Jen Weedon

Jen Weedon has spent over 15 years leading trust and safety, threat intelligence, and responsible innovation initiatives at tech companies in industries spanning social media, gaming, and cybersecurity. Most recently at Niantic, she served as Head of Red Teaming and Safety by Design, where she worked cross-functionally to evaluate risks in gaming and AR environments and embed protective strategies into product development. Before Niantic, Jen held senior leadership roles at Facebook/Meta, where she led global threat intelligence teams across a range of risk areas. Her work helped transition trust and safety strategies from reactive enforcement to proactive, product-informed interventions. Her earlier experience includes cybersecurity and strategic intelligence roles at firms like Mandiant, where she advised both public and private sector clients on global digital threats. Her work has informed regulatory compliance efforts, public policy debates, and product governance for complex, high-risk technologies.

Currently, Jen is a lecturer and researcher at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in the Institute for Global Politics, where she teaches a graduate level course on Trust and Safety and is researching emerging best practices in AI red teaming. She holds a Master’s Degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a BA from Smith College. Jen is also an elected School Board member and advises a number of organizations focused on prosocial design and safety tech.