currently works as a researcher in the International, Space, and Response

division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he has worked on the

HETE-2 satellite, ISIS/Genie, the Raptor telescope, the Swift satellite,

and the muon tomography project.  In 1997, Mark took a couple of years off

from Los Alamos (where he was previously in the ISR division and the

Theoretical Astrophysics group) to work for Cygnus (now a part of Red Hat)

writing software and books for eCos, although he continued working on the

HETE-2 satellite (an astrophysical Gamma Ray Burst mission) part

time. Mark earned his BA in Physics at Reed College and a PhD from the

Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook. </p>

<h2>Peter Brown -  Treasurer</h2>

<p>Peter Brown has worked in non-profit management and finance for more

   than twenty years. He served as the Executive Director of the Free

   Software Foundation from 2005 until 2011, and previously as its

   Financial Controller and GPL Compliance Lab Manager. Peter has also

   been a Director of New Internationalist Publications Cooperative, and

   worked in London for BBC Network Radio.</p>

<h2>Karen Sandler - Secretary</h2>

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  from June 2011 through March 2014.  Prior to taking up this position was

  General Counsel of the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). Karen continues

  to do pro bono legal work with SFLC, and Question Copyright and serves as

  an officer of both the Conservancy and SFLC.  Before joining SFLC, Karen

  worked as an associate in the corporate departments of Gibson, Dunn &

  Crutcher LLP in New York and Clifford Chance in New York and London. Karen

  received her law degree from Columbia Law School in 2000, where she was a

  James Kent Scholar and co-founder of the Columbia Science and Technology

  Law Review. Karen received her bachelor’s degree in engineering from The

  Cooper Union. She is a recipient of an O'Reilly Open Source Award and also

  co-host of the <a href="http://faif.us">&ldquo;Free as in Freedom&rdquo;

  podcast</a>.</p>

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<h1>Staff</h1>

<h2>Karen Sandler - Executive Director</h2>

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  from June 2011 through March 2014.  Prior to taking up this position was

  General Counsel of the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). Karen continues

  to do pro bono legal work with SFLC, and Question Copyright and serves as an officer of

  both the Conservancy and SFLC.  Before joining SFLC, Karen worked as an

  associate in the corporate departments of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in

  New York and Clifford Chance in New York and London. Karen received her law

  degree from Columbia Law School in 2000, where she was a James Kent Scholar

  and co-founder of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. Karen

  received her bachelor’s degree in engineering from The Cooper Union. She is

  a recipient of an O'Reilly Open Source Award and also co-host of

  the <a href="http://faif.us">&ldquo;Free as in Freedom&rdquo;

  podcast</a>.</p>

<h2>Bradley M. Kuhn - President and Distinguished Technologist</h2>

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<p>Bradley M. Kuhn began his work in the Free Software Movement as a

volunteer when, in 1992, he became an early adopter of the popular

GNU/Linux operating system, and began contributing to various Free

Software projects.  He worked during the 1990s as a system administrator

and software development consultant for Westinghouse, Lucent Technologies,

and numerous small companies.  He also spent one year teaching Advanced

Placement Computer Science (using GNU/Linux and GCC) at Walnut Hills High

School in Cincinnati.  In January 2000, he was hired by the Free Software

Foundation (FSF), and he served as its Executive Director from March 2001