Jane Metcalfe
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Louis Rossetto
Louis Rossetto is an American journalist and "radical libertarian." He is best known as the founder and former publisher of Wired magazine.- Early life and career :Rossetto was born and grew up on Long Island, New York....
, and former president of Wired Ventures, creator and original publisher of Wired Magazine. Prior to that, Metcalfe managed advertising sales for the Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
-based Electric Word
Electric Word
Electric Word was a bimonthly, English-language magazine published in Amsterdam between 1987 and 1990 that offered eclectic reporting on the translation industry, linguistic technology, and computer culture.Its editor was Louis Rossetto....
magazine.
In 1994 she was elected to the board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
.
She is a partner, along with Louis Rossetto
Louis Rossetto
Louis Rossetto is an American journalist and "radical libertarian." He is best known as the founder and former publisher of Wired magazine.- Early life and career :Rossetto was born and grew up on Long Island, New York....
, in Força da Imaginaçao, an independent investment concern with interests in technology, media, and real estate.
Metcalfe is also a board member at One Economy Corporation
One Economy Corporation
One Economy Corporation is a Washington, D.C. based, global, nonprofit organization that uses the power of technology to connect underserved, low-income communities around the world to vital online information and resources....
, which maximizes the potential of technology to help low-income people improve their lives and join the economic mainstream. She was a founding board member of Ex'pression College for Digital Arts
Ex'pression College for Digital Arts
Ex'pression College for Digital Arts is a private, for-profit college located in Emeryville, California, geared toward the entertainment industry and known for its around-the-clock schedule and five week classes...
as well as the ZER01: The Art and Technology Network.
Metcalfe and Rossetto are the parents of Zoe Metcalfe and Orson Rossetto.
Metcalfe was on the 2004 and 2005 Digital Communities jury of Prix Ars Electronica
Prix Ars Electronica
The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music...
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Metcalfe is vice president of the board of trustees of the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.