Evin (eh-veen) Cheikosman (sheikh-kous-mahn) is the Policy Analyst for the World Economic Forum's Crypto Impact & Sustainability Accelerator (CISA). Previously she led the Forum's work on digital justice, intimate image abuse, and disinformation, leading the Pathways to Digital Justice project and the Forum's first Global Future Council on Data Policy. Currently, she is driving project delivery of the Forum’s CISA initiative, as well as content strategy, research, and thought leadership for CISA's crypto sustainability work. Miss Cheikosman is a Master of Public Diplomacy graduate of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, with a background in foreign policy and diplomatic affairs.

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