Stacey Cram

Associate Director for the Investor Alliance for Human Rights

Stacey Cram is the Associate Director of the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, where she leads the Alliance’s initiatives on technology and human rights. Before joining the Alliance, Stacey was an independent advisor and Non-Resident Fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, where she advised governments, multilateral organizations, and civil society on AI governance, human rights, and people-centered justice.

Her research examined how governments, regional bodies, and technology companies are designing and deploying AI governance, including issues such as algorithmic discrimination, surveillance, privacy, and access to remedy. Drawing on more than 50 interviews with policymakers, civil society leaders, and companies, her work focused on embedding human rights, accountability, and remedy into AI governance and across the AI lifecycle.

Previously, Stacey spent seven years leading global policy and advocacy for Namati, where she advocated for the inclusion of access to justice in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, supported legal and policy reforms across 17 countries, advanced protections for grassroots justice defenders, and spearheaded the creation of the $100 million Legal Empowerment Fund.

Earlier in her career, Stacey led global policy and practice at Restless Development, focusing on civic participation and the role of technology and data in governance. She also held advocacy roles focused on governance, youth, and violence prevention in Nigeria and the UK.

Throughout her career, Stacey has navigated rights and governance challenges that are being reshaped by AI and emerging technologies, including climate justice, migration, children’s rights, and barriers to healthcare. She has worked with companies, policymakers, civil society, and multilateral institutions to strengthen accountability and responsible governance across these issues, ensuring that the people and communities most affected are not just protected by these systems, but equipped to help shape them.

Stacey holds an MSc in Global Governance and Public Policy from Birkbeck, University of London, and an MA in International Relations from the University of St Andrews. Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, she is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.