Meghan Chilappa

Meghan Chilappa is Policy Counsel in Access Partnership’s DC office. She focuses on global policy and regulatory issues encompassing AI, the metaverse, cross-border data flows, government access to data, and digital governance. Prior to Access Partnership, she was a Privacy Consultant at Deloitte. s Chilappa has developed policy strategies and advised global companies on child safety in the metaverse, algorithmic accountability, the human rights and national security impacts of data localization, and more.

In law school, she held positions at the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Justice. She is published in Slate about the long-term impacts of internet shutdowns and served as a 2020 LENS (Law, Ethics, and National Security) Scholar. Prior to law school, Ms Chilappa worked in public diplomacy and politics in Washington, DC.

Ms Chilappa holds a BA in International Relations and Spanish from Syracuse University and a law degree from American University Washington College of Law.