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What I’m working on currently:

  • FutureCo - studio building mission-driven startups; partner & COO

  • Higher Ground Labs - investing in and accelerating progressive campaign tech startups; co-founder & partner

  • Betaworks Ventures - product-focused seed fund; venture fellow

  • Zcash - member of the board

Organizations I actively support:

  • Access Now - board chair

  • Public Knowledge - board member

  • Brooklyn Public Library - co-chair of its Digital Advisory Committee

  • New York Public Library - member of its Digital Task Force

  • Data & Society Institute - member of its advisory board

  • Third Way Cyber Enforcement Initiative - member of its advisory board

  • Harvard Berkman Klein Center - member of its Assembly advisory board

  • Swing Left - member of its advisory board

  • Ragtag - member of its advisory board

Places I’ve worked in the past:

  • Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale - founding executive director, 2017-18

  • Medium - oversaw a bunch of functions, including corporate development, editorial and content, communities, new business initiatives, enterprise services, and the NYC office, 2016

  • Digg - CEO, 2013-15

  • Instapaper - CEO, 2013-15

  • betaworks - partner, 2011-16

  • Tumblr - EVP, responsible for international, community, outreach, editorial, marketing, and support teams, 2011-2012

  • Stanford Law School - lecturer in law, 2011-2012

  • Civic Commons - founding executive director, 2011

  • Obama White House - Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the US, 2009-2011

  • Obama/Biden Presidential Transition - member of the Technology, Innovation & Government Reform team, 2008-2009

  • Google - Director of Global Public Policy, 2004-2009

  • Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School - Senior Fellow, 2002-2004

  • ICANN - VP, Chief Policy Officer, Chief Financial Officer, 1998-2003

  • US House of Representatives - counsel, 1997-98

  • Jenner & Block - associate attorney, 1995-97

  • Judge Gerald Heaney, US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit - law clerk, 1994-95

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