Nina Jankowicz
Nina Jankowicz is an author whose work centers on disinformation, and TIME named her to its 100 Most Influential People in AI list in 2023. In 2025 she assessed how readily accessible AI applications can generate disinformation. After managing democracy programs for Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute, she advised Ukraine's foreign ministry under a Fulbright-Clinton fellowship. In 2022 she briefly served as executive director of the Disinformation Governance Board, resigning after three weeks. As of October 2026 she is co-founder and chief executive of the American Sunlight Project, a nonprofit focused on countering disinformation.
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- American Sunlight Project
Timeline
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2011
Studying Russia at Bryn Mawr
She graduates from Bryn Mawr College in 2011 with a double major in Russian and political science. She also holds an MA in Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
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2016–2017
Advising Ukraine's foreign ministry
After managing democracy programs for Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute, she advises Ukraine's foreign ministry in 2016–17 under a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship.
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2019–2021
A Wilson Center fellowship
She holds a Wilson Center fellowship from 2019 to 2021. In 2020 she publishes How to Lose the Information War, a book on Russian use of disinformation as geopolitical strategy.
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2022
Directing the Disinformation Governance Board
She briefly directs the newly created Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security, resigning after three weeks in May 2022.
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2022–2024
Vice president at the CIR
She serves as vice president of the Centre for Information Resilience from September 2022 through April 2024.
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2023
A TIME100 AI listing
In 2023 TIME names her to its list of the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence.
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2025
A talk on AI disinformation
In 2025 she assesses how readily accessible AI applications can generate disinformation.
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As of October 2026
Co-founding the American Sunlight Project
She is co-founder and chief executive of the American Sunlight Project, a nonprofit focused on countering disinformation.
Sources and credits
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