The Ada Initiative Announces Advisory Board

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
    * Nóirín 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.

Contact details:

Email: press@adainitiative.org
Phone: +1 (415) 779-5914
Website: http://adainitiative.org