Executive Board – 2011-2012
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President
Joe Kamien
Joe is responsible for scheduling and managing 3-5 events each semester as well as managing GRIPLA meetings. He is originally from Irvington, NY. He majored in computer science at Columbia University. He worked at SnakBlox, an online gaming company, and acrolinx GmbH, a company that makes linguistic analysis software. Each of these experiences gave him a strong appreciation for both hard and soft intellectual property issues. He can be reached at joseph.kamien (Gmail).
Vice President
Thomas Chlebeck
Tom is responsible for scheduling and managing 2-3 events each semester. He can be reached at tom.chk (Gmail).
Secretary
Jarred Taylor
Jarred assists the President with GRIPLA events, takes meeting minutes, and provides support for the Executive Board. Jarred grew up in Alabama, attended Davidson College, and worked for three years at a law firm and at Google before law school. In summer 2011, he interned at the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco. Jarred is interested in Internet law, particularly with regards to copyright and free expression. He can be reached at jotaylor.
Treasurer
Pete Newman – photo not available
Pete balances the budget, distributes funds, and orders food for SIPS events. He grew up in Chapel Hill, NC and received a B.S. from Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, NJ. A major reason he came to law school was to learn more about patent law. He can be reached at pcnewman.
Blog Editor
Patricia Kim
Patricia reviews and edits submissions and manages the website. She can be reached at jpkim01.
Blog Managing Editor
Oriana Farley
Oriana schedules and manages bloggers. She grew up in the great state of Maine and attended college in Rhode Island at Brown University, where she majored in Biomedical Ethics. After graduating, Oriana worked for a law firm in Montana, obtained an LL.M. in Innovation, Technology and Law, at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and hiked 3,000 miles up the spine of the U.S. along the Continental Divide Trail. She hopes to pursue a career in soft IP. She can be reached at oefarley.
Networking Chair
John Alford
John helps SIPS members network more efficiently via legal communities in the mid-Atlantic region. He grew up in Alabama and attended college in Colorado. William and Mary interested him because he wanted to find a blend between the two states he had come to love. Luckily, his intuition proved correct and Virginia has shown itself a true mix of traditional mannerisms and progressive attitudes. John’s interest in intellectual property stems from a long history with technology. Since an early age, he has been working closely with computers and the Internet. These interactions led to a familiarity that will allow him to effectively unite my passions: the law and technology. At this point, John is extremely interested in working within technology transactions or privacy concerns. The former is an opportunity to help promote and protect new, innovative ideas; the latter is a chance to explore how life in cyberspace simply does not map one-to-one with the brick-and-mortar world in people’s mind. John can be reached at jralford.
Director of External Relations
Jason C. Williams
Jason handles partnerships with other law schools around the country for events and activities and helps raise money through alumni and local law firms. He is from San Jose, California. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, located outside of Albany, NY –where he received his bachelors in Electrical Engineering. During college, he was actively involved in NSBE, Circle-K, and the school newspaper. After graduation, he moved to Boston where he worked at a large engineering company. This job required him to spend a significant amount of time in Thailand, Japan, Germany, London and Singapore. It is there he continued to develop his love for various cultures as well as helping others. While in law school, Jason sits on the executive boards of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), Student Intellectual Property Society as well as the Graduate Housing Complex Association. After law school, Jason hopes to practice intellectual property –specifically patent law. In his spare time, Jason likes to read, play sports, and play chess. Jason can be reached at jcwilliams.