About
Studdart & Company was founded on the conviction that leaders and institutions have agency in shaping what comes next. In a moment of profound technological, political, and societal change, the organizations that matter most need space for structural thinking, sharper judgment, and trusted outside perspective. The firm works with leaders who want to act with clarity, coherence, and purpose — and to shape the future rather than simply be shaped by it.
Amy Studdart, Founder
Amy Studdart has spent her career at the intersection of technology, democracy, and global affairs. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President & Interim Director of Meta's Oversight Board, where she helped build and lead the independent body responsible for reviewing consequential content decisions, working with governments, companies, and civil society to protect freedom of expression while ensuring fairness and accountability. Before joining the Board, she held senior roles at the International Republican Institute, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), advising leaders and boards on strategy, governance design, and navigating complex political environments.
Throughout her career, Amy has worked alongside people and communities directly affected by institutional decisions: activists using technology to advance democratic participation, citizens living with the consequences of content moderation at scale, and civil servants working to make government function in rapidly changing conditions. That experience shaped her conviction that good governance requires understanding not only how power works in theory, but how systems and incentives shape lived reality.
She brings pragmatism and a strong sense of purpose to every engagement, translating across different worlds: technology and policy, theory and practice, idealism and operational reality.
Amy is the author of Drafting the Future, a Substack exploring how we can redesign our institutions, government, and civic life for a century defined by rapid technological transformation and political decay.
She is a voracious reader and an amateur outdoorswoman. She has lived in Europe, China, and the Caribbean. She now lives in Washington, DC with her family.