[okfn-advisory] Welcome new Open Knowledge Advisory Council member

Tue Mar 18 20:54:20 UTC 2014

Hi Carolina

a very warm welcome also from Austrian chapter & from me  - best regards -
Martin


2014-03-18 14:56 GMT+01:00 Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org>:

> All,
>
> Please welcome Carolina Rossini to the Advisory Council, representing Open
> Knowledge Foundation Brazil.
>
> Carolina has more than 13 years of experience in international law,
> transactions and policy, with a specific focus on internet, telecom,
> intellectual property and human rights. In February 2014 she joined Public
> Knowledge <http://www.publicknowledge.org/>, where she is leading their
> international work. Previously Carolina was a Project Director at New
> America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, the International
> Intellectual Property Director at Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF), a
> fellow at the Berkman Center at Harvard University, and has consulted for
> organisations like Wikimedia Foundation, Freedom House, UNESCO, USAID, UNDP
> and more.
>
> Alongside her work as a Global Partners Digital Associate, Carolina is an
> advisory board member of Open Knowledge Foundation<http://www.br.okfn.org/> in
> Brazil and of Saylor Foundation <http://www.saylor.org/> in the USA. She
> is also a strong advocate for open access to research, open data in
> government and science and open educational resources, and has founded and
> lead the Open Educational Resources Project <http://www.rea.net.br/> in
> Brazil with concrete legislative and policy change results already in place
> and grants from the Open Society Foundation.
>
> She is a Brazilian lawyer and before moving to the US about 7 years ago,
> she worked at the Center for Technology and Society at FGV-Rio and as a
> transactions attorney for Telefonica's ISP in Brazil, Terra. She has an
> LL.M. on IP from Boston University (US), an MBA from Instituto de Empresas
> (Spain), an MA in International Economic Negotiations from UNICAMP/UNESP
> (Brazil), and a JD from USP (Brazil).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Laura
>
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