Nabiha Syed
InvestorExecutive Director, Mozilla Foundation at Ex/Ante · Executive Director at Mozilla Ventures
New York, New York, United States
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About
Nabiha Syed is the Executive Director of Mozilla Foundation, where she works on community-led technology futures. Previously, she served as CEO of The Markup, a journalism nonprofit whose investigative work was cited by Congress 21 times, prompted dozens of class action lawsuits, and won national journalism awards. Before founding The Markup in 2020, Syed spent a decade as a media lawyer specializing in technology, free speech, and access to information, and holds degrees from Yale Law School, Johns Hopkins University, and Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar.
Experience
- MozillaExecutive Directorcurrent2024 — presentBrooklyn, New York, United States
- The MarkupPresidentcurrent2019 — presentGreater New York City Area
- The MarkupChief Executive Officer2022 — 2024
- Yale Law SchoolResearch Fellowcurrent2007 — present
- Stanford UniversityNonresident Fellow, Center for Internet and Society2015 — 2024
- BuzzFeedVice President and Associate General Counsel2015 — 2019New York, New York
- Levine Sullivan Koch & SchulzAssociate2012 — 2015
- The New York TimesFirst Amendment Fellow2011 — 2012
- The World BankConsultant2008
- Grameen FoundationResearch Associate at Grameen Bank2005 — 2006Dhaka, Bangladesh
Skills & more
Public Speaking10Policy Analysis18Public Policy19Foreign Policy8Social Media10Political Science5Qualitative Research4Legal Research16Newspapers5International Development8Blogging10Storytelling7
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LitigationJournalismEditorialResearchInternational RelationsNews WritingLegal WritingPoliticsEditingNonprofitsCourtsLanguages Urdu, Spanish
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Ecosystem at Ex/Ante
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Chief Financial Officer at Chingona Ventures
Matthew Hawes
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Michael Brennan
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Michael Mosier
Investment Team at Ex/Ante
Zoe Weinberg
Investment Team at Ex/Ante
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nabiha Syed?
- Nabiha Syed is the Executive Director of Mozilla Foundation, where she works on community-led technology futures. Previously, she served as CEO of The Markup, a journalism nonprofit whose investigative work was cited by Congress 21 times, prompted dozens of class action lawsuits, and won national journalism awards. Before founding The Markup in 2020, Syed spent a decade as a media lawyer specializing in technology, free speech, and access to information, and holds degrees from Yale Law School, Johns Hopkins University, and Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar.
- Where does Nabiha Syed work?
- Nabiha Syed is Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation at Ex/Ante.
- Where did Nabiha Syed go to school?
- Nabiha Syed studied at Yale Law School (Doctor of Law (J.D.)); University of Oxford (M.St., Law); The Johns Hopkins University.
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