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Title: Executive Director Cindy Cohn Will Step Down After 25 Years With EFF

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/09/23142...

Cindy Cohn, who has led the Electronic Frontier Foundation as Executive
Director for the past decade and has been with the organization for over 25
years, will step down by mid-2026. The digital rights group is launching a
search for her successor. From a press release: "It's been the honor of my
life to help EFF grow and become the strong, effective organization it is
today, but it's time to make space for new leadership. I also want to get
back into the fight for civil liberties more directly than I can as the
executive director of a thriving 125-person organization," Cohn said. "I'm
incredibly proud of all that we've built and accomplished. One of our former
interns once called EFF the joyful warriors for internet freedom and I have
always loved that characterization." "I know EFF's lawyers, activists and
technologists will continue standing up for freedom, justice and innovation
whether we're fighting trolls, bullies, corporate oligarchs, clueless
legislators or outright dictators," she added. [...] Cohn said she made the
decision to step down more than a year ago, and later informed EFF's Board of
Directors and executive staff. The Board of Directors has assembled a search
committee, which in turn has engaged leadership advisory firm Russell
Reynolds Associates to conduct a search for EFF's new executive director.
Inquiries about the search can be directed to EFF@russellreynolds.com. The
search committee hopes to hire someone next spring, with Cohn planning to
remain at EFF for a transition period through early summer.

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