Denelle Dixon

CEO and Executive Director at Stellar Development Foundation

Denelle Dixon is the current CEO and Executive Director at Stellar Development Foundation. Prior to this, they worked at Mozilla, Terra Firma, and Yahoo!. Dixon began their career as a Partner at Folger Levin & Kahn LLP in 1998. In their time there, they worked closely with the business on product review and product strategy for front page, messenger, mail, and media. Additionally, they managed a team of lawyers working with properties, copyright strategy and policy, licensing agreements, outside copyright litigation, and human rights litigation. In 2007, Dixon left Folger Levin & Kahn to join Yahoo! as their Senior Legal Director. Denelle continued their work in product review and product strategy for front page, messenger, mail, and media. In 2010, Dixon left Yahoo! to join Terra Firma as their Director of US legal strategy. There they worked closely with the business on product review and product strategy for front page, messenger, mail, and media. Additionally, they managed a team of lawyers working with properties, copyright strategy and policy, licensing agreements, outside copyright litigation, and human rights litigation. Dixon left Terra Firma in 2012 to join Mozilla as their CEO and Executive Director.

Denelle Dixon has a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a BA in Political Science from University of California, Davis.

Jason Chlipala - COO, Candace Kelly - General Counsel, and Jordan Edelstein - CMO report to Denelle Dixon.

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  • CEO and Executive Director

    Current role