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As VP of Communications, Brandon is responsible for shaping the global communications strategy and plan that supports brand-building initiatives and long-term business goals. Brandon oversees the global press, social media, editorial, partnerships, and community teams to develop impactful messaging and outbound communications across the Mozilla brand and all of our products.

For more than 20 years, Brandon has been developing and executing communications strategies for some of the world's most recognized and admired organizations. Prior to this, Brandon served as Head of Communications at a Web3 startup, Alchemy, as their first non-engineering hire. He helped the company become the largest developer platform in the market while building a comms team focused on social and community engagement.

Prior to Alchemy, Brandon worked at Twitter as head of global communications. While there, he helped lead the company's efforts to better secure the conversation around elections globally and played a key role in redefining the product narrative, as Twitter made its first significant product charges in more than a decade. He has also led communications at Ancestry, helped Quantcast make a pivot to AI, led the crisis communications team at United Airlines, and worked at the Joele Frank and Brunswick Group, leading a diverse collection of clients including Dropbox, Airbnb, Facebook, Cisco, Ford, and Virgin America.

Brandon Borrman

As Mozilla’s VP & Chief of Staff, Leigh is responsible for the operational rhythm of the business, building continuity and strategic planning across teams, and partnering closely with each Steering Committee member.

Most recently, Leigh served as chief of staff for Microsoft’s Worldwide Public Sector (WWPS) organization, supporting public sector clients in their cloud adoption and digital transformation journey. She joined Microsoft’s Public Sector team from the Microsoft Office of Responsible AI. In this role she drove implementation of responsible AI across the company. This included companywide implementation strategy and planning for engineering and in-country teams and the Worldwide Responsible AI Champs program. Prior to her time at Microsoft, Leigh was appointed Assistant Director of the Business Services Division of Washington State, by then Governor Christine Gregoire.

Leigh is a seasoned leader, business strategist, and communications expert. She has over 20 years of experience as a change agent, driving adoption of new technologies and launching new products, including a deep focus on responsible AI/innovation, and driving awareness of technology equity gaps, especially in marginalized communities. She is passionate about innovative digital approaches to technology, that positively benefit people’s lives and society overall.

Leigh has an MBA in Business Communications from City University of Seattle and lives with her husband and children in Woodinville, WA and Meridian, MS.

Leigh Felton

Pranshu Khanna is a Mozilla Reps Council member and was previously a Design Lead at WeHear Hearing Solutions and the Chief Technology Officer and Design Lead at GirlScript Foundation. Pranshu has also founded Paradox Gamers and was an Intel AI For Youth Trainer at Shashwat Foundation.

Pranshu Khanna completed their Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering from BITS Edu Campus: BABARIA INSTITUTE. Pranshu has also completed their Grade 12 from National Institute of Open Schooling and their High School from Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School.

Pranshu Khanna

Ashley Boyd is the Vice President of Advocacy and Engagement at the [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Foundation. Ashley has over 20 years of experience in public engagement, facilitation, and project management. Prior to joining [Mozilla](/org/mozilla), Ashley was the Senior Program Director at AmericaSpeaks, where they managed large-scale public engagement projects on critical issues at the local, state, and national level. Ashley also served as an Independent Consultant for SEWA Bharat and Vidhayak Sansad, and as a Senior Associate at M+R. In their current role at [Mozilla](/org/mozilla), Ashley leads the Foundation's advocacy efforts to ensure that the internet is a global public resource, open and accessible to all.

Ashley Boyd has a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Speech Communication and Rhetoric from the [University of Maryland](/org/university-of-maryland), and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Speech Communication and Rhetoric from [Willamette University](/org/malone-brown-productions).

Ashley Boyd reports to Mark Surman, President, [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Foundation. Some of their coworkers include J. Bob Alotta - VP, Global Programs, Angela Plohman - EVP, [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Foundation.

Ashley Boyd

Matt Koidin is the VP and General Manager of Pocket at [Mozilla](/org/mozilla). Matt was previously the CTO of Pocket from June 2011 to April 2017, and was a member of the founding team. Pocket was acquired by [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) in 2017.

From January 2011 to December 2018, Matt was the Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees for Presidio Knolls School. Matt was also the Director Product Development for Smartix International from October 2001 to July 2003, and the Co-Founder & Director of System Engineering for Justarrive, Inc. from June 1999 to July 2001.

