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 Associate Director
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Alix Dunn
Alix is a specialist in organisational development and strategy, and technology for social change.
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Amira El-Sayed
Amira works at Luminate, sourcing the organisation's Civic Empowerment grants and investments.
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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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Arthur Gwagwa
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Berhan Taye
Berhan is a researcher who investigates the relationship between technology, society, and social justice.
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Bernard Tyers
Bernard is a user centred designer focusing on user research, and interaction design.
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Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist.
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Bryan Nunez
Bryan Nunez is a program officer with the Open Society Human Rights Initiative.
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Carrie Winfrey
Carrie is a Design Strategist and User Experience Designer whose work generates excitement.
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Chad Hurley
Chad joined the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Office of Internet Freedom in 2018.
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Cheekay Cinco
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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.
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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.
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Ellery Roberts Biddle
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Emily Ratliff
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Frerieke van Bree
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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.
