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7)     <a href="<page index>">Home &raquo; </a>

8)     <a href="<page about/overview>">About &raquo; </a>

9)     <a href="<page about/corepeople>">Tor People</a>

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12)     <p>The Tor Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in

13)     the United States. The official address of the organization is:

14)     </p>

15) 
16)     <address>

17)     The Tor Project<br>

18)     7 Temple Street, Suite A<br>
19)     Cambridge, MA 02139-2403 USA<br><br>

20)     </address>
21) 

22)     <p>The organization consists of many volunteers and a few employees.

23)     Please don't contact us individually about Tor topics — if you
24)     have a problem or question, please look through the <a href="<page

25)     about/contact>">contact page</a> for appropriate addresses.</p>

26) 

27) <h1>Core Tor People</h1>

28) <dl>

29) 	  <dt>Shari Steele, Executive Director</dt>
30)           <dd>Shari comes to the Tor Project with more than 22 years
31)           of experience fighting for Internet freedom at the
32)           <a href="https://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier
33)           Foundation</a> (EFF), a nonprofit civil liberties
34)           organization working for digital rights.  Shari started out
35)           as a staff attorney at EFF and worked her way up to the
36) 	  executive director job. She currently serves on EFF's board.
37) 	  </dd>
38) 

39)           <dt>Sherief Alaa, Support</dt>
40)           <dd>Arabic translator, worked on videos and documentation and helps
41)           respond to users who contacted the support desk.</dd>

42)           <dt>Jacob Appelbaum, Advocate, Security Researcher, and
43)           Developer</dt>
44)           <dd>Speaks at conferences and gives

45)           trainings all over the world to get people excited about Tor,
46)           explain how Tor is used in real world situations, and generally

47)           explain why anonymity online matters to you. Original developer

48)           of ttdnsd, <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor
49)           check</a>, <a href="https://exitlist.torproject.org/">Tor
50)           DNSEL</a>, and <a href="https://weather.torproject.org">Tor

51)           weather</a> site. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
52) 

53)           <dt>Isabela Bagueros, Project Manager</dt>
54)           <dd>Coordinates Tor's development teams and helps them define
55)           their road maps, keeps track of priorities, and ensures that
56)           Tor is always thinking “user first” while building things.</dd>
57) 

58)           <dt>Moritz Bartl, Advocate</dt>
59)           <dd>Manages <a href="https://torservers.net">Zwiebelfreunde</a>
60)           (a German non-profit to run exit relays), and coordinates
61)           the many similar non-profits that are springing up in other
62)           countries. Speaks and organizes in support of Tor and freedoms
63)           in Europe and world-wide.</dd>
64) 

65)           <dt>Katherine Bergeron, Executive Administrator</dt>
66)           <dd>Katherine is streamlining our operations, including
67)           fundraising, merchandise management, travel, and other
68)           projects.</dd>

69) 
70)           <dt>Griffin Boyce, Developer</dt>
71)           <dd>Works on <a href="http://cupcakebridge.com/">Cupcake</a>,
72)           a set of browser extensions to let people volunteer to become
73)           a <a href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">Flash
74)           Proxy</a> for censored users.</dd>
75) 
76)           <dt>Kathleen Brade, Developer</dt>
77)           <dd>Part of the Tor Browser team &mdash; develops

78)           and maintains Tor Launcher and Torbutton.</dd>

79) 
80)           <dt>Arlo Breault, Developer</dt>
81)           <dd>Rewrote <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor
82)           Check</a> so now it can handle all our users, and helps with
83)           Flash Proxy and other pluggable transport work. Also working
84)           on the Tor Instant Messaging Bundle.</dd>
85) 
86)           <dt>Colin Childs, Translation Coordinator and Support</dt>
87)           <dd>Helps wrangle <a
88)           href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/torproject/">Transifex</a>
89)           for us, and also helps answer all the users who contact the
90)           support desk.</dd>
91) 

92)           <dt>Erinn Clark, Packaging and Build Automation</dt>

93)           <dd>Erinn is tackling the growing needs for easy to install
94)           and configure packages on a variety of operating systems.
95)           Also working on automating the build system and producing
96)           nightly builds for all operating systems we support. Erinn is
97)           also doing some advocacy by talking to audiences at FSCONS,
98)           CodeBits.eu, and various European universites.</dd>

99) 

100)           <dt>Roger Dingledine, Project Leader, Director, Researcher, Interim Executive Director</dt>

101)           <dd>Original developer of Tor along with Nick Mathewson and Paul
102)           Syverson. Leading researcher in the anonymous communications

