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

<h2>Martin Michlmayr - Treasurer</h2>

<p>Martin Michlmayr has been involved in various free and open source

software projects for over 20 years.  He acted as the leader of the

Debian project for two years, served on the board of the Open Source

Initiative (OSI) for six years and currently serves on the board of

Software Freedom Conservancy.  Martin earned a PhD from the University

of Cambridge and he received an O'Reilly Open Source Award in 2013 for

his contributions to the open source community.</p>

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<p>Karen M. Sandler is Executive Director of Conservancy.  She was previously

  the Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation.  In partnership with the

  GNOME Foundation, Karen co-organizes the award winning Outreach Program for

  Women.  Prior to taking up this position, Karen was General Counsel of the

  Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).  She continues to do pro bono legal work

  with SFLC, the GNOME Foundation and QuestionCopyright.Org.  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