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.
Advisory Council
Abir Ghattas
Abir works with Human Rights Watch as an Information Security Technologist.
Team
Adam Lynn
Adam joined RFA in April 2012 as OTF’s inaugural program manager.
Advisory Council
Alix Dunn
Alix is a specialist in organisational development and strategy, and technology for social change.
Board
Karen Kornbluh
Board
Ryan Crocker
Fellow
Amir Rashidi
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.
Advisory Council
Arthur Gwagwa
Board
Ben Scott
Advisory Council
Bernard Tyers
Bernard is an independent interaction designer/user researcher.
Advisory Council
Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist.
Advisory Council
Bryan Nunez
Bryan Nunez is a program officer with the Open Society Human Rights Initiative.
Advisory Council
Carrie Winfrey
Carrie is a Design Strategist and User Experience Designer whose work generates excitement.
Advisory Council
Chad Hurley
Chad joined the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Office of Internet Freedom in 2018.
Advisory Council
Cheekay Cinco
Advisory Council
Cory Doctorow
Cory Efram Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the weblog Boing Boing.
Fellow
Cristian Leon
Advisory Council
Former Staff
Dan Blah
Dan co-founded OTF in 2012 and was the organization's inaugural director until 2019.
Advisory Council
Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Daniel Kahn Gillmor is a Senior Staff Technologist for ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, focused on the way our technical infrastructure shapes society and impacts civil liberties.
