Iretiolu Akinrinade is Data & Society’s network engagement manager, working on the strategy and engagement team to grow and support our network. She manages our affiliate, advisors, and alumni fellows programs, and supports other external engagements with the organization through strategic programming and communications. Before this, Ireti was a member of Data & Society’s research team, where she co-authored the report Essentially Unprotected: Health Data and Surveillance of Essential Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic and co-organized the Digital Doppelgangers workshop.

Ireti received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Tulane University, and complemented her studies in media and communication as a visiting scholar at Goldsmiths, University of London.