Sona Makker is a CGS Staff Associate at the Center for Genetics and Society, and is helping organize this year’s Tarrytown Meetings. She graduated with honors from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Sociology and a Minor in Global Poverty. Her experiences include running and managing a community clinic in Berkeley and conducting qualitative research focused on informing responsible innovation in healthcare. She is interested in legal policies surrounding reproductive technologies and plans on pursuing a J.D. in 2013.