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People behind OTF

Meet the the people behind OTF. Our Team, Advisory Council, and Fellows are a large community of people who speak dozens of languages, are from all over the world, know a lot about Internet freedom, support hundreds of projects, and know how to make yours succeed.

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Former Advisory Council

Abir Ghattas

Abir works with Human Rights Watch as an Information Security Associate Director
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Team

Adam Lynn

Programmatic Advisor
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Fellow

Ain Ghazal

Ain Ghazal is an Information Controls Fellow working with the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) to study Censorship Resistance Systems in global VPN infrastructure.
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Fellow

Alexandra Dirksen

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Former Advisory Council

Alix Dunn

Alix is a specialist in organisational development and strategy, and technology for social change.
Board

Karen Kornbluh

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Advisory Council

Amira El-Sayed

Amira works at Luminate, sourcing the organisation's Civic Empowerment grants and investments.
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Former Advisory Council

Anthony D. Joseph

Anthony D. Joseph is Director of Intel Research Berkeley, and a Chancellor’s Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley.
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Former Advisory Council

Arthur Gwagwa

Team

Ashley Lulling

Program Specialist
Fellow

Beau Kujath

Team

Ben Lynch

Ben Lynch joined OTF as the Surge and Sustain Program Manager in 2023.
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Fellow

Ben Mixon-Baca

Ben Mixon-Baca is an ICFP fellow with the Censored Planet team at the University of Michigan, a PhD candidate at Arizona State University, and co-founder of BreakpointingBad.
Board

Ben Scott

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Former Advisory Council

Berhan Taye

Berhan is a researcher who investigates the relationship between technology, society, and social justice.
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Advisory Council

Bernard Tyers

Bernard is a user centred designer focusing on user research, and interaction design.
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Former Advisory Council

Bruce Schneier

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist.
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Team

Bryan Nunez

Vice President of Technology
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Former Advisory Council

Carrie Winfrey

Carrie is a Design Strategist and User Experience Designer whose work generates excitement.
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Former Advisory Council

Chad Hurley

Chad joined the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Office of Internet Freedom in 2018.

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