103)           field. Frequent speaker at conferences to advocate Tor and

104)           explain what Tor is and can do. Helps coordinate academic

105)           researchers. Runs one of the directory authorities. Roger is serving as the Interim Executive Director while Tor searches for a new one to step in.</dd>

106) 
107)           <dt>Kevin Dyer, Developer, Researcher</dt>
108)           <dd>Main developer of <a
109)           href="https://fteproxy.org/">fteproxy</a>, and part of the
110)           pluggable transports team. Grad student at Portland State.</dd>
111) 

112)           <dt>Nima Fatemi, Support, Advocate</dt>
113)           <dd>Farsi team; helps answer all the users who contact
114)           the support desk, does training and outreach and works on usability.</dd>
115) 

116)           <dt>David Fifield, Developer, Researcher</dt>

117)           <dd>Developer and co-inventor of <a

118)           href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">Flash Proxy</a>,
119)           and part of the pluggable transports team. Grad student at
120)           Berkeley.</dd>
121) 

122)           <dt>Arturo Filastò, Developer</dt>

123)           <dd>Project leader for <a
124)           href="https://ooni.torproject.org/">OONI</a>, has helped
125)           with <a href="http://tor2web.org/">tor2web</a>, wrote <a
126)           href="https://atlas.torproject.org/">Atlas</a>, and generally
127)           helps to evaluate and improve security.</dd>
128) 
129)           <dt>Matt Finkel, Developer</dt>
130)           <dd>Helps maintain and develop <a
131)           href="https://bridges.torproject.org/">BridgeDB</a>, has helped
132)           with OONI, and generally helps on many projects.</dd>
133) 

134)           <dt>Nathan Freitas, Mobile phone hacker</dt>

135)           <dd>The driving force behind <a
136)           href="https://guardianproject.info">The Guardian
137)           Project</a> and Tor on the Android platform in the form of
138)           <a href="<page docs/android>">Orbot</a>. He also works on <a
139)           href="https://guardianproject.info/apps/orlib/">OrLib</a>:
140)           an Android library for Tor, and <a
141)           href="https://guardianproject.info/apps/orweb/">Orweb: A
142)           privacy-enhanced mobile browser</a>.</dd>

143) 

144)           <dt>Christian Fromme, Developer</dt>

145)           <dd>Helped with many Python projects, such as the
146)           get-tor email auto-responder, check.torproject.org, bridge db,
147)           tor weather, tor controller, tor flow, etc.</dd>
148) 

149)           <dt>Aaron Gibson, Developer</dt>

150)           <dd>Develops OONI, and has helped with Torflow and other Tor
151)           services.</dd>
152) 

153)           <dt>Melissa Gilroy, CFO and Internal Audit</dt>
154)           <dd>Melissa is in charge of Tor's finances, audit compliance, and keeping
155)           Tor's financial operations moving along.</dd>
156) 

157)           <dt>Dr. Ian Goldberg, Director, Researcher</dt>

158)           <dd>Cryptographer, privacy expert,
159)           and professor; one of the designers of <a
160)           href="http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/">Off-the-Record
161)           Messaging</a>.</dd>

162) 
163)           <dt>David Goulet, Developer</dt>
164)           <dd>Lead developer of Torsocks 2.0.</dd>
165) 

166)           <dt>Sathyanarayanan Gunasekaran, Developer</dt>

167)           <dd>Worked on Orbot in Google
168)           Summer of Code 2011. Currently develops <a

169)           href="https://compass.torproject.org/">Compass</a>,
170)           and is a grad student at Georgia Tech.</dd>

171) 
172)           <dt>Sebastian Hahn, Developer, Advocate</dt>

173)           <dd>Improves build and testing automation for TBB. Develops
174)           Tor itself. Helps people around the world use and understand

175)           Tor better. Generally helps everything run smoothly. Runs one
176)           of the directory authorities.</dd>
177) 

178)           <dt>Harmony, Support, Advocate</dt>
179)           <dd>Writes for <a href="<wiki>TorWeeklyNews/">Tor Weekly
180)           News</a>, the help desk, and the browser manual.</dd>
181) 

182)           <dt>Dr. Nick Hopper, Researcher</dt>
183)           <dd>Cryptographer, privacy expert, and professor.</dd>
184) 

