Ami Fields-Meyer is the author, with Julia Angwin, of the forthcoming book ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR, to be published on June 30, 2026 by HarperCollins/Mariner.

A writer, policy advisor, and political strategist, Ami is currently Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation. From 2021 to 2024, he 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. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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 and cabinet members 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 has been quoted in The New York Times, TIME, NPR, Axios, WIRED, The Boston Globe, Politico, and various international media outlets. +