Public Knowledge Welcomes New Members, Chair to Board of Directors

Public Knowledge announces several new members have joined the board of directors. Virginia Lam Abrams, Moses Boyd, Laurent Crenshaw and Frank Torres will join nine other board members to provide Public Knowledge with strategic counsel and leadership. We also welcome Maura Colleton Corbett as the new Chair. Corbett has been an active board member since 2011.

Virginia Lam Abrams is a seasoned communications and public affairs executive with more than 15 years experience working in technology, media and politics. She is Senior Vice President of Communications and Government Relations at Project Decibel, an early-stage incubator developing next generation technology to enhance connectivity and enrich the consumer experience. Moses Boyd is a Founding Partner of Integrated Solutions Group (ISG) with more than 20 years of experience in the Washington policy arena. Boyd is also a Founding Partner of the United States Renewable Energy Group (USREG), a private equity fund committed to integrating renewable and environmentally sound energy technologies into the American marketplace. Laurent Crenshaw is the head of Federal Public Policy for Yelp in Washington DC Prior to joining Yelp in 2013, Crenshaw worked in the US House of Representatives for more than 11 years. Frank Torres is the Director of Consumer Affairs and a Senior Policy Counsel for the Microsoft Corporation.A long-time board member and friend of Public Knowledge, Corbett is the CEO and Founder of the Glen Echo Group, with over two decades of communications, media, public affairs and coalition building experience with companies and organizations building the new economy.