Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman
{{Short description|Australian-American activist (born 1981)}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2024}}
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| caption = Stinebrickner-Kauffman in New York City, 2012
| birth_name = Taren Kate Stinebrickner-Kauffman
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| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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| children = 2
| occupation = Activist
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|alma_mater = Duke University
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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.{{cite AV media|title=Inside Apple: Changes Made at Foxconn|date=29 March 2012|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/inside-apple-made-foxconn-16035348|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330000000/https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/inside-apple-made-foxconn-16035348|archive-date=30 March 2012|url-status=dead|publisher=ABC News|time=7m30s}} [https://archive.org/details/KGO_20120330_063500_Nightline/start/420/end/480 Alt URL]{{cite news|first=Joanna|last=Stern|title=Apple Foxconn Investigation: Serious Worker Rights Issues Reported, Major Changes For Chinese Workers Promised|publisher=ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/apple-foxconn-production-lines-china-fair-labor-association/story?id=16006516|date=29 March 2012|access-date=17 October 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020111640/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/apple-foxconn-production-lines-china-fair-labor-association/story?id=16006516|url-status=live}} From 2020 until 2022, Taren served as president of New Media Ventures, a non-profit venture capital firm focused on progressive organisations.{{cite news |last1=Ralph |first1=Elizabeth |title=Women Rule: Your definitive Guide to women, politics and power |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2020/03/20/the-women-battling-coronavirus-at-the-white-house-488647 |access-date=5 April 2022 |publisher=POLITICO |date=20 March 2020 |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Andersen |first1=Ted |title=Tuesday Digest: Identity firm confirms hack; Chevron workers strike |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2022/03/22/sfbt-digest-tuesday.html#selection-2219.0-2235.103 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220322184214/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2022/03/22/sfbt-digest-tuesday.html#selection-2219.0-2235.103 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2022-03-22 |access-date=5 April 2022 |publisher=San Francisco Business Times |date=22 March 2022}}
Early life
Taren Kate Stinebrickner-Kauffman{{cite web|url=https://ciir.cs.umass.edu/node/425|title=2nd year of REU site|publisher=University of Massachusetts Amherst|via=Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval|access-date=17 June 2024}} 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.{{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-author=Kelsey%20Kauffman&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AKelsey%20Kauffman |title= Kelsey Kauffman |publisher= Amazon.com |access-date= 16 May 2014 |archive-date= 11 January 2023 |archive-url= 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 |url-status= live }} She was raised in Greencastle, Indiana.[http://www.guhoyas.com/hallfame/gu-duffey-award.html Robert A. Duffey Scholar-Athlete Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629070532/http://www.guhoyas.com/hallfame/gu-duffey-award.html |date=29 June 2018 }}, Georgetown University Scholar-Athlete Award. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in mathematics from Duke University in 2004.[http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/18412/ "Crain Lecture Series Welcomes Pollster Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215549/http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/18412/ |date=27 May 2014 }}, Depauw University, 26 November 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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.{{cite web|title=Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman|url=http://stproject.org/lio_directory/taren-stinebrickner-kauffman/|website=Social Transformation Project|access-date=16 August 2016|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924115543/http://stproject.org/lio_directory/taren-stinebrickner-kauffman/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman |url=https://www.bridgepartnersllc.com/placements/taren-stinebrickner-kauffman-appointed-as-president-new-media-ventures-nmv |website=Placements |publisher=Bridge Partners |access-date=5 April 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111143507/https://www.bridgepartnersllc.com/placements/taren-stinebrickner-kauffman-appointed-as-president-new-media-ventures-nmv |url-status=live }} 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,{{cite web |last1=George |first1=Christie |title=Announcing NMV's New President, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman |url=https://www.newmediaventures.org/tools_for_change/details/announcing-nmv-new-president-taren-stinebrickner-kauffman |website=New Media Ventures |access-date=5 April 2022 |date=18 March 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130051212/https://newmediaventures.org/tools_for_change/details/announcing-nmv-new-president-taren-stinebrickner-kauffman |url-status=live }} leading the organisation during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and prioritising work on voting rights and local media.{{cite news |last1=Rinker |first1=Brian |title=Money Talks: VC Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman invests in the progressive movement |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/11/18/money-talks-stinebrickner-kauffman-progressive.html |access-date=5 April 2022 |publisher=San Francisco Business Times |date=18 November 2020 |archive-date=18 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118220205/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/11/18/money-talks-stinebrickner-kauffman-progressive.html |url-status=live }} She also serves on the board of Consumer Reports.{{cite web |title=About Us: Our People |url=https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/about-us/our-people/our-board/taren-stinebrickner-kauffman0/index.htm |website=Consumer Reports |access-date=5 April 2022 |archive-date=1 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401064312/https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/about-us/our-people/our-board/taren-stinebrickner-kauffman0/index.htm |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Stinebrickner-Kauffman was the partner of Aaron Swartz since 2011 until his death.Peltz, Jennifer (19 January 2013), [https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/01/19/hundreds-honor-information-activist-swartz-in-nyc/1848493/ "Hundreds honor information activist Swartz"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316213515/http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/01/19/hundreds-honor-information-activist-swartz-in-nyc/1848493/ |date=16 March 2016 }}, Associated Press, USA Today. Retrieved 24 January 2013. 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.[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'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111143506/https://www.businessinsider.com/mit-report-on-aaron-swartz-suicide-and-girlfriends-response-2013-7 |date=11 January 2023 }}, Business Insider, Alyson Shontell, July 30, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2020. She has two children via sperm donors.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rolereboot.org/family/details/2017-02-OKCupid-sperm-donor/index.html |title=How I Found My Sperm Donor On OKCupid - Role Reboot |date=2017-02-23 |access-date=2024-09-07 |last=Stinebrickner-Kauffman |first=Taren |publisher=Role Reboot}}{{Cite web |url=https://x.com/TarenSK/status/1678150896050421760 |title=TarenSK (@TarenSK): "6/ My children are being pretty good for 3 and 5 yo, but very distracting. Hard for me to make good cost benefit calculations. I reluctantly go ahead and book a connection through the app for the next morning from Denver to Medford, OR to SFO..." |date=2023-07-09 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Twitter |last=Stinebrickner-Kauffman |first=Taren}}
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Category:Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni
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