Susan Mernit
Web Strategist
Susan is a former VP at AOL and Netscape, and a former Yahoo Senior Director. She was the consulting program manager for the Knight News Challenge in 2008-09, as well as a consultant to organizations including Salon.com and TechSoup Global, where she led the re-design of their portal. She is a contributing editor at BlogHer and a co-founder of Public Media Collaborative, a volunteer group focused on training nonprofits, ethnic media & community groups on using social media tools. She works regularly with The Knight Digital Media Center at USC's Annenberg School, and with The Maynard Institute. Susan is also the founder of Oakland Local, a news & community hub for Oakland, CA focused on environmental, food, development and social justice issues.