Libby Liu
Libby Liu is an American nonprofit executive, lawyer, and privacy advocate who is the chief executive officer of Whistleblower Aid. She was the president of Radio Free Asia for 14 years, where she led the founding of the Open Technology Fund. After the OTF became an independent organization in 2019, she was the chief executive officer until June 2020. Early life and education Liu was born in California to parents who emigrated from China. She completed a bachelor's degree at University of California-Berkeley, an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a JD at University of Pennsylvania Law School. Career At Radio Free Asia, Liu began as the Vice-President for Administration and Finance, and in September 2005, she was appointed president of the organization. She had previously worked as the Director of Administration and Strategic Planning for the NAACP in Baltimore and had been a director of human resources and employment counsel at a technology company. As president of Radio Free Asia, Liu worked to support efforts to circumvent Chinese government censorship, including the development of digital technology to evade Chinese government internet firewalls. In 2011, Liu began the Open Technology Fund (OTF) with a team