Public Knowledge announced today the
election of three new members go the organization’s board: Maura Colleton
Corbett, Andrew McLaughlin and Kevin Werbach.
Maura Colleton Corbett is the president and founder
of the Glen Echo Group. She brings
20 years of communications, public affairs and coalition building experience to
the Glen Echo Group, which provides senior-level strategic counsel to clients
faced with complicated issues affecting the high-technology industry including
Internet policy, wireless technologies, broadband competition, deployment and
applications, and content-related policy issues including privacy, security and
copyright. Corbett received the 2010
Women in Technology Leadership Award, for her demonstration of exemplary
leadership skills and exceptional results in community-related work.
Andrew McLaughlin, who recently
began a new assignment as a vice president of Tumblr. He is the former executive director of Civic
Commons, a new
non-profit that help cities and other governments share and implement low- cost
technologies to improve public services, management, accountability,
transparency, and citizen engagement. From 2009-2011, McLaughlin served on
President Obama’s White House staff as Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the
United States and was a member of the a member of the Technology, Innovation
and Government Reform cluster of the Obama/Biden Transition Team. From 2004-2009, he was Director of Global
Public Policy at Google.
Kevin Werbach is Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, at
the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His research addresses
strategic and public policy issues at the intersection of law, business, and
technology. He is the also the founder of Supernova Group, a technology
analysis and consulting firm. He organizes the annual Supernova conference. Werbach served on the Obama Administration’s
Presidential Transition Team, and was employed as an expert advisor on
broadband policy to the FCC and National Telecommunications and Information
Administration.
Gigi B. Sohn,
president and CEO of Public Knowledge, said:
“I am delighted that such distinguished and talented individuals are joining
our Board. They will bring a wealth of
experience, knowledge and wisdom to Public Knowledge.”