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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 organization consists of many volunteers and a few employees.

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

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

16) 

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

18) <dl>

19)           <dt>Sue Abt, Accountant and Finance</dt>
20)           <dd>Sue runs Tor's finances and audit compliance.</dd>
21) 
22)           <dt>Micah Anderson</dt>
23)           <dd>Helps with tracking bad relays. Runs one of the directory
24)           authorities.</dd>
25) 

26)           <dt>Jacob Appelbaum, Advocate, Security Researcher, and
27)           Developer</dt>
28)           <dd>Speaks at conferences and gives

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

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

32)           of ttdnsd, <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor
33)           check</a>, <a href="https://exitlist.torproject.org/">Tor
34)           DNSEL</a>, and <a href="https://weather.torproject.org">Tor

35)           weather</a> site. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
36) 

37)           <dt>Isabela Bagueros, Project Manager</dt>
38)           <dd>Coordinates Tor's development teams and helps them define
39)           their road maps, keeps track of priorities, and ensures that
40)           Tor is always thinking “user first” while building things.</dd>
41) 

42)           <dt>Moritz Bartl, Advocate</dt>
43)           <dd>Manages <a href="https://torservers.net">Zwiebelfreunde</a>
44)           (a German non-profit to run exit relays), and coordinates
45)           the many similar non-profits that are springing up in other
46)           countries. Speaks and organizes in support of Tor and freedoms
47)           in Europe and world-wide.</dd>
48) 
49)           <dt>Griffin Boyce, Developer</dt>
50)           <dd>Works on <a href="http://cupcakebridge.com/">Cupcake</a>,
51)           a set of browser extensions to let people volunteer to become
52)           a <a href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">Flash

53)           Proxy</a> for censored users. Also develops <a
54)           href="https://github.com/glamrock/satori">Satori</a>, an app to
55)           help people safely download Tor Browser and related tools.</dd>

56) 
57)           <dt>Kathleen Brade, Developer</dt>
58)           <dd>Part of the Tor Browser team &mdash; develops

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

60) 
61)           <dt>Arlo Breault, Developer</dt>
62)           <dd>Rewrote <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor
63)           Check</a> so now it can handle all our users, and helps with
64)           Flash Proxy and other pluggable transport work. Also working

65)           on <a
66)           href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorMessenger">Tor
67)           Messenger</a>, and on Snowflake.</dd>
68) 
69)           <dt>John Brooks, Ricochet Developer</dt>
70)           <dd>Leads <a href="https://ricochet.im/">Ricochet</a>, a
71)           decentralized chat system where every user is an onion service.
72)           Also a core contributor to Tor onion service development.</dd>

73) 
74)           <dt>Colin Childs, Translation Coordinator and Support</dt>
75)           <dd>Helps wrangle <a
76)           href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/torproject/">Transifex</a>
77)           for us, and also helps answer all the users who contact the
78)           support desk.</dd>
79) 

80)           <dt>Erinn Clark</dt>
81)           <dd>Erinn used to be our build and automation engineer. Now she
82)           has a day job at First Look Media, and remains active in the
83)           general privacy space.</dd>

84) 

85)           <dt>Roger Dingledine, Project Leader, Director, Research Director</dt>

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

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

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

90)           researchers. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>

91) 

92)           <dt>Nima Fatemi, Advocate</dt>
93)           <dd>Usability team, Farsi advocate, <a
94)           href="https://libraryfreedomproject.org/">Library Freedom
95)           Project</a> developer.</dd>

96) 

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

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

99)           href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">Flash Proxy</a>
100)           and <a
101)           href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/meek">meek</a>.
102)           Helps lead the pluggable transports team. Grad student at

103)           Berkeley.</dd>
104) 

105)           <dt>Arturo Filastò, OONI Leader</dt>

106)           <dd>Project leader for <a
107)           href="https://ooni.torproject.org/">OONI</a>, has helped
108)           with <a href="http://tor2web.org/">tor2web</a>, wrote <a
109)           href="https://atlas.torproject.org/">Atlas</a>, and generally
110)           helps to evaluate and improve security.</dd>
111) 
112)           <dt>Matt Finkel, Developer</dt>

113)           <dd>Has helped maintain and develop <a
114)           href="https://bridges.torproject.org/">BridgeDB</a>, OONI,
115)           and many other projects.</dd>

116) 

