Who’s the team behind Civil?

We’re a mix of former journalists, product designers, engineers and marketers who all share a passion for journalism — and promoting a new model to ensure its long-term welfare.

Civil’s core team can be found here: https://civil.co/our-team/

We’ve also established close partnerships with the following individuals and organizations, who each play integral roles at Civil:

• ConsenSys: Civil has $5M in funding from ConsenSys, the world’s leading blockchain company and venture production studio. CEO Joe Lubin and CMO Amanda Gutterman are Civil board members. As part of its relationship with ConsenSys, Civil also works closely with Token Foundry and The Brooklyn Project on token design and utility.
• Old Town Media: Tom McGeveran, Josh Benson and Katherine Lehr are longtime journalists who teamed up to establish and oversee POLITICO’s state operations, before leaving earlier this year to form Old Town Media, a media strategy firm working to find new models for journalists and publishers. McGeveran is a Civil board member.
• Morris, Manning and Martin, LLP: Atlanta-based firm with expertise in blockchain-related initiatives, advises on all aspects of compliance, token design and go-to market activity.
• Ed Klaris is former general counsel to New Yorker and Conde Nast, advising Civil on matters of libel, privacy, fair use, technology and the First Amendment.

*** For more context on Civil’s partners and advisors, see this blog post highlighting a bit more on their respective backgrounds and thoughts on the opportunity to work with Civil.