Ami Fields-Meyer is a writer, policy advisor, and political strategist. He is currently Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. From 2021 to 2024, Ami served in the White House, including as Senior Policy Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris and as a member of the President’s science and technology policy team.

Recognized by Axios as an “advisor to watch,” Ami has served as an advisor to political candidates, leaders of top civil rights groups and major philanthropic foundations, and high-profile public officials, from the mayor of Los Angeles to the vice president of the United States.

He has written about courage in the face of authoritarianism for The New Yorker, police brutality against disabled Americans for The Atlantic, AI’s march toward illiberalism for Foreign Policy, what America can learn from South Africa’s race reckoning for Talking Points Memo, how technology is used to punish the poor for The American Prospect, the politics of the American Jewish community for Haaretz, and more.

A trusted voice on issues of democracy, civil and human rights, tech policy, and political power, Ami regularly provides analysis in the media and speaks across the country on these and other issues. +