Creative Commons is a network of staff, board, emeritus, advisory council, audit committee, and affiliates around the world.
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Lawrence LessigFounder / Board Member EmeritusLawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law… More
Ryan MerkleyCEO
Molly van HouwelingBoard ChairFormerly the Executive Director of Creative Commons and a fellow… More
Our Staff
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Cable GreenDirector of Open Educationa leading advocate for open licensing policies in education More
Jennie Rose HalperinCommunications ManagerJennie crafts delightful communications for Creative Commons. More
Rebecca LendlDirector of DevelopmentRebecca leads the organization’s fundraising and advancement efforts More Ryan MerkleyCEO
Mari MoresheadSenior AdministratorMari comes to CC after three years at the Mozilla… More
Rob MyersCore Systems ManagerRob keeps the technology that helps build the commons running,… More
Simeon OrikoNetwork Manager
SooHyun PaeRegional Coordinator – Asia-PacificCoordinates activities is the Asia Pacific region MoreJane ParkDirector of Platforms and PartnershipsJane leads CC’s work with platforms to create a more… More
Alison PearceEvent Coordinator
Sarah PearsonSenior CounselSarah helps to provide legal support to Creative Commons More
Diane PetersGeneral Counsel / Corporate SecretaryDiane directs the organization’s legal strategy, affairs, projects and legal… More
Eva RogersDevelopment ManagerEva connects current and future funders with CC to advance… More
Claudio RuizDirector of Ecosystem Strategy
Scott SeethalerDirector of Finance and OperationsDirects CC finance and operations More
Eric SteuerDirector of Content and CommunityEric works with artists, media companies, tech developers, and cultural… More
Paola VillarrealDirector of Product EngineeringPhoto by Paola Villareal, CC BY More
Timothy VollmerManager, Public PolicyTimothy coordinates public policy positions More
Our Board
- Ben AdidaBen Adida is director of engineering at Clever. More
Renata AvilaRenata Avila is a human rights lawyer specialised in Intellectual… More
Paul BrestPaul Brest is emeritus professor and former dean of Stanford… More
Paul KellerPaul Keller is vice-chair of Kennisland, an Amsterdam-based think-tank focused… More Ryan MerkleyCEO
Johnathan NightingaleJohnathan Nightingale is the Chief Product Officer at Hubba, and… More
Ruth OkedijiRuth Okediji is William L. Prosser professor of law at… More Diane PetersGeneral Counsel / Corporate SecretaryDiane directs the organization’s legal strategy, affairs, projects and legal… More
Thomas RubinThomas C. Rubin is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard… More
Kate SpelmanKatherine C. Spelman is a Shareholder at Lane Powell and… More
Christopher ThorneBoard Vice Chair
Audit Committee ChairChristopher Thorne is the executive chairman of Broadline Principle Capital,… More
Jongso YoonJongsoo (Jay) Yoon is serving as a presiding judge at… More Molly van HouwelingBoard ChairFormerly the Executive Director of Creative Commons and a fellow… More
Emeritus
- Lawrence LessigFounder / Board Member EmeritusLawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law… More
Advisory Council
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John AbeleJohn Abele, founding chairman, retired, of Boston Scientific Corporation, is… More
Hal AbelsonHal Abelson is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and… More
Michael CarrollMichael W. Carroll is a Visiting Professor of Law at… More
Dorothy GordonDorothy Gordon is the Director-General of Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre… More
Laurie RacineLaurie Racine is co-founder and President of dotSUB, a young… More
Eric SaltzmanA 1972 graduate of Harvard Law School, Eric F. Saltzman… More
Jimmy WalesThe co-founder of the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit corporation which… More
Esther WojcickiVice ChairEsther Wojcicki has been teaching Journalism and English at Palo… More
Audit Committee
- Paul KellerPaul Keller is vice-chair of Kennisland, an Amsterdam-based think-tank focused… More Christopher ThorneBoard Vice Chair
Audit Committee ChairChristopher Thorne is the executive chairman of Broadline Principle Capital,… More Molly van HouwelingBoard ChairFormerly the Executive Director of Creative Commons and a fellow… More
Ryan, Mari, and Rob work through 0941176 B.C. Ltd. — a wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Commons whose sole activity is to provide services to CC. 0941176 B.C. Ltd. is operated separately from our CC Canada affiliate.
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