Heather Patterson is a 2L at Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall) and a 2010 boalt.org summer public interest fellow. A cognitive neuroscientist by training, she’s particularly interested in how information is acquired, represented, and transmitted – neurally, cognitively, and socially. Nowadays, she likes thinking about the relationship between privacy and free speech, copyright and fair use, and about how to maintain our traditional civil liberties in the face of rapid advancements in science and technology.

"I am fascinated with the ways that gender and sexuality inform a social human existence. I want to end hierarchies and structural oppression that are partly a result of restrictive gender roles. In particular, I am interested in the role that technology and sexuality play in creating gendered identities and the way that it harms and/or helps create more fluid expressions. As new technology becomes more and more intertwined in peoples lives, the more it becomes apparent that privacy, free speech and equal access to this technology needs to be fought for."

Jonathan Mayer is a computer science Ph.D. student and 2L at Stanford University. He graduated from Princeton University in 2009 with a concentration in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Jonathan's area of study encompasses the intersections of policy, law, and computer science - with particular emphasis on national security and international relations. A proud Chicago native, he is undaunted by freezing weather and enjoys celery salt on a hot dog.

Mohit Gupta recently graduated from Berkeley's School of Information. His thesis, the Meaningful Location Project is a location-based service that attempts to respect users' privacy and personal understandings of place. Earlier he worked with Microsoft Research, India on map based storytelling, web-based collaboration and geolocation technologies.

Tim Wayne first got his hands on the web in 1995 and fell in love. Since then, he has created websites for a variety of clients, from defense contractors to underwear companies to countless political campaigns. Most recently he worked in the cloud hosting space and made a neat video to help sort out the confusion over the term. Tim enjoys blogging about political activism, aquascaping, MMOs, baking desserts, high tea and living in San Francisco.

Michael Barclay specializes in the fields of patent, copyright, trade secret, and trademark litigation and client counseling, with a particular focus on electronics-related areas. He formerly was a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, California. Among other cases, Michael worked on the successful First Circuit and Supreme Court appeals in Lotus v. Borland.

Aaron directs grassroots outreach for EFF's Development Team. He started in nonprofit development by managing membership at the New England Aquarium in Boston, and in donor operations at the Perkins School for the Blind. Upon returning to wonderful California, Aaron had the privilege of growing EFF's membership program for over eight years before becoming the team director.

Eva Galperin is EFF's Director of Cybersecurity. Prior to 2007, when she came to work for EFF, Eva worked in security and IT in Silicon Valley and earned degrees in Political Science and International Relations from SFSU. Her work is primarily focused on providing privacy and security for vulnerable populations around the world.

Richard Wiebe is a San Francisco lawyer with his own law practice, handling civil appeals as well as trial court litigation on a broad array of topics.

Update: We lost our dear friend Jim Tyre in March 2020. Please see our tribute to Jim here.