in government. TechCongress revived that dream.&nbs ..read more

TechCongress is committed to building an ecosystem of diverse, cross-sector technology policy leaders. We are proud to be the first organization in politics to offer a Diversity Referral Award, which, according to Kapor Center Founder Freada Klein, makes “a statistically significant difference in decreasing unfair treatment and increasing retention.” We give $500 to someone who refers a candidate from an underrepresented community to TechCongress’ fellowship program if that candidate is accepted and joins the program. This includes underrepresented people of color, women or nonbinary individua ..read more

Meet Congressional Innovation Fellow Adina Wollner! Adina will be working in the office of Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) for the duration of her fellowship. While there, Adina’s work will focus on cybersecurity issues across national security, workforce and healthcare portfolios, and AI & emerging technologies. Retrace Adina’s path from working at Apple to working in a Congressional office in her blog below: Steve Jobs once said “You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.” As I reflect on my journey thus far, I would certainly agree. If someone to ..read more

Senior Congressional Innovation Fellow Alex Moix will be joining forces with Senator Mark Robert Warner (D-VA) for the duration of his TechCongress fellowship. As a seasoned security engineer and technical intelligence analyst, Alex will focus on the areas of cybersecurity, technology, and telecommunications during his time in Warner’s office. Read more about Alex’s past, present, and future in cybersecurity in his blog below: As I embark on this fellowship, I reflect on the diverse roles, experiences, and challenges that have shaped my career and provided a foundation for navigating the com ..read more