page_title: Gigi Sohn
hierarchical_section_title: Gigi Sohn
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of Gigi Sohn at the Public Knowledge IP3 Awards event in 2012.
context_page_description: Gigi Sohn is a former president and co-founder of Public Knowledge. She used to work for the Ford Foundation. In 2013, Tom Wheeler hired her into a senior staff position at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. She left there shortly after Donald Trump's election as President of the U. S. In July 2017, she held fellowship positions with Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law & Policy, Open Society Foundations, and Mozilla.
context_section_description: Gigi Sohn is a former president and co-founder (with Laurie Racine and David Bollier) of Public Knowledge. She used to work for  the Ford Foundation. In 2013, Tom Wheeler hired her into a senior staff position at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She left there shortly after Donald Trump's election as President of the U. S.  In July 2017, she held fellowship positions with Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law & Policy, Open Society Foundations, and Mozilla.
caption: Sohn in 2012
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