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.
Fellow
Gabrielle Lim
As an information controls fellow, Gabrielle will work at Data & Society to investigate media manipulation and state response in Southeast Asia.
Advisory Council
Gunnar Hellekson
Gunnar Hellekson is the Chief Technology Strategist for Red Hat’s US Public Sector group, where he works with systems integrators and government agencies to encourage the use of open source software in government.
Fellow
Information Controls Fellow
This Information Controls Fellow will examine internet censorship and surveillance in certain states of India, through the analysis of network measurements.
Fellow
Information Controls Fellow
This Fellow will examine Internet censorship and surveillance in Egypt, particularly the adoption of regulations restricting digital freedoms and increasing information controls.
Fellow
Iryna Chulivska
Iryna Chulivska is the co-founder and Head of the NGO Digital Security Lab Ukraine.
Advisory Council
Jantine van Herwijnen
Jantine van Herwijnen is working for Hivos at the Digital Defenders Partnership.
Advisory Council
Jenn Henrichsen
Jennifer R. Henrichsen is a doctoral research fellow at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is researching the tensions between freedom of expression and regulation and surveillance by...
Advisory Council
Jillian C. York
Jillian C. York is Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), where her work focuses on user rights, digital security, and Internet regulation.
Advisory Council
John Adams
John Adams is an independent security advisor, focusing on information security, user privacy, and secure distributed systems.
Advisory Council
Karen Renaud
Karen leads the Security Science Cluster and coordinate the Human-Centred Security Research Group.
Advisory Council
Kevin Bankston
Kevin Bankston is the Director at New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute; he also serves on the board of directors of the First Amendment Coalition.
Advisory Council
Leigh Honeywell
Leigh Honeywell is a Security Engineer at Slack.
Team
Libby Liu
Ms. Liu provides strategic and operational direction to OTF as it supports the development of global Internet freedom tools.
Team
Lindsay Beck
Lindsay joined RFA in June 2014 as a program manager, actively engaged in OTF’s day-to-day operations.
Fellow
Mahsa Alimardani
Mahsa Alimardani is an Internet researcher, looking at the intersection of technology and human rights, particularly in Iran.
Advisory Council
Marcin de Kaminski
Marcin de Kaminski was a Policy Specialist at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), with a specific focus on ICT and digital development.
Fellow
Marcus Michaelsen
As a Senior Information Controls Fellow, Marcus will work together with Hivos to investigate digital threats against diaspora activists from Egypt, Iran and Syria.
Advisory Council
Matt Mitchell
Matt is a security researcher, operational security trainer, and data journalist who leads CryptoHarlem, impromptu workshops teaching basic cryptography tools to the predominately African American community in upper Manhattan.
Advisory Council
Mohamad Najem
Mohamad leads and assists in various campaigns throughout the Arab world, mainly around digital rights.
