Kaitlyn Rentala is a research and program associate in the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security Program. Previously, she was a Fulbright Schuman Scholar to the European Union based in the Netherlands, where her research examined the influence of big tech companies on EU citizens using a political philosophy lens.
Rentala is the author of The Public Sector Pivot: How Gen Z Will Lead a Renaissance in Public Service, a book about improving the public sector pipeline for college students, and has consulted for a number of organizations, including the Department of Defense and the Volcker Alliance. She previously interned in the tech policy space at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement and New America.
Rentala graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in philosophy, politics, and economics. During her time at Penn, Rentala's research into a Rawlsian framework of big tech companies was supported by the Andrea Mitchell Research Fellowship and the Ruth Marcus Kantor Research Grant.