Kristina Wilfore
Bio:
Kristina Wilfore is a seasoned international development and elections professional having worked against authoritarian regimes around the world for organizations such as the National Democratic Institute, theInternational Foundation for Electoral Systems, and USAID designing and implementing large-scale election integrity, conflict mitigation, civil society and disinformation defense programs in post conflict or pre-revolutionary environments. She has worked across 30 countries, including Ukraine, Kenya, and Brazil helping advocates and leaders defend democratic movements. She has worked hand-in-hand with hundreds of women on their campaigns for higher office, helping break systemic barriers to political participation through creative public opinion research-based digital, grassroots and media campaigns, bringing women into greater positions of power to strengthen global democracy.
Wilfore is the co-founder of #ShePersisted, a cross-national feminist initiative to tackle gendered disinformation and online attacks against women in politics. In coalition with policymakers, parliaments, and organizations around the world, #ShePersisted advocates for improved digital platform standards, bringing a much-needed gender lens to conversations on disinformation and platform regulations. Ensuring that digital harms against women leaders are recognized and addressed as threats to national security, liberal values, and the human rights system.
Wilfore is an Adjunct Professor with George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs where she focused her teaching and research on information pollution, foreign affairs and gender equality.
Wilfore is a Global Democracy Advisor at Reset.Tech, where she organizes global initiatives to address incendiary and hateful content on digital platforms, including disinformation that incites violence and hate speech, undermines elections, and threatens peace and security in fragile or illiberal democracies. Wilfore writes extensively on the intersection between technology and the weaponization of misogyny in foreign policy.
Sub-specialty: Disinformation
