Chelsea Magnant is a Vice President at Breakwater Strategy, where she advises organizations navigating the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and regulation.
Chelsea brings more than fifteen years of experience at the forefront of AI governance, technology policy, and geopolitical risk. She joined Breakwater from Brunswick Group, where she counseled leading technology companies on AI strategy, regulatory risk, and the evolving geopolitical landscape shaping the industry. Prior to that, she spent five years at Google across its geopolitical risk, global affairs strategy, and public policy functions—advising senior leaders on regulatory navigation and emerging technology governance and engaging directly with governments on technology policy.
Before entering the private sector, Chelsea spent nearly a decade at the Central Intelligence Agency, producing geopolitical analysis for senior U.S. government leaders on emerging threats and regional instability, with a focus on Latin America.
She holds a Master of Public Affairs from UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy and a B.A. from Emory University.