Julia Rhodes was a program assistant with the Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA) at New America, where she supported the team’s efforts to deploy blockchain pilots for social impact.
Before joining New America, Rhodes was a technology innovation project assistant for the National Democratic Institute, a partner organization of BTA. In this role, she helped facilitate capacity building programs, researched blockchain use cases, and provided administrative support. Rhodes holds a B.S. in culture & politics from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where she focused on the intersections between technology and human rights on the Korean peninsula.