¶ Alethea Group
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Alethea Group is an American information technology company offering services in combatting "misinformation" and "disinformation."
¶ History
Alethea was founded in 2019 by Lisa Kaplan.[1] Nina Jankowicz joined the company as Director of External Engagement in September 2021.[1:1]
¶ Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Kaplan | Founder[2] | Angus King, PricewaterhouseCoopers, United States Department of State, Amy Klobuchar, Brookings Institution |
| Dina Bruzek | Senior Vice President of Engineering[3] | Sourcefire, Cisco, NSS Labs, Media Trust, Huntress, Maryland Society for the Blind, American Red Cross of the National Capital & Greater Chesapeake Region[4] |
| Lee Foster | Senior Vice President[1:2] | FireEye, Mandiant |
| Robert S. Gelbard | Advisor[3:1] | American Academy of Diplomacy, Atlantic Council, Washington Global Partners, SNR Denton, United States Department of State, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) |
| Dave Gosselin | Vice President of Engineering[1:3] | SciDB, Paradigm4, 128 Technology, Oracle, Acme Packet |
| Nina Jankowicz | Director of External Engagement[1:4] | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) |
| Kate LaVail | Vice President of Impact[1:5] | McDonald's, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Kevin Mandia | Board member[3:2] | United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), Sytex Group, Foundstone, Mandiant, FireEye, Ballistic Ventures[5] |
| Sasha Cohen O'Connell | Advisor[3:3] | Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Guidehouse, American University School of Public Affairs, Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS), Executive Women in Government, NatSecGirlSquad, United States Pony Clubs, Girl Scouts of the United States of America[6] |
| Dennis Opacki | Chief Technology Officer[7] | United States Navy, Wolfe Internet, Reflex Communications, Internap, Walt Disney Internet Group, Covestic, Amazon, Norwich University, CrowdStrike, Drowsy Owl Charitable Fund[8] |
| Cindy Otis | Vice President of Analysis[9] | Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), Argonne National Laboratory |
| Kiran Raj | Advisor[3:4] | Diem Association, O'Melveny & Myers, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Microsoft, Antonin Scalia Law School, American University[10] |
| John Saad | Advisor[3:5] | - |
| Ted Schlein | Board member[3:6] | Ballistic Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, In-Q-Tel (IQT) |
| Chip Smith | Board member[3:7] | Glover Park Group,[11] Shrum, Devine & Donilon, MCI, MCI WorldCom, Al Gore, Finsbury Glover Hering, Motion Picture Association (MPA), 21st Century Fox, Lupa Systems, Braddock Cove Ventures (BCV), Colby College, Thomas G. Labrecque Foundation, Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation (PECF), Beauvoir School[12] |
| Fiona Taylor | Chief Operating Officer[3:8] | - |
| Pam Wickham | Advisor[3:9] | Porter Novelli, GE Plastics, General Electric (GE), GE HealthCare, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Raytheon, Massachusetts Conference for Women, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation[13] |
¶ Clients
Twitter is a client of Alethea.[14]
¶ Investors
Alethea's investors include:[15]
- Ballistic Ventures
- Google Ventures (GV)
- Hakluyt Capital
¶ External links
Berolzheimer, A. (2021, September 8). Alethea Group Announces Key Hires. Politico; Alethea Group. https://web.archive.org/web/20231003095409/https://static.politico.com/fa/b7/d727e1b34e08b99a49cb50b9f32f/aletheahires.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
About Us. Alethea Group. Retrieved August 7, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200807145004/https://www.aletheagroup.com/about-us ↩︎
Company. Alethea Group. Retrieved December 3, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221203213643/https://www.alethea.com/company ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Dina Bruzek. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 24, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/dina-bruzek-997941/ ↩︎
Kevin Mandia. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 24, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-mandia-0a07173/ ↩︎
Sasha Cohen O’Connell. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 24, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/sasha-cohen-oconnell/ ↩︎
Company. Alethea. Retrieved December 4, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.12.04-202410/https://www.alethea.com/company ↩︎
Dennis Opacki. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 24, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-opacki-201736/ ↩︎
Cindy Otis Bio. (2020, October 15). United States Congress. https://web.archive.org/web/20240524221023/https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/111087/witnesses/HHRG-116-IG00-Bio-OtisC-20201015.pdf ↩︎
Kiran Raj - Executive Bio, Work History, and Contacts. Equilar ExecAtlas. Retrieved May 25, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.05.25-015548/https://people.equilar.com/bio/kiran-raj-alethea-group-inc/56960632 ↩︎
Allen, M. (2011, November 29). WPP buys Glover Park Group. Politico. http://archive.today/2020.11.20-074202/https://www.politico.com/story/2011/11/wpp-buys-glover-park-group-069294 ↩︎
Chip Smith. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 24, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/chip-smith-8854084/ ↩︎
Pam Wickham. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 24, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/pam-wickham-36391542/ ↩︎
Dwoskin, E., Menn, J., & Zakrzewski, C. (2022, September 4). Twitter can’t afford to be one of the world’s most influential websites. Washington Post. http://archive.today/2023.08.17-112013/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/04/twitter-mudge-alethea-resources/ ↩︎
Berolzheimer, A. (2024, April 9). Alethea Raises $20M in Series B Funding led by GV. Alethea. https://web.archive.org/web/20240523202048/https://alethea.com/insights/alethea-raises-20m-in-series-b-funding-for-disinformation-mitigation ↩︎