And I'm pretty sure everyone not employed by a TLA loves Bruce.
Not to mention all the "Don't Bring Me Down" jokes we'll get to make.
Yeah, I didn't see that coming. He's a practical, experienced cryptographer whose also worked on things like digital voting important to government accountability. Great choice for such a role.
5 policy people, 1 technical person seems like an overly large swing in the other direction, IMO.
Only if your definition of "technical person" is "contributes code to Tor".