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

118)           <dd>The driving force behind <a
119)           href="https://guardianproject.info">The Guardian
120)           Project</a> and Tor on the Android platform in the form of
121)           <a href="<page docs/android>">Orbot</a>. He also works on <a
122)           href="https://guardianproject.info/apps/orlib/">OrLib</a>:
123)           an Android library for Tor, and <a
124)           href="https://guardianproject.info/apps/orweb/">Orweb: A
125)           privacy-enhanced mobile browser</a>.</dd>

126) 

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

128)           <dd>Used to develop OONI, and now works on Torflow.</dd>

129) 

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

131)           <dd>Cryptographer, privacy expert,
132)           and professor; one of the designers of <a

133)           href="https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/">Off-the-Record

134)           Messaging</a>.</dd>

135) 
136)           <dt>David Goulet, Developer</dt>

137)           <dd>Onion services developer, core member of Tor development
138)           team, and lead developer of Torsocks 2.0.</dd>

139) 

140)           <dt>Marie Gutbub, Advocate</dt>
141)           <dd>Helps educate the world about the value of Tor, especially
142)           in Europe.</dd>

143) 

144)           <dt>Sebastian Hahn, Developer</dt>
145)           <dd>Helps people around the world use and understand

146)           Tor better. Generally helps everything run smoothly. Runs one
147)           of the directory authorities.</dd>
148) 

149)           <dt>Serene Han, Developer</dt>
150)           <dd>Develops Snowflake, a WebRTC-enabled Flash Proxy design.
151)           Part of the pluggable transport team.</dd>

152) 

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

154)           <dd>Our main interface with the <a
155)           href="https://tails.boum.org/">Tails</a> project.</dd>
156) 
157)           <dt>Isis, Developer</dt>
158)           <dd>Lead maintainer and developer on <a
159)           href="https://bridges.torproject.org/">BridgeDB</a>. Used to
160)           work on OONI.</dd>
161) 

162)           <dt>Leiah Jansen, Designer</dt>
163)           <dd>Helps make all of our cool logos, designs, stickers, graphics,
164)           and so on. Invented the awesome new "roots" Tor logo.</dd>
165) 

166)           <dt>Dr. Rob Jansen, Researcher</dt>
167)           <dd>Lead developer for <a
168)           href="https://shadow.cs.umn.edu/">Shadow</a>,

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

171) 
172)           <dt>Dr. Aaron Johnson, Researcher</dt>
173)           <dd>Works on understanding diversity and trust
174)           in Tor network locations. See for example the <a
175)           href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#ccs2013-usersrouted">CCS
176)           2013</a> paper.</dd>
177) 

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

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

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

184) 

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

186)           <dd>Onion services developer, core member of Tor development
187)           team, Obfsproxy developer, and researcher on bridge scanning
188)           resistance.</dd>

189) 
190)           <dt>Georg Koppen, Developer</dt>

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

192)           automation.</dd>
193) 

194)           <dt>Kate Krauss, Director of Communications and Public Policy</dt>
195)           <dd>Plans Tor's communications strategy and evaluates Tor's
196)           possible role in pubic discussions about Tor-related issues.</dd>
197) 

198)           <dt>Jens Kubieziel, Sysadmin</dt>
199)           <dd>Helps keep our core infrastructure going.</dd>
200) 

201)           <dt>Pepijn Le Heux, Advocate</dt>
202)           <dd>Tireless advocate and Tor enthusiast in the Netherlands.</dd>
203) 

204)           <dt>Tom Leckrone</dt>
205)           <dd>Helps make sure everything runs smoothly. Coordinates
206)           logistics and people and everything in between.</dd>
207) 

208)           <dt>Andreas Lehner, Advocate</dt>
209)           <dd>Operates a directory authority in Germany with the CCC,
210)           and does talks and discussions in support of privacy around
211)           Europe.</dd>
212) 

213)           <dt>Israel Leiva, Developer</dt>
214)           <dd>Develops <a
215)           href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/gettor">GetTor</a>,
216)           a service that provides alternative methods to download Tor
217)           Browser.</dd>

218) 

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

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

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

223) 

224)           <dt>Lunar</dt>
225)           <dd>Originally helped lead the support team,
226)           Debian packaging, and Tor Weekly News issues. Now working on
227)           <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/">Reproducible
228)           Builds</a>.</dd>

229) 

230)           <dt>Ximin Luo</dt>
231)           <dd>Helps with Debian packaging.</dd>

232) 

