Tamar Newberger is a computer scientist who has held executive positions at AT&T Bell Labs, Novell, and SCO, as well as several Silicon Valley start-ups. Her areas of expertise are computer security, operating systems, and technology in service of better democracy. She is active in promoting technology and science to young women considering careers in these fields.

Her civic engagement focuses on refugee rights, education, women’s advocacy, and technology for the common good. She is currently the Midwest Finance Co-Chair of Harris For President. She is also a trustee of the Francis W. Parker school in Chicago, the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Chicago. She is on several boards, including that of The In(heir)itance Project arts organization, which brings disparate communities together to create theater, and on the nominating committee of the Vaclav Havel Center’s Disturbing the Peace Award, given annually to a courageous writer currently being punished by an oppressive regime. Ms. Newberger served as a Diplomatic Spouse when her husband was the U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic.