About us

Vaishnavi is the founder and principal of Vyanams Strategies (VYS). She is an expert in online child safety and privacy as well as age-appropriate design, policy development, and product guidance.

Prior to founding VYS, Vaishnavi spent 15 years developing, and scaling youth safety solutions at leading technology companies. She was the global head of youth policy at Meta, developing age-appropriate content and product policies across Instagram, Facebook, VR, AI, and messaging. She supported product launches such as parental controls, age assurance mechanisms, and interventions across child safety, self-injury, body image, and addictive engagement.

Before joining Meta, Vaishnavi led Twitter’s livestreaming and video content safety efforts, addressing bad actors seeking to exploit users. She was also Twitter’s first head of safety in the Asia-Pacific region, serving a large youth population. She responded to sensitive escalations, trained enforcement vendor teams, and incorporating insights from APAC into global policies and products. Her work spanned issues such as cyberstalking, deepfakes, and schoolyard harassment.

Vaishnavi previously served as Google’s child safety and privacy lead for the Asia-Pacific region. She worked with regional governments to assess emerging child safety regulations, sought civil society and youth perspectives on emerging child safety risks, and used these insights to inform Google’s product and policy prioritization. Vaishnavi began her career at Walt Disney Imagineering, supporting the company’s efforts to build magical and safe experiences for children at its international theme parks.

Jen Weedon brings deep expertise in adversarial thinking, safety by design, and socio-technical risk assessments to help organizations create safer digital experiences. She 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—especially for features impacting youth.

Before Niantic, Jen held senior leadership roles at Meta, where she led global threat intelligence teams focused on areas including child safety, human exploitation, and influence operations. 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.

In parallel with her consulting work, Jen is a lecturer and researcher at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she teaches a graduate level course on Trust and Safety and studies emerging practices in AI red teaming. She holds a Master’s from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a BA from Smith College.

Sarah spends a lot of time thinking about translation—both in tech policy and across strategic communication. As a speechwriter at West Wing Writers, Sarah interprets ideas and policies across audiences, generations, and disciplines. She’s helped Big Tech executives explain how AI will shape the future of work and penned a nonprofit leader’s take on women’s rights in face of digital abortion surveillance. Her ghostwritten work has been published in The Washington Post, The Nation, and CNN. Previously, Sarah facilitated cross-sector collaboration and trust and safety initiatives at Duco Experts, exploring challenges around online misinformation, gender-based violence, and child safety.

Sarah graduated with honors from Stanford University, earning her M.A. in Public Policy, B.A. in International Relations, and minor in Human Rights. Her digital rights research at the Stanford Global Digital Policy Incubator culminated in her interdisciplinary honors thesis on the role of public comment at the Meta Oversight Board.

Chloé is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in Trust & Safety, policy management, and community operations. She has worked with industry leaders such as Twitter, Meta, and TaskUs, combining hands-on operational expertise with research into emerging Trust & Safety trends. 

With a strong background in detection, automation, and moderation workflows, she has supported companies in building and scaling their safety strategies and processes effectively. Her work spans many different areas of Trust & Safety, making her highly versatile in adapting to diverse challenges.

Chloé studied Humanitarian Project Management and Foreign Languages, developing a unique ability to approach complex global challenges with cultural fluency and analytical insight. Passionate about creating safer digital environments, she is committed to innovating in trust and safety operations or policy developmen

Navya Mohanka’s deep-rooted interest in management has shaped a career that blends strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

At Shani Healthcare, she served as Business Development Coordinator, where she successfully managed the entire sales funnel—from identifying leads and crafting growth strategies to pitching services and nurturing client relationships. At Vys, she works on business growth initiatives and strategic expansion plans, working on positioning the firm as a leading voice in youth online safety, AI risk, and trust & safety for digital platforms.

Known for her strong academic foundation and well-rounded profile, Navya is a Post Graduate Programme (PGP) candidate at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, with a background in Business Administration from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. She actively participates in extracurriculars that enhance her social and leadership skills. Outside of work, she finds joy in journaling, creative writing, music, and dance.