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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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