185)           <dt>intrigeri, Developer</dt>

186)           <dd>Our main interface with the <a
187)           href="https://tails.boum.org/">Tails</a> project.</dd>
188) 
189)           <dt>Isis, Developer</dt>
190)           <dd>Lead maintainer and developer on <a
191)           href="https://bridges.torproject.org/">BridgeDB</a>. Used to
192)           work on OONI.</dd>
193) 
194)           <dt>Dr. Rob Jansen, Researcher</dt>
195)           <dd>Lead developer for <a
196)           href="https://shadow.cs.umn.edu/">Shadow</a>,

197)           a full Tor network simulator that he's using to help us understand
198)           and improve Tor network performance.</dd>

199) 
200)           <dt>Dr. Aaron Johnson, Researcher</dt>
201)           <dd>Works on understanding diversity and trust
202)           in Tor network locations. See for example the <a
203)           href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#ccs2013-usersrouted">CCS
204)           2013</a> paper.</dd>
205) 

206)           <dt>Damian Johnson, Developer</dt>

207)           <dd>Author of <a href="https://www.atagar.com/arm/">arm</a>,
208)           a command-line application that provides
209)           real-time status information for Tor relays, and <a
210)           href="https://stem.torproject.org/">Stem</a>, a controller

211)           library for interacting with Tor.</dd>

212) 

213)           <dt>asn, Developer</dt>

214)           <dd>Developer of Obfsproxy, the Tor side of pluggable
215)           transports, and researcher on bridge scanning resistance. Part
216)           of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
217) 
218)           <dt>Georg Koppen, Developer</dt>

219)           <dd>Works on Tor Browser, Torbutton, and our build

220)           automation.</dd>
221) 

222)           <dt>Kate Krauss, Director of Communications and Public Policy</dt>
223)           <dd>Plans Tor's communications strategy and evaluates Tor's
224)           possible role in pubic discussions about Tor-related issues.</dd>
225) 

226)           <dt>Pepijn Le Heux, Advocate</dt>
227)           <dd>Tireless advocate and Tor enthusiast in the Netherlands.</dd>
228) 
229)           <dt>Andreas Lehner, Advocate</dt>
230)           <dd>Operates a directory authority in Germany with the CCC,
231)           and does talks and discussions in support of privacy around
232)           Europe.</dd>
233) 
234)           <dt>Bruce Leidl</dt>
235)           <dd>Lead developer of

236)           <a href="http://www.subgraph.com/orchid.html">Orchid</a>,
237)           a Tor client in Java.</dd>

238) 

239)           <dt>Dr. Karsten Loesing, Metrics Researcher and Developer</dt>

240)           <dd>Primary researcher and developer into
241)           <a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/">anonymous metrics</a>

242)           which started as a National Science Foundation grant.</dd>

243) 
244)           <dt>Lunar, Support Coordinator and Developer</dt>
245)           <dd>In addition to leading the support team and helping with
246)           Debian packaging, he also helps lead the Tor Weekly News
247)           issues.</dd>
248) 
249)           <dt>Ximin Luo, Developer</dt>
250)           <dd>Flash Proxy developer, and member of the pluggable transports

251)           team. Helps with Debian packaging.</dd>

252) 

253)           <dt>Nick Mathewson, Chief Architect, Vice President, Researcher, Director, Interim Deputy Executive Director</dt>

254)           <dd>One of the three original designers of Tor; does a lot

255)           of the ongoing design work, and coordinates and leads ongoing

256)           development. He's helping Roger while he serves as Interim Executive Director.</dd>

257) 
258)           <dt>meejah, Developer</dt>
259)           <dd>Author of <a
260)           href="https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon">txtorcon</a>, a Tor
261)           controller library in Twisted.</dd>
262) 

263)           <dt>Ondrej Mikle, Developer</dt>
264)           <dd>Maintains our RPM packages.</dd>
265) 

266)           <dt>Kelley Misata</dt>
267)           <dd>Kelley handles press, coordinates Tor talks and outreach,
268)           helps with trainings, helps with annual reports, and generally works
269)           on community-facing activities.</dd>
270) 

271)           <dt>Dr. Steven Murdoch, Researcher and Developer</dt>

272)           <dd>Researcher at University College London who works

273)           on security, performance, and usability of Tor. Creator
274)           of the <a href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser

275)           Bundle</a> (now just called the Tor Browser). You can find
276)           out more about his work on his

277)           <a href="http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/s.murdoch/">professional

278)           website</a>.</dd>
279) 

280)           <dt>Linus Nordberg, Advocate, Developer</dt>

281)           <dd>Swedish advocate for Tor, anonymous communications research,
282)           and employee at <a href="http://nordu.net">NORDUnet</a>. Works
283)           on implementing IPv6 in Tor, and helps with build
284)           automation. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
285) 
286)           <dt>Matt Pagan, Support</dt>
287)           <dd>Maintains the FAQ, works on documentation, and helps answer
288)           all the users who contact the support desk.</dd>
289) 

