ITEGA - Key Persons


Bill Densmore - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Founder
  • Editor / Writer for the Associated Press
Bill Densmore is founder of the Information Trust Exchange Governing Association. Densmore developed the idea for ITEGA as a Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) fellow.

Brendan Riordan-Butterworth

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Technology Committee
  • Principal Technology Consultant
  • Principal Technology Consultant / Chair, Technology Committee
Brendan Riordan-Butterworth is an ITEGA principal technology consultant. He is an independent expert on advertising technology, identity and security and chairs the ITEGA working group on technology. Until December, 2018, he was Senior Director of Technical Standards at the Interactive Advertising Bureau, which he joined in 2012. He participates in industry working groups and studies at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Christian Hendricks

Christian Hendricks helped found the Local Media Consortium, which he serves as president, and was with the McClatchy Co. for 25 years in senior digital roles.

Don Marti

Job Titles:
  • Advisor, User Consent Committee
  • Technology Consultant and Advisor
Don Marti is an ITEGA technology consultant and advisor. He is VP of ecosystem innovation at CafeMedia. Earlier, he advised Consumer Reports on how "authorized agents" would work under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Until April, 2020, he was an open-source strategist at Mozilla. Don is the former editor of LinuxWorld.

Ethan Zuckerman

Job Titles:
  • Director
Ethan Zuckerman is director, Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure; and professor, Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst. His latest book is "Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them."

Eva Tucker

Job Titles:
  • Communications Consultant
  • Founder of Human Design
Eva Tucker is the founder of Human Design, Marketing and Technology, a company that implements technology tools to connect people in meaningful ways. She previously served as CEO of Centered Media and at Knewsco Digital. Eva is a regional leader of the St. Louis chapter of Lean In. Every week, she prepares ITEGA's Privacy Beat newsletter.

Greg Swanson

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Partner
  • Digital Director of National Media Companies
  • Partner at ITZonTarget
Greg is a digital sales and management expert and opinion leader on media who has raised industry standards for digital marketing, online identity, and privacy. Clients and industry leaders nationwide have sought Greg's deep expertise in online media and his penchant for bringing diverse and innovative ideas to the table. Greg has served as digital director of national media companies including Lee Enterprises and 10/13 Communications as well as founding and leading his own companies. He co-founded The Insiders' Guides, which grew to become one of the largest domestic travel guidebook series in the U.S., and was a founding staff member of the Independent Weekly in Durham, N.C. Greg is a partner at ITZonTarget, Itzwild.com, OneBoat Guides, Destination Commerce Corp., the OBXGuides and Tahoe.com (with Swift Newspapers). He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Jo Ellen Kaiser - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
Jo Ellen Green Kaiser currently runs JGKSF Consulting, where she supports independent media to connect mission to money. She has worked in independent media for over 15 years, most recently serving as executive director of The Media Consortium. Jo Ellen also serves as president of the Foundation for the Alliance of Community Media and on the board of the foundation for the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.

Linda Miller

Linda Miller is a director of Journalism That Matters and former director of journalism and inclusion at American Public Media.

Michelle De Mooy

Job Titles:
  • Expert
  • Lead Policy Advisor Chair, Privacy Committee
Michelle De Mooy is an expert in privacy, data protection and technology policy, with a focus on responsible and ethical uses of personal data and chairs the ITEGA working group on privacy.

Scott Bradner - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer
  • Secretary to the Internet Society
Scott Bradner serves as the secretary to the Internet Society and was formerly a trustee. Until his retirement, he was University Technology Security Officer at Harvard.

Todd Eskelsen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Governance Committee
  • Partner
Todd Eskelsen is partner at the Eskelsen Law Group LLC. He served as legal strategist for Bluetooth Sig. Todd received his JD from Georgetown Law.