Will Doherty

Will Doherty serves as the Media Relations Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where he pays special attention to Internet blocking and censorship issues. Will also works as the Executive Director of the Online Policy Group, advocating "one Internet with equal access for all". Prior to founding the Online Policy Group, he was the Director of Online Community Development at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), where he focused on the online rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. He managed GLAAD's Digital Media Resource Center in San Francisco, cultivating strategic partnerships in Silicon Valley and beyond. Will has 20 years of experience as a computing consultant and online activist. In the early 1980's, he worked on the ARPANET, precursor of the Internet. He served as the Globalization Operations Manager at Sybase, Inc., and as a Localization Program Manager and a Technical Writer for Sun Microsystems, Inc. He has designed and implemented Internet strategies and websites for dozens of nonprofit community and advocacy organizations. Will Doherty holds an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University and a B.S. in Computer Science and Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.