Bri Riggio

Discord, Inc. — Platform Policy Manager



Bri Riggio is Discord’s Platform Policy Manager and leads the company’s Platform Policy Team. Prior to this role, she served as the company’s first Counter Extremism Team Lead and helped moderate and set the company’s policies on violent extremism. Her interest in violent extremism and conflict developed as she completed her MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution at American University, where she focused on extremism in Eastern Europe. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Analysis from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Before joining Discord, Bri worked at several higher education institutions and nonprofits operating at the intersection of education and international relations. She has used her experience interacting with academics, activists, and government entities to inform her work in the tech industry.

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