Sherwin Siy | |
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Born | |
Died | July 7, 2021 North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 40)
Education | Bachelor of Arts (Stanford University) Juris Doctor (University of California, Berkeley). |
Sherwin Siy (July 29, 1980 – July 7, 2021)[1][2][3] was an American lawyer[4] and activist who served as the lead public policy manager at the Wikimedia Foundation.[5][6] He was an adjunct lecturer at George Washington University Law School[7] and an adjunct instructor at American University School of Communication.[8] He previously served as vice-president of legal affairs at the Washington, D.C.-based digital rights group Public Knowledge and as a special counsel for the Federal Communications Commission.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] He died of natural causes in North Carolina on July 7, 2021.[17]
Sherwin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.[4]