290)           <dt>Peter Palfrader, Sysadmin and Developer</dt>

291)           <dd>Manages the Debian packages, runs one of the directory
292)           authorities, runs the website and the wiki, and generally helps
293)           out a lot.</dd>

294) 
295)           <dt>Mike Perry, Tor Browser and Tor Performance
296)           Developer</dt> <dd>Lead developer on Tor Browser, developer

297)           of <a href="<page docs/torbutton/index>">Torbutton</a>, author of <a

298)           href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torflow.git/tree/README">TorFlow</a>.

299)           Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
300) 
301)           <dt>Sina Rabbani, Advocate</dt>
302)           <dd>Developer and maintainer of <a
303)           href="https://cloud.torproject.org/">Tor Cloud</a>, and
304)           does trainings and outreach. Runs one of the directory
305)           authorities.</dd>
306) 
307)           <dt>Leif Ryge, Developer</dt>
308)           <dd>Works on security analysis, designer of "bananaphone"
309)           transport, and part of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
310) 

311)           <dt>Runa A. Sandvik, Advocate</dt>
312)           <dd>Maintains the Tor Translation Portal and the translations for
313)           projects such as Vidalia, Torbutton and the website.</dd>
314) 

315)           <dt>Christian Schulz, Developer</dt>
316)           <dd>Developer and maintainer of <a
317)           href="https://globe.torproject.org/">Globe</a>, which is on
318)           its way to replacing Atlas and eventually Compass.</dd>
319) 

320)           <dt>Wendy Seltzer, Director</dt>
321)           <dd>Lawyer, cyberlaw professor, and founder of <a
322)           href="http://chillingeffects.org/">ChillingEffects.org</a>.</dd>

323) 

324)           <dt>Andrea Shepard, Developer</dt>
325)           <dd>Works with Nick as a core Tor developer.</dd>

326) 

327)           <dt>Sukhbir Singh, Developer</dt>

328)           <dd>Develops and maintains TorBirdy (Torbutton for Thunderbird).
329)           Rewrote and maintains Gettor. Working on the Tor Instant
330)           Messaging Bundle.</dd>
331) 
332)           <dt>Mark Smith, Developer</dt>
333)           <dd>Part of the Tor Browser team &mdash; develops

334)           and maintains Tor Launcher and Torbutton.</dd>

335) 

336)           <dt>Dr. Paul Syverson, Researcher</dt>

337)           <dd>Inventor of <a href="http://www.onion-router.net/">Onion
338)           Routing</a>, original designer of Tor along with Roger and
339)           Nick, and project leader for original design, development,
340)           and deployment of Tor. Currently helps out with research
341)           and design.</dd>

342) 

343)           <dt>Noel David Torres Taño</dt>
344)           <dd>Spanish translator; helps answer all the users who contact
345)           the support desk.</dd>
346) 

347)           <dt>Rabbi Rob Thomas, Director</dt>

348)           <dd>Shares his experience with smoothly running non-profits, and
349)           also serves as our Internet governance bureaucracy guru.</dd>
350) 

351)           <dt>Jeremy Todaro, Illustration &amp; Design</dt>

352)           <dd>Works on the artwork and design for various projects,
353)           annual reports, and brochures. His other work can be found at
354)           <a href="http://jmtodaro.com/">http://jmtodaro.com/</a>.</dd>

355) 
356)           <dt>Nicolas Vigier, Developer</dt>
357)           <dd>Working on build automation, particularly around the Tor
358)           Browser.</dd>
359) 
360)           <dt>vmon, Support, Developer</dt>
361)           <dd>Farsi translator; helps answer all the users who contact
362)           the support desk. Also working on Stegotorus, and part of the
363)           pluggable transports team.</dd>
364) 

365)           <dt>Philipp Winter, Researcher</dt>
366)           <dd>Understands how to manipulate and circumvent Tor network

367)           censorship attempts. Main developer of <a
368)           href="http://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/scramblesuit/">ScrambleSuit</a>,
369)           and part of the pluggable transports team. Grad student at
370)           Karlstad University in Sweden.</dd>

371) 

372)           <dt>Yawning, Developer</dt>
373)           <dd>Lead developer on <a
374)           href="https://github.com/yawning/obfsclient">obfsclient</a>,
375)           a C++ implementation of obfs2, obfs3, and ScrambleSuit. Part
376)           of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
377) 

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