Jennie Halperin
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SeniorJennie Halperin is an information professional and technologist with 11 years of experience leading initiatives at the intersection of libraries, open knowledge, and policy, currently directing Library Futures at NYU Law's Engelberg Center. She combines nonprofit founding and strategy experience with hands-on community building, communications, and product engagement—skills honed at Creative Commons, Mozilla, and Knowledge Futures. Jennie designs participatory events and digital experiences that prioritize equity and privacy, from facilitating privacy-respecting tech workshops to running inclusive online collaboratives. Her background in archival practice and metadata (UNC Chapel Hill, Columbia, Humboldt) informs a pragmatic approach to open access and knowledge infrastructure. Based in Durham, NC, she pairs executive leadership with grassroots facilitation and a knack for turning complex policy ideas into accessible public-facing programs. Colleagues describe her as an idealist innovator who brings organized chaos and curiosity to systems change work.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
bostontechworkers4justice/bostontechworkers4justice.github.io
Jun 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
Pluggable-Transports/Pluggable-Transports-website
Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:46 commits in 20 days
censorship-circumvention
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