Peter Cihon

Peter Cihon

Peter Cihon is a Senior Policy Manager at GitHub, where he works on emerging technology policy with a focus on supporting developer communities globally.123 He is based in San Francisco, California.15

Experience

Cihon has held various policy roles prior to joining GitHub, including:

• Policy Consultant at OECD.AI (Jun 2020 - Sep 2020)1
• Policy Researcher at Global Catastrophic Risk Institute (Jan 2020 - Sep 2020) and Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) (Oct 2018 - Jan 2020)1
• Policy Consultant at the European Commission (Mar 2018 - Jun 2018)1
• Public Policy at Mozilla (Jun 2017 - Sep 2017)1
• Google Policy Fellow at LIRNEasia (Mar 2016 - Mar 2017)1

Education

Cihon holds degrees from:

• University of Oxford (Social Science of the Internet & Public Policy)1
• Williams College (Bachelor of Arts in Sociology & Political Economy)1
• University of Cambridge (Master of Philosophy in Technology Policy)1

Honors & Awards

Cihon has received several honors and awards, including:

• Phi Beta Kappa Society (elected after junior year at Williams College in September 2015)1
• Herchel Smith Fellowship from Williams College (December 2015) to study at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge1
• NextGen@ICANN58 Fellow from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in December 20161

Thought Leadership

Cihon frequently shares his expertise on technology policy issues. He recently spoke at TrustCon 2024 on "Trust & Safety in Gen AI: Balancing Freedom and Safety".23 He has also written about supporting open source and open science on LinkedIn.4