Matt Koidin has a MBA from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business, a BS in Computer Science from [Stanford University](/org/stanford), and a High School diploma from St. John's Prep in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Matt Koidin reports to Mitchell Baker, CEO & Chairwoman, [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Foundation. They work with Eric Muhlheim - CFO, Imo Udom - SVP, Innovation Ecosystems, and Mark Surman - President, [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Foundation.

Matt Koidin

Mohamed Nanabhay

Navrina Singh is a board member of the Mozilla Foundation and has also worked with companies such as [Credo AI](/org/credo-ai), [World Economic Forum](/org/world-economic-forum), and Microsoft. Navrina has a background in product management and has been working to bring new SaaS services to Microsoft's enterprise customers. Her focus has been on product strategy, roadmap, GTM, and business planning.

Navrina Singh has a Masters in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from the University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, and a Bachelor of Engineering (BS) in Electronics and telecommunication from the College of Engineering Pune.

Navrina Singh

Laura Chambers is a board member of the [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Corporation and was previously with [Airbnb](/org/airbnb) and eBay Marketplaces. Laura has been with [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) since July 2018 and is responsible for helping guests find amazing, high quality unique homes as well as helping hosts have a wonderful time and experience with their guests. Prior to their work with [Mozilla](/org/mozilla), Laura was with eBay Marketplaces from September 2014 to March 2016 where they led the global team responsible for improving positive experiences and creating an increased sense of 'trust' between buyers and sellers. Laura was also with Patelco Credit Union from November 2017 to January 2021 and Advance Australia from January 2011 to December 2012.

Laura Chambers has an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BComm/BA from the [University of Melbourne](/org/university-of-melbourne).

Laura Chambers

Lidya Christina is a user experience research consultant who has successfully executed and delivered five main research plans. Lidya has also worked as a process improvement specialist and an assistant product manager. In their current position, they are a member of the Mozilla Reps Council.

Lidya Christina has a Bachelor's Degree in Education of Economy from State University of Jakarta (Universitas Negeri Jakarta) and certification in React Native Mobile Development from [Binar Academy](/org/binar-academy). Lidya is currently working as a Junior React Native Developer.

Lidya Christina

Francesca Minelli is a [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Rep and the council member for [Mozilla](/org/mozilla). Francesca has worked in various fields including fundraising, human resources, and project coordination. Francesca has a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the [University of Glasgow](/org/university-of-glasgow) and a Master's degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester.

Francesca Minelli has a PhD in Sociology and Anthropology from the [University of Glasgow](/org/university-of-glasgow). Francesca also has a Master's degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from Università degli Studi di Trieste, and a Bachelor's degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from the same school.

Francesca Minelli

As the VP of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability (DEIS), KeyAnna Schmiedl oversees Mozilla’s DEIS strategy, initiatives and goals. KeyAnna has extensive experience developing global strategies that interlace equity and inclusivity across organizations from organizational design, competency modeling, safety and wellness, talent acquisition, and learning and development.

Most recently, KeyAnna was global head of Culture & Inclusion at Wayfair and previously she worked with top organizations such as Harvard University, Santander Bank and IBISConsulting. KeyAnna received the industry’s esteemed Diversity Leader Award granted by the Diversity Journal® due to her stand-out work in creating an open, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture which also saw her featured on the Boston Business Journal and Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list and was named a DEI Trailblazer by Business Insider in 2021.

Keyanna Schmiedl

As Mozilla’s VP of Finance, Nicholas leads the team in charge of corporate finance. He is responsible for capital planning, structure, and working capital management.

Capital allocation is vital to achieving Mozilla’s reach and impact. As such, Nicholas’s team oversees annual budgeting and forecasting, deployment of capital, and financial decisions and control executed in close collaboration with business partners.

Previously, as Senior Director of Finance, Nicholas led the Corporate FP&A team, including Corp Planning, Financial Systems, Search Revenue Finance, and Procurement, and made significant improvements in our budgeting, forecasting and analysis processes and systems enabling improvement across the business.

Prior to Mozilla, Nicholas worked in private equity managing CPG portfolios specializing in confection across Hawaii and Guam.

Nicholas Grammater

In her role as Mozilla’s VP of Employee Experience, Mardi leverages the collective impact of the People Business Partners, Learning, Internal Communications, and Events and Workplace Experience teams to set and drive an employee experience agenda aimed at enabling and inspiring the diverse, multi-generational, global team of Mozillians to do their very best work.

