Derek Slater
Derek Slater is a tech policy strategist focused on media, communications, and information policy.Previously, he helped build Google’s public policy team from 2007-2022, serving as the Global Director of Information Policy during the last three years. He led a global team of subject matter experts on access to information, content regulation, and online safety, and testified before legislators in the US, UK, and elsewhere around the globe.Along with deep strategy and subject matter expertise, Derek is a skilled campaigner and coalition builder. He led innovative efforts to engage start-ups and Internet users in policy matters, including through the development of google.com/takeaction, which launched as part of the successful campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in 2012. As Head of Policy Strategy & Campaigns for Google Fiber, he mobilized industry, civil society, and grassroots support to pass local broadband legislation in Nashville and San Francisco, which later became the basis for federal action.Before his time at Google, Derek was the Activism Coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the first student fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society. He holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard College.