Nicco Mele

Nicco Mele is managing director of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation and a faculty member at Harvard’s Kennedy School. He is the faculty co-chair of the Harvard Council on the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence.

From 2016 to 2019, Nicco was director of the Shorenstein Center for Media, Policy, and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School. He continues to teach classes on the impact of technology on media, politics, and public policy. Nicco’s previous experience includes founding technology companies, working on political campaigns, and a stint as a media executive at the Los Angeles Times