Mardi joined Mozilla in June of 2012 with over a decade of experience in HR operations and communications. She’s a curious and tenacious systems thinker who believes deeply that 90% of the work lies in problem identification.

Prior to Mozilla, Mardi led HR Operations, Benefits and Immigration at the creative agency Razorfish.

Mardi Douglass

As Mozilla’s Chief Legal Officer, Carlos is responsible for leading the company’s global legal and public policy teams that develop the legal, regulatory and policy strategy to support the company’s mission to create a healthy internet. Carlos also serves as Corporate Secretary.

Most recently, Carlos was general counsel of several venture-backed companies in the proptech, supply chain and crypto industries. Prior to that he spent over a decade at Salesforce in a variety of leadership roles. He also served as senior counsel of a biotech company and started his legal career at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

Carlos holds an undergraduate degree in History from UCLA and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. As a first-generation college graduate, Carlos believes in the power of education and enjoys supporting education programs and organizations. He lives with his wife and daughter in San Francisco.

Carlos Torres

Christina Lang is the current VP of Marketing for North America at [Mozilla](/org/mozilla). Christina has over 10 years of experience in the marketing field with a focus on strategic marketing operations. Christina has previously worked as the Director of Strategic Marketing Operations at [Twitch](/org/twitch) and as the Strategy, Planning and Operations Lead, Integrity Marketing at Facebook. Christina has also held positions at [Outbrain](/org/outbrain), [Interactive One](/org/interactive-one), TalentMania LLC., and AOL.

Christina Lang started their educational career by attending Kings Park High School. Christina then went on to study music business at [New York University](/org/nyu), where they earned a Bachelor of Music. After graduation, Christina Lang completed the altMBA program.

Their manager is Lindsey Shepard, CMO. They work with and Robin Karakash - VP Marketing, Europe.

Christina Lang

J. Bob Alotta is a veteran movement builder and nonprofit executive working at the intersection of technology and communities.

Prior to joining [Mozilla](/org/mozilla), Bob led the [Astraea](/org/astraea) Lesbian Foundation for Justice, a global foundation based in New York City that provides critical resources to LGBTQI+ organizations and individuals around the world. Over eight years, Bob quintupled the global footprint of the organization which makes more grants in the global south and east than any other funder in their sector. She built a funding program aimed specifically at strengthening movements by adding extra support for digital security, data use, and internet freedom to otherwise “non-tech” grants. Bob worked with major funders to bring money into [Astraea](/org/astraea) -- and to influence what else these funders invested in worldwide. And, Bob built bridges between the LGBTQI+ and digital rights worlds.

It was through this last bit of work that Bob met [Mozilla](/org/mozilla): At MozFest and as a [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) fellowship host organization. Now serving as Vice President, Global Programs at [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Foundation, Bob brings their experience both building movements, and building bridges across movements. Bob works with allies across the movement to develop clear goals and real momentum on issues like trustworthy AI; helps [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) fellows and awardees become stronger community organizers and leaders; and grows the diversity and geographical scope across our programs, with an emphasis on expanding our work outside North America.

J. Bob Alotta

Mikal Lewis

Rebecca Weiss

Emma Malysz

Annelise Scudder

Jackie Lu

Mark is Executive Director of [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Foundation, the global nonprofit that does everything from making Firefox to standing up for issues like online privacy. Mark is focused on fueling the broader internet health movement by working with citizens, technologists and civic leaders around the world. Mark is also part of the team that develops [Mozilla](/org/mozilla)’s annual Internet Health Report.

Mark Surman

Mozilla’s VP of Product Marketing, Lindsey is a core member of the marketing senior leadership team and a key company executive with responsibility for overseeing new product launches, nurturing existing products, ideating on key campaigns and go-to-market strategies, and evangelizing new innovations in internet technologies to drive [Mozilla](/org/mozilla)’s future growth.

Prior to [Mozilla](/org/mozilla), Lindsey headed up corporate-level marketing for Facebook Inc., including leading product marketing for Facebook’s core products: News Feed, News, Stories, Civic Engagement, Privacy and Safety. Before joining Facebook, Lindsey led marketing for [GoldieBlox](/org/goldieblox), a Bay Area start-up focused on bridging the gender gap in STEM.

Lindsey lives in the Bay Area with her husband Joe, her two sons Stone and Paolo, three dogs, two birds and a cat. In her spare time, you’ll find her sweeping up dog hair, gardening, and debating the relative merits of the houses of Hogwarts.

