Executive Team & Board of Directors

With two decades of nonprofit management and leadership experience, Kate oversees Rights Action Lab’s growth and development to achieve high-impact results. She manages collaborations between developers, researchers, rights advocates and strategists to design and carry out innovative projects combining technology development and strategic nonviolence to advance human rights. Kate is passionate about sharing her knowledge with the next generation of human rights leaders.

Lhadon is an award-winning Tibetan activist and leader with more than two decades of nonprofit leadership and governance experience. Lhadon’s vision led to the founding of Rights Action Lab in 2014 as a platform for combining innovative technology and nonviolent strategies to address rights abuses in her homeland of Tibet and around the globe. As a leading spokesperson for Tibet, Lhadon regularly addresses policy makers, journalists, UN bodies, academics, and youth.

Nathan is a co-founder of Rights Action Lab and the founder and director of Guardian Project, an award-winning, open-source, mobile security collaborative. The Guardian Project’s most well known app is Orbot, which has been installed more than 20 million times. Current projects include LetsConvene, Butter Box, Keanu engine and Círculo app.

Freya guides Rights Action Lab’s strategic direction at all levels, enabling the organization to achieve high-impact results in some of the most repressive places in the world. Prior to co-founding Rights Action Lab in 2014, she developed her skills and leadership through campaign roles at several other human rights and environmental organizations. Freya holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.

Tenzin is a seasoned leader in nonprofit finance and operations. Holding a CPA designation, she applies her expertise to oversee Rights Action Lab’s financial and operational affairs. Her responsibilities span from budgeting, accounting, and grant management to service contracts, compliance, risk management, and operational systems across diverse international settings.

Trained as a computer scientist, Lobsang is at the forefront of community-embedded technology development and digital security training. Programs he leads effectively counter cyber attacks from some of the most powerful threat actors in the world. Lobsang was included in Wired UK’s 2021 list of 32 innovators who are building a better future.