Summary
As President of Project Liberty, Tillemann, who is based in Washington, D.C., will be a key member of McCourt Global’s leadership team and serve as a strategic advisor to both the Project Liberty Foundation and Amplica Labs, which is led by Braxton Woodham, technologist and co-creator of the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP.) Tillemann will also serve as Interim CEO of the Project Liberty Foundation, as its inaugural CEO, Martina Larkin, departs the organization this month.
Most recently, Tomicah Tillemann was the Chief Policy Officer for Haun Ventures, where he built policy architecture to support the next generation of the internet. Prior to Haun Ventures, he was a partner and Global Head of Policy at Andreessen Horowitz, where he oversaw the firm’s policy work on digital assets.
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About
Source: MCCourt Global
Previously, Tillemann served as Senior Advisor to two secretaries of state. He joined the U.S. State Department in 2009 as Hillary Clinton’s speechwriter after four years on the staff of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee advising then-Senators Joe Biden, Barack Obama and John Kerry. Tillemann also served as the Executive Director of the Digital Impact and Governance Initiative at New America, where he led programs to address social impact, finance and governance challenges worldwide. He managed the development and deployment of open-source technology platforms for partners at every level of government in the U.S. and abroad. Tillemann earned his B.A. from Yale University and M.A. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
McCourt Global initiated and incubated the Project Liberty Foundation, which publicly launched as “Project Liberty” in June 2021. Months later, the organization evolved into an independent, international 501(c)(3) and released a groundbreaking, open internet protocol – the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP) – to support the internet’s next era and enable users to own and control their personal data.