233)           <dt>Alison Macrina, Advocate</dt>
234)           <dd>Leads the <a
235)           href="https://libraryfreedomproject.org/">Library Freedom
236)           Project</a>: helps the world understand the value of Tor,
237)           and also helps strengthen the network with exit relays at
238)           libraries.</dd>
239) 
240)           <dt>Nick Mathewson, Chief Architect, Vice President, Researcher, Director</dt>
241)           <dd>One of the three original designers of Tor&mdash;does a lot

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

243)           development.</dd>

244) 
245)           <dt>meejah, Developer</dt>
246)           <dd>Author of <a
247)           href="https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon">txtorcon</a>, a Tor
248)           controller library in Twisted.</dd>
249) 

250)           <dt>Ondrej Mikle</dt>

251)           <dd>Maintains our RPM packages.</dd>
252) 

253)           <dt>Kelley Misata, Advocate</dt>
254)           <dd>Teaches many people about the value of privacy,
255)           especially in the contexts of domestic violence and cyber
256)           stalking.</dd>
257) 
258)           <dt>Julius Mittenzwei, Director</dt>
259)           <dd>Germany-based lawyer and Internet activist.</dd>

260) 

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

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

263)           on security, performance, and usability of Tor. Original creator

264)           of the <a href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser

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

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

268)           website</a>.</dd>
269) 

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

271)           <dd>Swedish advocate for Tor, anonymous communications research,

272)           and employee at <a href="http://nordu.net/">NORDUnet</a>. Works

273)           on implementing IPv6 in Tor, and helps with build
274)           automation. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
275) 

276)           <dt>Donncha O'Cearbhaill, Developer</dt>
277)           <dd>Onion services developer, OnionBalance developer,
278)           hunter of bad relays.</dd>

279) 

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

281)           <dd>Manages the Debian packages, runs one of the directory

282)           authorities, and generally helps out a lot.</dd>

283) 
284)           <dt>Mike Perry, Tor Browser and Tor Performance
285)           Developer</dt> <dd>Lead developer on Tor Browser, developer

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

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

288)           Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
289) 

290)           <dt>Fabio Pietrosanti, Advocate and Developer</dt>
291)           <dd>Originally involved with Tor2Web, and is now our connection
292)           to the Globaleaks project.</dd>
293) 
294)           <dt>Amogh Pradeep, Developer</dt>
295)           <dd>Leads the development of <a
296)           href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.guardianproject.orfox">Orfox</a>,
297)           which is shaping up to be the Tor Browser equivalent for
298)           Android.</dd>
299) 

300)           <dt>Sina Rabbani, Advocate</dt>

301)           <dd>Does trainings and outreach. Runs one of the directory

302)           authorities.</dd>
303) 
304)           <dt>Leif Ryge, Developer</dt>
305)           <dd>Works on security analysis, designer of "bananaphone"
306)           transport, and part of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
307) 

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

311) 

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

314) 

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

316)           <dd>Develops and maintains TorBirdy (Torbutton for Thunderbird).

317)           Rewrote and maintains Gettor. Working on <a
318)           href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorMessenger">Tor
319)           Messenger</a>.</dd>

320) 
321)           <dt>Mark Smith, Developer</dt>
322)           <dd>Part of the Tor Browser team &mdash; develops

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

324) 

325)           <dt>Shari Steele, Executive Director</dt>
326)           <dd>Shari comes to the Tor Project with more than 22 years
327)           of experience fighting for Internet freedom at the
328)           <a href="https://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier
329)           Foundation</a> (EFF), a nonprofit civil liberties
330)           organization working for digital rights.  Shari started out
331)           as a staff attorney at EFF and worked her way up to the
332)           executive director job. She currently serves on EFF's board.</dd>
333) 

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

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

340) 

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

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

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

349)           <dt>Juris Vetra</dt>
350)           <dd>Helps run torservers.net, and also volunteers distributing
351)           Tor shirts and other swag.</dd>

352) 
353)           <dt>Nicolas Vigier, Developer</dt>
354)           <dd>Working on build automation, particularly around the Tor
355)           Browser.</dd>
356) 

357)           <dt>Tim Wilson-Brown, Developer</dt>
358)           <dd>Onion services developer, and core member of Tor development
359)           team.</dd>

360) 

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

363)           censorship attempts. Main developer of <a
364)           href="http://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/scramblesuit/">ScrambleSuit</a>,

365)           and part of the pluggable transports team. Post-doc at
366)           Princeton.</dd>

367) 

368)           <dt>Yawning, Developer</dt>

369)           <dd>Lead developer on obfs4proxy and other pluggable transports.
370)           Part of the pluggable transports team.</dd>

371) 

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