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Amy Benziger

Amy Benziger

Managing Director, Technology Fellowship Incubation, Aspen Global Leadership Network

Amy Benziger is the Managing Director, Technology Fellowship Incubation for the Aspen Global Leadership Network where she is working to build a global community of energized, values-driven leaders committed to confronting the complex challenges within the fastest moving technological landscape the world has ever seen.

Prior to her work with the Aspen Institute, Amy served as the Vice President at Breakwater Strategy where she advised large foundations on the future of philanthropy in the Artificial Intelligence and frontier technology ecosystem. Previously, she served as the Head of Projects in Cisco’s Innovation Lab, where she led their exploration into the future of work, industrial automation and digital identity. Amy began her career as the Director of Content for the Social Capital Markets Conference, the largest global gathering around social impact and entrepreneurship with 3k+ attendees from 60 countries. Amy holds a Bachelors in History and Psychology from Dartmouth College and a Master in Publics Affairs from UC Berkeley. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband Matt and their two children Oliver and Frankie.