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Melanie L. Kaplan

Melanie L. Kaplan

Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State

Melanie Kaplan leads on Internet and digital governance issues in the U.S. State Department’s Cyberspace and Digital Policy Bureau. In preparation for the 2024 Summit for the Future, she served as one of the U.S. lead negotiators for the Global Digital Compact.

Before joining government, Ms Kaplan spent five years at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on the Public Policy team promoting digital transformation and cybersecurity for governments, nonprofits, startups, and enterprise customers. Prior to AWS, Ms Kaplan worked at The Cohen Group supporting Fortune 500 clients in the technology, infrastructure, and other sectors. Early in her career, she worked for the Group of Fifty, a network of Latin American CEOs led by Moises Naim.

Ms Kaplan has a Master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese.

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