Craig Newfield
2026 ALI Fellow

Craig Newfield brings to ALI more than 25 years of legal and executive leadership across the technology and nonprofit sectors. As general counsel to multiple technology companies, he served as a thought partner for executive teams and boards, driving governance, risk management, IP, operational and go-to-market programs and dozens of M&A, partnership, IPO and capital markets transactions. Craig most recently served as general counsel at Coupa Software, an AI-powered business spend management platform, and previously was general counsel at Dynatrace, On Belay Health, Progress Software, Acronis, AMICAS, MRO Software, and Interleaf, leading their global legal teams and partnering with executive leadership to address strategic and operational opportunities and challenges.

In the nonprofit realm, Craig served as assistant director in MIT's Office of Sponsored Programs, where he led a team negotiating sponsored research arrangements with global foundations, governments, and corporations. His work advanced innovation across disciplines while strengthening institutional processes and risk oversight. Craig also contributed thought leadership in IP policy and technology licensing, university-industry collaboration, and complex multi-party international partnerships. As an ALI Fellow and a Fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center, Craig is launching Frankly, an open-source video platform designed to reduce polarization and strengthen civic participation through large-scale, face-to-face deliberation.