Lindsey Shepard

As [Mozilla](/org/mozilla)’s Vice President of Business Development, Katherine leads the team in charge of growth and partnerships. She is responsible for managing global search and product partnerships, generating new revenue streams and exploring new business models and opportunities.

Partners are critical to [Mozilla](/org/mozilla)’s reach and impact. As such, Katherine's team oversees partner-product strategy and go-to-market efforts related to Firefox (desktop and mobile), Security & Privacy products, channel and distribution, and new product and service areas.

Previously, as Senior Director of Business Development, Katherine led her team through major new initiatives, product expansion, new business revenue generation, distribution, and rapid discovery efforts across [Mozilla](/org/mozilla)'s core, adjacent and conceptual product lines.

Prior to [Mozilla](/org/mozilla), Katherine was an entrepreneur, founding and bootstrapping SnapTwice, a photo-centric mobile and web offering, geared toward consumers and SMBs. Before that, Katherine led Business Development for [Tripadvisor](/org/tripadvisor) (TRIP) in the Americas for several years, focused on mobile and non-desktop growth. She was part of the executive team that grew and sold EveryTrail, a mobile travel startup, to [Tripadvisor](/org/tripadvisor) in 2011; [Tripadvisor](/org/tripadvisor) went public later that same year. Katherine earned her MBA and BA from [Stanford University](/org/stanford).

Katherine Bose

Hugh Molotsi is the founder and CEO of Ujama, a messaging platform for communities that makes it easy for people to help each other. Hugh is a seasoned product and technology leader and an accomplished innovator who has helped launch several disruptive products.

Hugh had a 22-year career at [Intuit](/org/intuit) where his last position was Engineering Fellow and Vice President of Innovation. Hugh worked on QuickBooks and other small business offerings. Hugh led the launch of several new businesses, including QuickBooks Enterprise and [Intuit](/org/intuit) Payments, which deliver over $1B in annual revenue today. Hugh was an inaugural member of [Intuit](/org/intuit)’s Diversity Council, leading to the formation of a dozen employee networks, including [Intuit](/org/intuit)’s faith-based networks. Hugh has been a dedicated supporter of early career development and helped develop [Intuit](/org/intuit)’s Rotational Development Program.

Hugh is the co-author of “The Intrapreneur’s Journey”, a book on how to develop a culture of innovation at large companies. Hugh holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering Technology. Hugh is also an American Leadership Forum senior fellow and a certified leadership development trainer.

Outside work, Hugh serves on the board of [Echoing Green](/org/echoing-green), which discovers and invests in emerging social entrepreneurs. He is past president of the Board of Directors of Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY), a nonprofit agency that runs programs for at-risk youth.

Hugh Molotsi

As Chief Product Officer, Steve is responsible for leading our product teams — setting a product vision and strategy that accelerates the growth and impact of Mozilla’s existing products. Additionally, he is responsible for setting the foundation for new product development during a period of time where there is a massive need for software that is unambiguously good for the world to be built at scale. He is leading a team looking to solve some of the internet’s biggest challenges — openness, accessibility, safety, privacy, security, interoperability, individual agency and more.

Previously, Steve worked at Twitter as a Vice President of Product for their Machine Learning and Data platforms. Prior to that, Steve led Product Management, Design and Research in Facebook’s Infrastructure organization. He also spent almost 14 years at Microsoft where he was responsible for the Windows third-party software ecosystems and held leadership roles in Windows IoT, Visual Studio and the Technical Computing Group. Additionally, Steve has held a variety of engineering roles at small and medium-sized companies in the Valley in spaces like developer tools, endpoint security, mobile computing and professional services.

Steve studied Aerospace Engineering at San Jose University and holds an MBA from the University of Washington.

Steve Teixeira

As Vice President of Marketing, Europe, Robin is leading the marketing strategy and go-to-market activations for the European region for Mozilla’s brand and products. He joined Mozilla in 2019 with the mission to grow Mozilla’s consumer impact in Germany, France and the UK.

Prior to Mozilla, Robin has led strategic marketing initiatives at international corporations and agencies such as Viacom, Coca-Cola, ASICS, VCCP and Razorfish. He has worked across businesses and marketing disciplines, both globally and in European markets, focusing on integrated marketing communications, digital transformation, brand, business and creative strategy. His people-oriented leadership is a driving force for building Mozilla’s operations in the region, unlocking the opportunity of “what can be”.

