Cynthia Conti-Cook

Cynthia Conti-Cook is a civil rights lawyer and researcher working at the Ford Foundation as a Technology Fellow since 2019, where she researches the impact of technology on criminal, immigration, and reproductive justice for historically oppressed communities. Prior to Ford, Cynthia was a staff attorney at the NYC Legal Aid Society’s Special Litigation Unit, where Cynthia led class action and individual civil rights federal and state actions against New York City and state police, corrections, and parole systems. She also pioneered a police misconduct database “CAPstat” for New York City police officers, earning her the “Legal Rebel” title from the American Bar Association. Cynthia served as a 2018–19 Data & Society fellow, working on a variety of topics related to policing, privacy, surveillance, and the intersection of technology and social justice.