Dave Leichtman

Director of Corporate Citizenship, Microsoft (USA)

Dave Leichtman is the Director of Corporate Civic Responsibility at Microsoft. As part of the company’s Democracy Forward program, he leads nonpartisan civic engagement efforts and works with elections officials worldwide to address tech and security needs. Dave also leads the company's internal US and international election strategy. Dave has held this and similar roles for 9 years at Microsoft. Prior to that, he held leadership roles at several US political technology firms. He has also served as Virginia state leadership for a major US political party for a decade. Dave holds a B.S. in Physics and Computer Science from William & Mary and an M.S. in Particle Physics from University of Washington. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.