Stephanie Herrmann
Deputy Director, Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners
Stephanie Herrmann is deputy director of Freedom House’s Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners, where she leads global advocacy and policy work on behalf of political prisoners. An international human rights lawyer and policy leader, her work spans US foreign policy, congressional oversight, and emerging technology.
Previously, Herrmann served as deputy chief counsel to US Senator Jon Ossoff, leading human rights investigations for Senator Ossoff and the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law. Her investigations helped earn Senator Ossoff the Carl Levin Award for Effective Oversight, and she advanced bipartisan human rights and anticorruption legislation.
Earlier in her career, Herrmann represented political prisoners at Perseus Strategies, helping secure releases from arbitrary detention. She also advised the UN Committee Against Torture and former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Méndez. She holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a JD from American University Washington College of Law.