Robin majored in Political Science and American Studies at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany and holds a Coaching Certification from INSEAD. He lives with his husband Guido in the ever-transforming Berlin, Germany.

Robin Karakash

Eric Rescorla

As VP People Operations, Mike Madeiros leads Mozilla’s Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, People Operations and People Analytics teams.

Most recently, Mike was a Director of Talent at Netflix leading Talent Operations, Technology and Analytics. Prior to that Mike has held various roles in HR over the last 25 years working at Criteo, Palantir, Symantec and Sun Microsystems.

Mike, his husband, Geoff, and dog, Mico, recently moved to the Portland area after 15 years in San Francisco.

Mike Madeiros

David rejoined Mozilla as interim Head of Firefox in June 2022, having previously been with the company for six years, most recently as Fellow in our Emerging Technologies organization, where he was responsible for providing technical expertise and representation for engineering broadly in all aspects of company decision making.

In the past, David has held a variety of roles leading product engineering, marketing, sales enablement and technology licensing businesses at Bell Laboratories, Sun Microsystems and Nokia. He was at Bell Labs during the formative years of Unix, working on signal processing and computer graphics components for running the long distance network and, after divestiture, exploring new business opportunities for AT&T. At Sun he managed product teams responsible for key components of Solaris and Sun’s enterprise internet software stack, including as part of the Sun/Netscape alliance, as well as for the Java platform in embedded and desktop systems. Throughout his career, he has been motivated by building internet and computing technology solutions for real-world problems that matter to people.

David grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee.

David Bryant

As Mozilla’s Senior Vice President of Innovation Ecosystems, Imo is responsible for cultivating new innovative ideas and technology from conception to launch outside Mozilla’s core products. In addition to product innovation, Imo is also focused on creating systems to foster collaboration across an ecosystem of stakeholders to help realize Mozilla’s vision to build a better internet.

Previously, Imo was the Chief Strategy and Product Officer at Outmatch where he was responsible for ensuring the business and product strategy delivered value to customers, while never losing sight of its mission to match people with purpose.

Prior to Outmatch, Imo co-founded and served as CEO of Wepow, where he grew the video interviewing solution from a small side-project in 2010 to a successful enterprise platform supporting hundreds of global brands and later through its acquisition by Outmatch.

Imo enjoys volunteering and giving back to the community. He is on the board of the Delta San Francisco Peninsula Foundation, a non-profit whose mission is to improve the quality of life in the San Francisco and Peninsula area by supporting programs that foster educational growth and to provide financial assistance in the form of scholarships and awards.

Imo Udom

As Mozilla’s Chief Financial Officer, Eric is responsible for leading financial operations for the company as we scale our mission impact with new and existing products, technology and business models to better serve our users and advance our agenda for a healthier, more joyful internet.

Most recently, Eric provided strategic financial and operating services as an independent consultant to a variety of early stage and privately-funded startups. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at BuzzFeed where he oversaw the restructuring of the company to drive impact, creating a more unified and integrated organization.

Eric started his career at the Walt Disney Company, where he held various leadership roles over more than 15 years, including spending three years as an expatriate in China managing the expansion of Disney English, the company’s China-based learning center business. Following his tenure at Disney, Eric was CFO at Helix Education, a provider of technologies and services to power data-driven higher education growth, and at the programmatic advertising exchange OpenX Technologies.

Eric currently serves on the boards of the Independent Shakespeare Co. of Los Angeles and Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills. He graduated from Princeton University cum laude in Mathematics and holds an MBA from The Stanford Graduate School of Business. He’s based in Los Angeles, California.

Eric Muhlheim

As VP of Data, Dan leads [Mozilla](/org/mozilla)'s data engineering, data science, and machine learning groups. He also leads engineering operations, IT, [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Rally, and Kaala.

Prior to [Mozilla](/org/mozilla), Dan was an early and long-tenured employee at [Etsy](/org/etsy). As the first principal engineer at the company, Dan worked on everything a little bit, but his most notable contributions were in infrastructure, search, and recommendations systems. He has been on the founding teams at several startups and has worked in data at [Stripe](/org/stripe) and [Mailchimp](/org/mailchimp).

Dan holds a BS in computer science from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university). 

