Staff

Ben Raderstorf

Policy Advocate

Ben Raderstorf is a policy advocate at Protect Democracy. He helps direct policy and communications work around systemic threats to American democracy. He also contributes to Protect Democracy’s work to rebuild democratic institutions and electoral systems to make them more resilient and sustainable. Before Protect Democracy, Ben was a non-resident fellow and associate at the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank, where he worked to promote international cooperation and reform efforts strengthening democratic governance and combating corruption across the Americas. Ben received his MPP from the University of California, Berkeley and his BA from Harvard University. His writing has been published in The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Foreign Affairs.