Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the editor of Pluralistic and the author of young adult novels like LITTLE BROTHER and HOMELAND and novels for adults like ATTACK SURFACE and WALKAWAY, as well as nonfiction books like HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles.

Kodi was EFF's resident Newfoundland from 2005 (when he was 2 years old) until July 2012.  He fought valiantly to protect the right for dogs and humans to bark anonymously online and shed and drool with impunity.

Matt Zimmerman was a Senior Staff Attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, focusing on civil liberties, free speech, and privacy law. He is particularly interested in how anonymity, free expression, and online activism are affected by Internet intermediaries. His practice further includes ongoing work in intellectual property law as well as government transparency issues.

Lee Tien is Legislative Director and the Adams Chair for Internet Rights at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

David Sobel is Senior Counsel, based in Washington, DC.  David has handled numerous cases seeking the disclosure of government documents on privacy policy, including electronic surveillance, encryption controls and airline passenger screening initiatives.  He was co-editor of the 2002 and 2004 editions of “Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws.”  David is a recipient of EFF's Pioneer Award (2003) and the American Library Association's James Madison Award (2004), and has been inducted into the First Amendment Center's National FOIA Hall of Fame (2006).

Kurt is an attorney with Ridder, Costa, and Johnstone, a boutique technology law firm. Kurt has worked for close to 30 years on technology law and policy, representing startups since the early days of the first dot-com boom. He helped shape the law on fair use, free expression, and online privacy and to establish and defend code as speech.

Corynne McSherry is the Legal Director at EFF, specializing in intellectual property, open access, and free speech issues. Her favorite cases involve defending online fair use, political expression, and the public domain.

Rebecca Jeschke is EFF's Chief Operating Officer, helping to ensure that EFF can do its best work to fight for digital rights now and into the future. Rebecca started with EFF back in 2005 as EFF's Media Relations Coordinator and later became the Media Relations Director and a Digital Rights Analyst, fielding press requests on a broad range of issues including privacy, free speech, and intellectual property matters.