The Ada Initiative Announces Advisory Board

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The Ada Initiative, a non-profit promoting women in
open technology and culture, announced the members of its advisory
board today.

The Ada Initiative Announces Advisory Board

Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Ada Initiative, a non-profit promoting women in open
technology and culture, announced the members of its advisory board
today. Members include world-class leaders from Wikipedia, open
source software, and remix/fan culture. “Free culture and open
technologies are reshaping our world, and we need women to be part
of that process. Advising the Ada Initiative is one way I support
this goal,” said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia
Foundation. The advisory board will work closely with the Ada
Initiative founders in planning and executing their projects.

The Ada Initiative’s advisors include:

• Donna Benjamin, community organizer and director of Creative
  Contingencies
• Alice Boxhall, Google software engineer and Australian women in
  technology activist
• Rachel Chalmers, research director of infrastructure with The
  451 Group
• Francesca Coppa, co-founder of the Organization For
  Transformative Works
• Selena Deckelmann, database consultant and analyst for Emma and
  open source community leader
• Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia
  Foundation
• Leigh Honeywell, HackLab.TO co-founder and president, and
  Ubuntu Women co-leader
• Danielle Madeley, Telepathy developer and GNOME Outreach
  Programme for Women mentor
• Denise Paolucci, co-owner of Dreamwidth Studios
• Kirrily Robert, founder of the Geek Feminism blog and wiki,
  experienced open source software developer, prolific writer and
  public speaker
• Noirin Shirley, Executive Vice President at the Apache Software
  Foundation and board member of the Open Cloud Initiative
• Matt Zimmerman, Chief Technology Officer and chair of Technical
  Board for Ubuntu

Complete biographies for our advisors are available at:

http://adainitiative.org/advisors

About the Ada Initiative

The Ada Initiative is a non-profit organization dedicated to
increasing participation of women in open technology and culture,
founded by long-time women in open technology activists and
programmers Valerie Aurora and Mary Gardiner. The Ada Initiative is
named for Countess Ada Lovelace, widely recognized as the world’s
first computer programmer. The Ada Initiative partners with
organizations and communities to increase the participation of
women in ways that shape the technology, such as software design
and development, writing for Wikipedia, and community
leadership.

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