Yvette Badu-Nimako, J.D., (Bae-doo Knee-MACK-oh) supervises Graduate Archer Fellows in the Independent Study and Research course. She is currently senior counsel at Capital One. Before joining Capital One, she served as counsel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where she helped formulate, implement, and interpret laws, regulations, and rules related to fair lending, artificial intelligence, and privacy. Professor Badu-Nimako also served as vice president of policy and interim executive director of the National Urban League’s Washington Bureau, where she led efforts to advance economic empowerment priorities for Black and underserved communities. Her background includes roles as senior counsel and democratic legislative director for the House Oversight Committee under the late Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, where she led investigations into the applications of artificial intelligence in both private and public sectors and its impact on consumers, as an attorney advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as counsel for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Professor Badu-Nimako has also effectively managed government oversight and legislative priorities for the CFPB and Match Group (global technology parent company of Tinder, Match.com, and Hinge). Professor Badu-Nimako received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. in government and English from Georgetown University.