Ross Chanin

Ross Chanin is a 3X technology founder who now works in public policy. He advises state leaders on long-term policy planning, and, through work supported by Recoding America, helps legislatures across the country reform how they operate to focus on outcomes.

Before turning to public policy, he led growth companies with backing from Google Ventures, Spark Capital, and Y Combinator, including Reputation.com (privacy / misinformation), Euclid (geospatial analytics; acquired by WeWork), and Artifact (consumer). He also served on the board at Paystack through its acquisition by Stripe, and his work has been covered in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Today Show, and The Atlantic.

Ross has been a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He began his career on the speechwriting team of the Kerry-Edwards campaign after graduating summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a JD from Stanford Law School.