GMF Tech

Caitlin Goldenberg is a program coordinator for GMF Tech, where she manages the team's work on technology and geopolitics. Prior to joining ASD, she held internships at UNHCR, where she managed individual asylum cases during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in the US Department of State's Office of Russian Affairs, where she monitored Russian human rights abuses and misinformation campaigns. She previously worked with GMF's Alliance for Securing Democracy.

A recent graduate of Brown University, Goldenberg holds a bachelor's degree in international and public affairs, and a certificate in data fluency. She focused her studies on Russian politics, humanitarian intervention, and cybersecurity. In 2022, Goldenberg studied in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with the State Department's Critical Language Scholarship for Advanced Russian. She also speaks Spanish.

Dylan Welch is the China technology analyst at GMF Tech. He works on exposing and contesting China’s global technology influence, including in AI and digital infrastructure competition. He previously worked with GMF's Alliance for Securing Democracy.

Previously, Welch worked at the Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG), where he interned with its China practice and focused on critical and emerging technologies. Prior to ASG, he completed his master’s in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he wrote his thesis on US-China technology competition in space in consultation with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Earlier in his career, Welch developed teaching curricula in Wuhan, China, and served as a budget analyst for the New York City Office of Management and Budget. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from New York University and is a recipient of the State Department’s Critical Language Scholarship in advanced Chinese.