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Didn't see it in the actual text of the article, but as a caption of one of the images. The actual book this is excerpted from is Privacy's Defender by Cindy Cohn https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262051248/privacys-defender/

Aka the Executive Director of the EFF.

Former. She stepped down

She has not yet left her role, and they haven't named a successor.

>The search committee hopes to hire someone next spring, with Cohn planning to remain at EFF for a transition period through early summer