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- As Chairwoman of Mozilla for the last two decades, Mitchell Baker has been responsible for organizing and motivating a massive, worldwide, collective of employees and volunteers who are building the internet as a global public resource, open and accessible to all. Mitchell is deeply engaged in developing product offerings that promote the mission of empowering individuals. She also guides the overall scope and direction of Mozilla’s mission. Mitchell has written the key documents that set out Mozilla's enduring mission and commitments -- the Mozilla Public License in 1998, the Mozilla Manifesto in 2007 and the Mozilla Manifesto Addendum -- also known as the Pledge for a Healthy Internet -- in 2018. -

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- Mitchell is a strong advocate for the open internet, open source, and the importance of connecting technology to its impact on individuals and society. She is highly regarded as one of the pioneers of the web and bringing the open internet to consumers. She was instrumental in Netscape’s decision in 1998 to release its source code to the public. This later led to the release of the Firefox browser and the creation of the Mozilla Foundation as a global technology force that spans software product development, educational initiatives, and participatory movements. After co-founding the Mozilla Project, Mitchell served as its general manager and CEO from 1999 until January 2008, when the organization’s rapid growth encouraged her to split her responsibilities and add a CEO. -

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Marshall Erwin is Chief Security Officer at Mozilla. He leads the team responsible for protecting Mozilla and its users, responding to cybersecurity attacks and ensuring the company builds secure products. He is responsible for cybersecurity policy - focusing on encryption, government hacking, and vulnerability disclosure - and leads Mozilla’s work on misinformation, malicious content, and reforms to the advertising industry.

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Marshall joined Mozilla in 2014 and has held several roles focused on privacy and security. Most recently, he was the Senior Director of Trust & Security, overseeing the implementation of Firefox’s privacy and security features that protect users from threats online. Previously, he served as Mozilla’s Head of Privacy, leading incident responses and crisis communications for security and data breach incidents and overseeing implementation of global privacy regulations.

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Marshall began his career at the CIA, where he worked for five years as a counterterrorism and cybersecurity analyst. He also served as the counterterrorism and intelligence adviser on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. Marshall was the intelligence specialist at the Congressional Research Service, focusing upon National Security Agency surveillance leaks and legislative changes to FISA statute. He holds an MPP from Georgetown University and a BS in computer science and a BA in philosophy, both from Stanford University.

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As Mozilla’s Vice President of Legal, Commercial, Corporate and Employment, Jeff leads the legal team responsible for all commercial, corporate and employment legal matters for Mozilla worldwide. Jeff is also Secretary of Mozilla Corporation serving the Company and Board, and is a legal representative or director for Mozilla’s subsidiaries and branches worldwide.

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In addition to handling corporate governance, compliance, immigration and employment for Mozilla and Mozilla’s 10+ international subsidiaries and branches located across the world, Jeff and his team support, advise and help empower Mozilla by providing advice and support for all commercial aspects including major search deals, partnerships, procurement, investments and M&A activities.

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Jeff has over 25 years of experience as counsel having worked at the Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West, served as General Counsel for Apple’s software arm Claris and run his own firm representing notable companies such as Netscape and Google. Jeff also worked as Vice President of Business Development for ArrayComm, a startup in the wireless space. Early in his career Jeff was a software programmer and product manager and helped develop one of the first X-ray film tracking systems for hospitals. Just prior to joining Mozilla eight years ago, Jeff had founded and bootstrapped When4, a mobile solution for scheduling that was geared towards individual service providers.

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As Vice President of Marketing, Europe, Robin is leading the marketing strategy and go-to-market activations for the European region for Mozilla’s brand and products. He joined Mozilla in 2019 with the mission to grow Mozilla’s consumer impact in Germany, France and the UK.

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Prior to Mozilla, Robin has led strategic marketing initiatives at international corporations and agencies such as Viacom, Coca-Cola, ASICS, VCCP and Razorfish. He has worked across businesses and marketing disciplines, both globally and in European markets, focusing on integrated marketing communications, digital transformation, brand, business and creative strategy. His people-oriented leadership is a driving force for building Mozilla’s operations in the region, unlocking the opportunity of “what can be”.

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Prior to Mozilla, she led marketing strategy and operations at Twitch, where she was responsible for optimizing process to support product development and go-to-market strategy, as well as driving annual planning and culture building for the marketing organization.

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Laura Chambers is CEO of Willow Innovations, the creator of the world’s first quiet, all-in-one, in-bra wearable breast pump. As a mom to three, she is especially passionate about Willow’s mission to bring joy to motherhood. Laura joined Willow from Airbnb, where she led the Core Hosts business, focusing on helping Airbnb guests find high-quality unique homes, and helping hosts have wonderful experiences with their guests. Prior to Airbnb, Laura worked at eBay Inc in various leadership roles at eBay, PayPal and Skype, and at McKinsey & Co in Australia. She holds a MBA from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree from University of Melbourne. Laura and her family reside in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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