
Veteran digital rights advocate, nonprofit executive, public speaker, writer, seasoned journalist.
Veteran leader and thinker in digital rights and human rights with broad experience: • Launching, building, and leading effective programs and organizations; • Delivering unique insights to high-level global audiences; • Designing high-impact, innovative research for practical application; • Building advocacy coalitions across multiple sectors and regions; • Delivering impact for concrete, measurable change. Career: • Non-profit executive. • Innovative social entrepreneur in media, technology, and human rights. • Award-winning author. See Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom (Basic Books, 2012). • Veteran international journalist – Former CNN Bureau Chief and correspondent in Beijing and Tokyo.
wikimediafoundation.org
globalvoices.org
universityofcalifornia.edu
cpj.org
chief.com
creativecommons.org
cnn.com
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Special Advisor, Global Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
• www.linkedin.com/company/wikimedia-foundation
Jul 2025 - Present
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Vice President, Global Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
• www.linkedin.com/company/wikimedia-foundation
Sep 2021 - Jun 2025
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Life Member
Council on Foreign Relations
• www.linkedin.com/company/council-on-foreign-relations
Jun 2022 - Present
Member
Chief
• www.linkedin.com/company/joinchief
Jan 2022 - Present
Author
Consent of the Networked: The World Wide Struggle for Internet Freedom
Feb 2012 - Present
Co-Founder and member, Board of Directors
Global Voices Online
• www.linkedin.com/company/globalvoices
Dec 2004 - Present
Visiting Affiliate
University of Pennsylvania
Sep 2012 - May 2014
Center for Global Communications Studies Annenberg School of Communication
Adjunct Lecturer
University of Pennsylvania
Aug 2013 - Jan 2014
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Board of Directors
Global Network Initiative
Nov 2009 - Feb 2014
Open Society Fellow
Open Society Institute
Feb 2009 - Jan 2010
Assistant Professor
Journalism & Media Studies Ctr, University of Hong Kong
Jan 2007 - Dec 2009
Member, Board of Directors
Tor
Dec 2006 - Jan 2008
Research Fellow
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Jul 2004 - Dec 2006
Media Fellow
Shorenstein Ctr. on the Press, Politics & Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Jan 2004 - Jun 2004
princeton.edu
cfr.org
newamerica.org