Dan Mckinley

Angela Plohman is an experienced nonprofit executive and strategic operations professional with a long track record of building and growing nonprofit organizations and programs. She has spent close to two decades playing key leadership roles in the fields of art, culture and open source technology. She joined [Mozilla](/org/mozilla), one of the world’s most recognizable tech-for-good organizations, in 2012.

Angela Plohman

As Chief People Officer, Kristen leads all areas of HR and Organizational Development at Mozilla Corporation including Recruiting, Total Rewards, Learning and Development, Culture and Engagement, Client support, Workplace Resources and People Operations.

Previously, Kristen provided interim support and leadership to companies in all areas of people business including, talent acquisition, compensation and strategic business partnering. Prior to that, Kristen was Chief People Officer at Hearsay Systems, a mid-sized startup with offices around the world. She also spent more than five years at Netflix where she supported a variety of teams including a two year assignment scaling the Netflix culture to Amsterdam, their first office outside the U.S..

Kristen lives in San Francisco and is passionate about travel and exploring new places and cultures. She also serves on the board of The Orchard at Altapass, a non-profit focused on preserving the land, history and culture of a small slice of Appalachia on the Blue Ridge parkway.

Kristen Trubey

Yuliana Reyna Jiménez

Ruwan Ranganath Senarathne

Marshall Erwin is Chief Security Officer at Mozilla. He leads the team responsible for protecting Mozilla and its users, responding to cybersecurity attacks and ensuring the company builds secure products. He is responsible for cybersecurity policy - focusing on encryption, government hacking, and vulnerability disclosure - and leads Mozilla’s work on misinformation, malicious content, and reforms to the advertising industry.

Marshall joined Mozilla in 2014 and has held several roles focused on privacy and security. Most recently, he was the Senior Director of Trust & Security, overseeing the implementation of Firefox’s privacy and security features that protect users from threats online. Previously, he served as Mozilla’s Head of Privacy, leading incident responses and crisis communications for security and data breach incidents and overseeing implementation of global privacy regulations.

Marshall began his career at the CIA, where he worked for five years as a counterterrorism and cybersecurity analyst. He also served as the counterterrorism and intelligence adviser on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. Marshall was the intelligence specialist at the Congressional Research Service, focusing upon National Security Agency surveillance leaks and legislative changes to FISA statute. He holds an MPP from Georgetown University and a BS in computer science and a BA in philosophy, both from Stanford University.

Marshall Erwin

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Karim Lakhani

Brian Behlendorf

Helen Turvey

Bob Lisbonne

Nicole Wong

Mitchell Baker co-founded the [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Project to support the open, innovative web and ensure it continues offering opportunities for everyone. As CEO of [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Corporation, Mitchell is focused on accelerating the growth levers for the core Firefox browser product and platform, while investing in innovative solutions to mitigate the biggest challenges facing the internet.

As Chairwoman of [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) for the last two decades, Mitchell Baker has been responsible for organizing and motivating a massive, worldwide, collective of employees and volunteers who are building the internet as a global public resource, open and accessible to all. Mitchell is deeply engaged in developing product offerings that promote the mission of empowering individuals. She also guides the overall scope and direction of [Mozilla](/org/mozilla)’s mission. Mitchell has written the key documents that set out [Mozilla](/org/mozilla)'s enduring mission and commitments -- the [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Public License in 1998, the [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Manifesto in 2007 and the [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Manifesto Addendum -- also known as the Pledge for a Healthy Internet -- in 2018.

Mitchell is a strong advocate for the open internet, open source, and the importance of connecting technology to its impact on individuals and society. She is highly regarded as one of the pioneers of the web and bringing the open internet to consumers. She was instrumental in Netscape’s decision in 1998 to release its source code to the public. This later led to the release of the Firefox browser and the creation of the [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Foundation as a global technology force that spans software product development, educational initiatives, and participatory movements. After co-founding the [Mozilla](/org/mozilla) Project, Mitchell served as its general manager and CEO from 1999 until January 2008, when the organization’s rapid growth encouraged her to split her responsibilities and add a CEO.

Mitchell is a member of the Advisory Boards of the Oxford Internet Institute and the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. She is an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate with the Open Agriculture Initiative, and a Board Member of OpenMRS, Inc., which develops open source medical records systems for use in resource-constrained environments. She co-chaired the U.S. Department of Commerce Digital Economy Board of Advisors from its inception in March 2016 until August 2017, served on the United Nations High Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, and the ICANN High Level Panel on Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Mitchell received her B.A. in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley and her J.D. from Berkeley Law.

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