FFDWEB - Key Persons
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- Founder, Internet Archive
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- General Manager, Open Source Security Foundation
Brian Behlendorf has been an advocate for open technologies and the role they can play in a more advanced and just society for nearly 30 years. He is general manager of the Open Source Security Foundation. Previously, he was executive director for Hyperledger, an initiative hosted at the Linux Foundation, and actively advising and growing other LF initiatives around supply chain traceability, public health, identity, and more. He serves on the boards of director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (since 2013) and the Mozilla Foundation (since 2003), defending the fight for the open web and a human rights centered Internet.
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- General Counsel, Anchorage
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- Founder of ConsenSys, Cofounder of Ethereum
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- Executive Director of the Blockchain Association
- Executive Director, Blockchain Association
Kristin is the Executive Director of the Blockchain Association, the Washington DC-based trade association representing the most prominent and reputable organizations in the crypto industry. The mission of the Blockchain Association is to improve the public policy environment so that blockchain networks can thrive in the United States. Kristin sets the association's public policy strategy and leads engagement with industry and outreach to policymakers.
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- General Counsel and Head of Policy at Protocol Labs
- General Counsel, Protocol Labs
Marta Belcher is the General Counsel and Head of Policy at Protocol Labs and the Board Chair of the Filecoin Foundation and the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. She also serves as special counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Marta is a pioneer in cryptocurrency law and has spoken on the topic around the world, including in U.S. Congress, European Parliament, the New York Senate, the OECD, and in Davos during the World Economic Forum. Marta has drafted amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. appellate courts for high-profile public interest organizations, including EFF, the Center for Democracy & Technology, Public Knowledge, the Cato Institute, the National Consumers' League, Project Gutenberg, and the Blockchain Association. Marta has been recognized twice by the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer awards, was named to Law360's list of Top Attorneys Under 40, and was #18 on CryptoWeekly's list of Most Influential Women in Crypto.
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- Board President, Freedom of the Press Foundation
Rainey Reitman's advocacy has focused on defending the rights of whistleblowers, protecting press freedom, fighting mass government surveillance, and documenting how financial exclusion has been used to silence speakers. She is a co-founder and the President of the Board of Directors of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a nonprofit defending the rights of journalists. She worked for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for 11 years, first as their Activism Director and then as their Chief Program Officer, and she currently serves as an advisor to EFF. Rainey also co-founded and served for six years as a steering committee member of the Chelsea Manning Support Network. She currently runs a consulting service for mission-driven organizations called Groundwork Strategy
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- CEO, Global Blockchain Business Council
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- Chief Executive Officer, Crypto Council for Innovation
- Head of Blockchain and Data Policy, World Economic Forum
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- Director of Partnerships, Internet Archive