Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman Explained

Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman
Birth Name:Taren Kate Stinebrickner-Kauffman
Birth Date:14 November 1981
Birth Place:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:Activist
Alma Mater:Duke University

Taren Kate Stinebrickner-Kauffman (born 14 November 1981) is an Australian-American activist. She is the founder of SumOfUs, and served as the executive director until 2016. In March 2012, she and her group were active critics of working conditions at Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn.[1] [2] From 2020 until 2022, Taren served as president of New Media Ventures, a non-profit venture capital firm focused on progressive organisations.[3] [4]

Early life

Taren Kate Stinebrickner-Kauffman[5] was born on 14 November 1981 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, as the daughter of DePauw University professors, former Georgetown basketball player Bruce Stinebrickner and author Kelsey Kauffman, the granddaughter of Rear Admiral Draper Kauffman and great-granddaughter of Vice Admiral James L. Kauffman.[6] [7] She was raised in Greencastle, Indiana.[8]

She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in mathematics from Duke University in 2004.[9]

Career

Stinebrickner-Kauffman has worked in social-impact technology, Democratic politics, consumer advocacy, corporate accountability, environmental advocacy, and the U.S. labor movement, including time with groups such as Avaaz.org, the Alliance for Climate Protection, MoveOn.org, and the AFL-CIO.[10] [11] She founded SumOfUs in 2011, serving as Executive Director and growing the organisation to 5 million members worldwide. She went on to serve as Senior Product Manager at Change.org, entrepreneur-in-residence at New Media Ventures, and then was the President of New Media Ventures starting in March 2022,[12] leading the organisation during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and prioritising work on voting rights and local media.[13] She also serves on the board of Consumer Reports.[14]

Personal life

Stinebrickner-Kauffman was the partner of Aaron Swartz until his death.[15] In 2011, Swartz was prosecuted by U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), and, facing the risk of up to 35 years imprisonment and $1 million in fines if he exercised his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial and was convicted, he died by suicide in 2013. She discovered his body.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Inside Apple: Changes Made at Foxconn. 29 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330000000/https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/inside-apple-made-foxconn-16035348. 30 March 2012. dead. ABC News. 7m30s. Alt URL
  2. News: Joanna. Stern. Apple Foxconn Investigation: Serious Worker Rights Issues Reported, Major Changes For Chinese Workers Promised. ABC News. 29 March 2012. 17 October 2020. 20 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020111640/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/apple-foxconn-production-lines-china-fair-labor-association/story?id=16006516. live.
  3. News: Ralph . Elizabeth . Women Rule: Your definitive Guide to women, politics and power . 5 April 2022 . POLITICO . 20 March 2020 . 5 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220405163939/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2020/03/20/the-women-battling-coronavirus-at-the-white-house-488647 . live .
  4. News: Andersen . Ted . Tuesday Digest: Identity firm confirms hack; Chevron workers strike . https://archive.today/20220322184214/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2022/03/22/sfbt-digest-tuesday.html#selection-2219.0-2235.103 . dead . 2022-03-22 . 5 April 2022 . San Francisco Business Times . 22 March 2022.
  5. Web site: 2nd year of REU site. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval. 17 June 2024.
  6. Web site: Kelsey Kauffman . . 16 May 2014 . 11 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111143506/https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-author=Kelsey%20Kauffman&page=1&rh=n:283155,p_27:Kelsey%20Kauffman . live .
  7. Web site: Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman is Aaron Swartz's Girlfriend who found him . February 5, 2013 . ShowBizDaily . 16 May 2014 . 23 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723122610/http://showbizdaily.net/6038/taren-stinebrickner-kauffman-is-aaron-swartzs-girlfriend-who-found-him/#sthash.J0exLGi2.dpuf . dead .
  8. http://www.guhoyas.com/hallfame/gu-duffey-award.html Robert A. Duffey Scholar-Athlete Award
  9. http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/18412/ "Crain Lecture Series Welcomes Pollster Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman"
  10. Web site: Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman. Social Transformation Project. 16 August 2016. 24 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160924115543/http://stproject.org/lio_directory/taren-stinebrickner-kauffman/. dead.
  11. Web site: Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman . Placements . Bridge Partners . 5 April 2022 . 11 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111143507/https://www.bridgepartnersllc.com/placements/taren-stinebrickner-kauffman-appointed-as-president-new-media-ventures-nmv . live .
  12. Web site: George . Christie . Announcing NMV's New President, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman . New Media Ventures . 5 April 2022 . 18 March 2020 . 30 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221130051212/https://newmediaventures.org/tools_for_change/details/announcing-nmv-new-president-taren-stinebrickner-kauffman . live .
  13. News: Rinker . Brian . Money Talks: VC Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman invests in the progressive movement . 5 April 2022 . San Francisco Business Times . 18 November 2020 . 18 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201118220205/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/11/18/money-talks-stinebrickner-kauffman-progressive.html . live .
  14. Web site: About Us: Our People . Consumer Reports . 5 April 2022 . 1 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240401064312/https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/about-us/our-people/our-board/taren-stinebrickner-kauffman0/index.htm . live .
  15. Peltz, Jennifer (19 January 2013), "Hundreds honor information activist Swartz", Associated Press, USA Today. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  16. https://www.businessinsider.com/mit-report-on-aaron-swartz-suicide-and-girlfriends-response-2013-7 MIT Concludes It Did Nothing Improper In Case Of Internet Activist's Aaron Swartz's Suicide — Swartz's Girlfriend Calls 'BS'

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