Sharon Bradford Franklin

Sharon Bradford Franklin is Director of Surveillance & Cybersecurity Policy at New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI). She directs OTI's work on issues involving government surveillance, encryption, cybersecurity, government access to data, transparency, and freedom of expression online. Prior to joining OTI, Franklin served as executive director of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent federal agency that reviews counterterrorism programs to ensure that they include appropriate safeguards for privacy and civil liberties. She previously served as senior counsel at the Constitution Project, a nonprofit legal watchdog group. Franklin graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School.