Tony Sebro to Join Conservancy Board of Directors & Outreachy Leadership

Fri Jan 12 21:43:04 UTC 2018

URL: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2018/jan/12/sebro-joins-board/

Tony Sebro, who was Conservancy’s second full-time employee, is moving
on to become Deputy General Counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation, the
home of Wikipedia. We say goodbye to Tony as a Conservancy employee
today, but more importantly we welcome him to a number of new volunteer
roles at our organization.

Specifically, Conservancy’s Board of Directors has invited Tony to serve
as an at-large Director. Tony has also joined the Project Leadership
committee of Conservancy’s Outreachy project (our internship program for
free and open source software contribution for underrepresented groups).
We are thrilled that Tony will continue to contribute his expertise to
our organization, and to formalize his participation with our key
internship program.

Mark Galassi, Chairman of Conservancy’s board, stated: “We are delighted
to have Tony Sebro join our board of directors. Tony has worked with
Conservancy since 2011 and immediately jumped in to the work of helping
free/open-source software projects and advising Conservancy on legal
matters. He has always given the board clear and careful options and
advice on various matters, and having him on the board we will be able
to continue to rely on his experience and judgment.”

Tony added: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working alongside the amazing
thought leaders and doers on Conservancy’s staff for the past six years.
Conservancy has a unique and vital voice on a wide range of issues
surrounding society’s relationship with technology, and has the
potential to do even more in the years to come. I look forward to
staying connected as a board member, and as a member of Outreachy’s
organizing committee.”

Conservancy’s legal needs have long been met by both paid and pro bono
counsel, which include some of the most prominent lawyers in free and
open source software. Pam Chestek, long-time outside counsel to
Conservancy, will immediately step up her involvement. That work will
continue to be supplemented by our strong group of pro bono counsel.