Adam Billen

Adam Billen serves as the Vice President of Public Policy at Encode, where he crafts and advances Encode’s policy priorities and builds bipartisan, cross-issue coalitions. His work has included passing the first-ever restrictions on AI's use in nuclear weapons operations in the FY25 NDAA, advancing the DEFIANCE and TAKE IT DOWN Acts to combat AI-generated nudes through the United States Senate, and coordinating efforts to authorize and support the US AI Safety Institute. Before Encode he ran a successful School Board campaign in Seattle, worked on public opinion research at FGS Global, and published quantitative research on American political psychology.