Our Team

Staff

Connor Benedict
Open Culture Coordinator

Connor is a Kaospilot with a background in project management, organisational development, and process design.…
Taylor Campbell
Project Lead, Open Climate Data

Taylor leads the Open Climate Data Project at Creative Commons, which provides practical guidance to…
Erika Drushka
Director of People and Operations

Erika Drushka is the Director of People and Operations at Creative Commons. She has spent…
Monica Granados
Assistant Director, Open Climate

Dr. Monica Granados is the Open Climate Campaign Manager for a multi-year campaign to open…
Cable Green
Director of Open Knowledge

Dr. Cable Green is the Director of Open Knowledge at Creative Commons. He works with…
Shafiya Heena
Systems Engineer

As a member of the technology Team, Systems Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer at Creative Commons. Before…
Shanna Hollich
Learning and Training Manager

As Learning and Training Manager, Shanna supports all of CC’s programs and projects by identifying…
Sara Lovell
Full Stack Engineer

As a Full Stack Engineer for Creative Commons, Sara supports CC’s websites, applications, open source…
Jocelyn Miyara
Open Culture Manager

Jocelyn manages the Open Culture Program, overseeing projects, logistics, and communications that support the Open…
Marlena Reimer
Director of Development

Marlena oversees CC’s fundraising efforts. Prior to joining Creative Commons, she took on a range…
Anna Tumadóttir
CEO

Anna joined CC in 2019 as Director of Product. She was promoted to COO in…
Brigitte Vézina
Director of Policy and Open Culture

Brigitte is passionate about all things spanning culture, arts, handicraft, traditions, fashion and, of course,…
Kat Walsh
General Counsel

Kat Walsh is the General Counsel at Creative Commons. She was on the CC legal…
Jennryn Wetzler
Director of Learning and Training

Prior to CC, Jennryn worked on open policy and open educational resources (OER) at the…
Timid Robot Zehta
Director, Technology

Timid Robot brings over 20 years of professional experience empowering others’ use of technology and…

Board

Marta Belcher

Marta Belcher holds multiple esteemed positions in the tech and legal sectors, notably serving as…
Carolina Botero

Carolina Botero is the CEO of the Colombian civil society digital rights organization Karisma Foundation. She…
Glenn O Brown

Glenn O. Brown works with a range of organizations on brand and identity, audience development,…
Delia Browne
Board Chair

Delia Browne is a highly respected copyright lawyer and policy advocate who leads the National…
James Grimmelmann

James Grimmelmann is the Tessler Family Professor of Digital and Information Law at Cornell Tech…
Angela Oduor Lungati

Angela is a technologist, community builder and open-source software advocate who is passionate about building…
Bilal Randeree
Audit Committee Chair

Bilal Randeree is a digital media practitioner, investor and strategist. He currently serves as the…
Alek Tarkowski

Alek Tarkowski is the Strategy Director of Open Future Foundation, a European think tank for…
Jeni Tennison

Jeni Tennison is the Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser of the Open Data Institute,…
Anna Tumadóttir
CEO

Anna joined CC in 2019 as Director of Product. She was promoted to COO in…
Luis Villa

Luis Villa has made significant contributions to the open community since the late 90s, taking…
Kat Walsh
General Counsel

Kat Walsh is the General Counsel at Creative Commons. She was on the CC legal…

Emeritus

Lawrence Lessig
Founder / Board Member Emeritus

Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and…

Advisory Council

Hal Abelson

Hal Abelson is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and a fellow of IEEE. He…
Ben Adida

Ben Adida is the Executive Director of VotingWorks. His passion is using technology to empower individuals.…
Renata Avila

Renata Avila is a human rights lawyer specialised in Intellectual Property and Technology. She worked…
Amy Brand

Amy Brand is Director of the MIT Press, one of the largest university presses in…
Paul Brest

Paul Brest is emeritus professor and former dean of Stanford Law School, having recently returned…
Michael Carroll

Michael W. Carroll is a Visiting Professor of Law at the American University, Washington College…
Josh Elkes

Josh Elkes is the CEO and co-founder of Harbour, a digital contracting platform for the…
Dorothy Gordon

Dorothy Gordon is a global leader in the field of technology and development with a…
Paul Keller

Paul Keller is vice-chair of Kennisland, an Amsterdam-based think-tank focused on innovation in the knowledge…
Lawrence Lessig
Founder / Board Member Emeritus

Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and…
Ryan Merkley

Ryan is currently the Chief of Staff at Wikimedia Foundation. He was CEO at Creative…
Johnathan Nightingale

Johnathan Nightingale is a founder and partner at Raw Signal Group. He is editor of…
Ruth Okediji

Ruth Okediji is William L. Prosser professor of law at the University of Minnesota. Ruth…
Laurie Racine

Laurie Racine is co-founder and President of dotSUB, a young technology company that has developed…
Thomas Rubin

Thomas C. Rubin is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and Special Counsel…
Eric Saltzman

A 1972 graduate of Harvard Law School, Eric F. Saltzman began his career as a…
Christopher Thorne

Christopher Thorne is chairman of Broadline Capital, a global private equity firm primarily focused on…
Molly Van Houweling

Formerly the Executive Director of Creative Commons and a fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center…
Jimmy Wales

The co-founder of the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit corporation which operates Wikipedia and several other…
Esther Wojcicki
Vice Chair

Esther Wojcicki has been teaching Journalism and English at Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto,…
Jongso Yoon

Jongsoo (Jay) Yoon is serving as a presiding judge at the Seoul Northern District Court.…

Audit Committee

Delia Browne
Board Chair

Delia Browne is a highly respected copyright lawyer and policy advocate who leads the National…
Bilal Randeree
Audit Committee Chair

Bilal Randeree is a digital media practitioner, investor and strategist. He currently serves as the…
Jeni Tennison

Jeni Tennison is the Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser of the Open Data Institute,…
Luis Villa

Luis Villa has made significant contributions to the open community since the late 90s, taking…

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