Summary
Sheila Warren is the chief executive officer for Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI), a global alliance formed to demonstrate the transformational promise of crypto and educate policymakers, regulators, and people around the globe.
Sheila leads a group of the most influential crypto industry leaders in the world representing Coinbase, Fidelity Digital Assets, Block, Andreessen Horowitz, Ribbit Capital, and Paradigm. Prior to joining CCI, Sheila served as the World Economic Forum’s deputy global head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, head of Data, Blockchain, and Digital Assets, and a member of its executive committee. She founded the blockchain and digital assets team at the Forum, and her pioneering policy work has helped shape the data and technology spaces to be more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable.
Sheila began her career as a Wall Street attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP before turning to philanthropy and civic technology. She was a senior executive and general counsel at TechSoup. She also designed and launched NGOsource, a groundbreaking service focused on international grantmaking. Sheila is the co-host of “Money Reimagined”, CoinDesk’s popular podcast and serves on the board of directors of various nonprofit and social justice organizations. She graduated with honors from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Source: World Economic Forum Page
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News
Project Liberty Website, – January 13, 2025
Sheila Warren, an internationally recognized leader in advancing emerging technologies, has been appointed Chief Strategy and Operations Officer of Project Liberty and Chief Executive Officer of the Project Liberty Institute. Tomicah Tillemann, the President of Project Liberty, announced the appointment on Monday.
In the newly created position, Warren, who is based in the Bay Area, will be a core member of the Project Liberty leadership team. Founded five years ago, Project Liberty builds solutions that help people regain control of their digital lives. The far-reaching effort encompasses the development of Frequency, a revolutionary internet infrastructure layer pioneered by the Frequency Network Foundation and Project Liberty, and the work of the Project Liberty Institute—a 501(c)(3) with an international partner network that includes Georgetown University, Stanford University, ETH Zurich, and other leading academic and civic organizations.
“Sheila Warren has been a longtime friend of both Project Liberty and the principles we are advancing. She is a powerful addition to our leadership team,” said Frank McCourt, Founder of Project Liberty. “Her experience and professional contributions to the decentralization and democratization of technology make her uniquely qualified to help lead the crucial work happening at Project Liberty and Project Liberty Institute. I look forward to seeing her impact as we continue to build a better web for a better world.”
