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 ChairAssociate Dean, J.D. Curriculum and Teaching / Co-Director, Berkeley Center… More
Our Staff
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Sophine ClacharData EngineerSophine Clachar is a Data Engineer at Creative Commons. More
Kriti GodeyDirector of EngineeringKriti shipped her first website when she was ten years… More
Cable GreenDirector of Open Educationa leading advocate for open education content, practices & policy More
Jennie Rose HalperinSenior Communications ManagerJennie crafts delightful communications for Creative Commons. More Ryan MerkleyCEO
Mari MoresheadSenior Administrator
Simeon OrikoNetwork Manager
Alden PageSoftware Engineer
Jane ParkDirector of Product and ResearchJane leads the strategy, design, and implementation of CC’s product… 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
Eric SteuerCreative DirectorEric works with artists, media companies, tech developers, and cultural… More
Whitney Valentine-WaferDirector of Finance
Jami VassDirector of Development
Timothy VollmerSenior Manager, Public Policy
Jennryn WetzlerAssistant Director, Open Education
Timid Robot ZehtaCore Systems ManagerTheir responsibilities include Systems Administration and Information Technology. They work… 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
Amy BrandAmy Brand is Director of the MIT Press, one of… More
Delia BrowneAudit Committee ChairDelia Browne is a highly respected copyright lawyer and policy… 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 RubinVice ChairThomas C. Rubin is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard… More Molly Van HouwelingBoard ChairAssociate Dean, J.D. Curriculum and Teaching / Co-Director, Berkeley Center… 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
Paul BrestPaul Brest is emeritus professor and former dean of Stanford… 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
Joi ItoJoichi Ito is the Director of the MIT Media Lab. More
Paul KellerPaul Keller is vice-chair of Kennisland, an Amsterdam-based think-tank focused… More Lawrence LessigFounder / Board Member EmeritusLawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law… 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
Kate Spelman
Christopher ThorneChristopher Thorne is the executive chairman of Broadline Principle Capital,… 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
Jongso YoonJongsoo (Jay) Yoon is serving as a presiding judge at… More
Audit Committee
- Amy BrandAmy Brand is Director of the MIT Press, one of… More Delia BrowneAudit Committee ChairDelia Browne is a highly respected copyright lawyer and policy… More Thomas RubinVice ChairThomas C. Rubin is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard… More Molly Van HouwelingBoard ChairAssociate Dean, J.D. Curriculum and Teaching / Co-Director, Berkeley Center… More
Ryan, Mari, and Alison 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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