Lee Brenner

Lee Brenner is Head of Public Policy, Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs. Lee Brenner has spent most of his career at the intersection of technology, public policy, and storytelling. As a digital media, communications, and marketing strategy entrepreneur, with a specialty in how technology, social news, and online platforms are changing traditional communications, journalism & politics, he has worked on & led marketing, partnerships & storytelling teams within the civic technology space, has worked on advancing monetization concepts for digital news platforms and focused outreach toward traditionally hard-to-reach demographics. After years of working in tech, including Microsoft, producing at CNN, leading the innovative news, political & non-profit division at MySpace during the 2007-2008 Presidential election season, co-founding a boutique, digital communications & marketing firm, running a social news & events start-up, as well as co-hosting a "politics/public affairs meets social media" SiriusXM show, a unique skill set has been acquired, including the ability to translate "tech-speak" to layman terms and vice-versa, with a key understanding of how to reach an audience using different platforms and mediums. With a desire to use technology for social good, whether in government, civil society, or non-profits, Lee has tried to maintain that integrity during his career. Lee has been a Term Member of Council on Foreign Relations for 5 years; he sits on the Board of Advisors of Why Tuesday?, a voting rights organization; and he has recently joined the new Technology Board of Advisors to Atlas Corps, an organization that brings technology & social innovators from around the world to train in the United States.