Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman
Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman is an Australian-American activist. She is the founder and was the executive director until 2016 of corporate watchdog SumOfUs. In March 2012, she and her group were active critics of working conditions at Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn.Early life
She is the daughter of DePauw University professors, former Georgetown basketball player Bruce Stinebrickner and author Kelsey Kauffman, the granddaughter of Draper Kauffman. She was raised in Greencastle, Indiana.
Stinebrickner-Kauffman graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in mathematics from Duke University in 2004.Career
Before founding SumOfUs Stinebrickner-Kauffman was part of the climate movement for years and fought for strong climate legislation global agreements, and the labor movement, working for groups like Avaaz.org, the Alliance for Climate Protection, and the AFL-CIO.Personal life
Stinebrickner-Kauffman was the partner of Internet activist Aaron Swartz until his death. In 2011 Swartz was prosecuted for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and, facing the risk of long imprisonment if convicted, he died by suicide in 2013.
