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<h1>Officers</h1>

<p>The <a href="/about/board/">Board of Directors</a> of the Conservancy

elects its officers.  The current officers are:</p>

<h2>Bradley M. Kuhn - President and Board Chairperson</h2>

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

Loyola College in Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the

<h2>Mark Galassi - Vice-President</h2>

<p>Mark Galassi has been involved in the GNU project since 1984.  He

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>

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<h1>Staff</h1>

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

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<p>Karen M. Sandler, currently Executive Director of Conservancy, was previously the Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation

  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

Loyola College in Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the

<h2>Tony Sebro - General Counsel</h2>

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<p>Tony Sebro is a seasoned technology attorney with a broad base of

business and legal experience relating to technology, strategy, and

business development.  Before joining Conservancy, Tony was most recently

a Partner with the PCT Companies, a family of professional service firms.

Prior to that, he was Program Director, Technology & Intellectual

Property at IBM's Armonk, New York world headquarters, where he was

responsible for developing and executing licensing strategies in

partnership with IBM's Software Group.  In that role, Tony led

negotiations and structured deals with market leaders in the web

technology, e-commerce, retail, enterprise software, and financial

services sectors.  Tony also led various internal strategic initiatives,

including an effort to provide business leaders of key emerging market

opportunities with coordinated intellectual property development and

monetization strategies, as well as the revamping and supervision of IBM's

corporate-wide process for determining the value and availability of

patents for sale.  Prior to his tenure at IBM, Mr. Sebro practiced law in

the New York office of Kenyon & Kenyon, LLP, handling litigation and

licensing matters for clients in the medical, pharmaceutical and

mechanical technology areas.  Tony received his J.D. and his M.B.A. from

the University of Michigan.  He received his B.S. from the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology. Tony is a member of the New York bar and