People

The Open Knowledge Foundation is a collaborative effort primarily run by volunteers led by a core 'Executive Group'. There is also an official Board of Directors who oversee the basic direction and activities of the Foundation as well as an Advisory Board. More information about the Foundation's organizational structure can be found on the governance page.

Executive Group

These people are responsible for running the Foundation on a day to day basis with their work overseen by the board.

  • Saul Albert (Emeritus)
  • Jonathan Gray
  • Jordan Hatcher
  • Rufus Pollock
  • Prodromos Tsiavos
  • Jo Walsh

Board of Directors

  • Martin Keegan
  • Becky Hogge
  • Rufus Pollock
  • Jo Walsh
  • James Noyes (retired Autumn 2007)
  • Natasha Phillips (retired Autumn 2007)

Advisory Board

Volunteers and Other Contributors

It is not possible to list all of the many people who have contributed to the Open Knowledge Foundation's work but a few of those who have been particularly involved include:

  • John Bywater
  • Tim Cowlishaw
  • Michael Holloway
  • Peter Lockley
  • Nate Olson

Biographies

Saul Albert

Saul Albert works with other people to make events, software, organisations and things which are not-just-art. He does this in many places including: The People Speak: The University of Openness, Twenteenth Century, Dorkbot London, Node London and many others. You can find more about him on the web here.

Becky Hogge

Before joining the Open Rights Group in January 2007, Becky was the managing editor, and then the technology director and technology commissioning editor for www.openDemocracy.net. During her time there she established the China environment website www.chinadialogue.net, along with editor Isabel Hilton. As a writer and commentator, she covers the global politics of technology, open source, and intellectual property rights. She writes a weekly technology column for the New Statesman and has also written for The Guardian, Index on Censorship, Dazed & Confused and The Face.

Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray studied at Cambridge University and the Open University. He has worked in the library sector and co-authored a mobile cinema. He is currently at Royal Holloway.

Martin Keegan

Martin Keegan has been generally working in the computing industry since leaving school in 1994. He was involved in computing matters whilst at University. Back when he had copious spare time he campaigned on political issues connected to computing and the digital environment and was one of the founders of UK Campaign for Digital Rights.

Rufus Pollock

Rufus Pollock was one of the founders of the Open Knowledge Foundation and has continued as a Director ever since. As well as working heavily with the OKF he is also a member of Creative Commons UK, a country coordinator for the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, and on the board of the Open Rights Group. In addition he is a researcher in Economics based at Cambridge University. More information can be found on his home page.

Jo Walsh

Jo Walsh has been hacking for more than ten years and working with geodata for for more than five. As well as her involvement with the OKF she is also on the board of the Open Source Geo-Spatial Foundation and is one of the authors of O'Reilly's Mapping Hacks. As one of those people who still think that the semantic web will save the world she gets very excited about metadata standards and data sharing. More information can be found on her home page.

James Noyes

James Noyes got involved with the OKF through being one of the co-creators of What is To be Done. At present he is completing a PhD in theology at Cambridge University on the subject of iconoclasm.

Natasha Phillips

After finishing University Natasha worked at the BBC for a time including a stint on the Politics Show. After deciding that a more contemplative life was for her she can now be found in a rural France occassionally tending her weblog.