Theresa Amato
Theresa Amato is the founder and executive director of the Citizen Advocacy Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building democracy for the 21st century by strengthening the public’s capacities, resources, and institutions for self-governance.
Ms. Amato was formerly the director of Ralph Nader’s Freedom of Information Clearinghouse, where she started the Global Access to Information Project. She has also previously worked as a litigator with the Public Citizen Litigation Group, a consultant for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, and a federal law clerk in Manhattan. She follows Internet governance issues with the Consumer Project on Technology.
Ms. Amato graduated with honors from Harvard/Radcliffe in 1986 with a degree in government and economics, and from the New York University School of Law in 1989. She is licensed to practice law in New York, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.