12 Facts About Mark Surman

Mark Surman is a Canadian open internet activist and the president and executive director of the Mozilla Foundation.

Mark Surman is a leading advocate for trustworthy AI, digital privacy, and the open internet.

Mark Surman is an active board member, currently serving as an advisory board member of the McMaster University Masters in Public Policy, Digital Society program, the co-chair of the steering committee for the European AI Fund, and a board member for the Mozilla Foundation.

In 2005, Mark Surman published the book Commonspace: Beyond Virtual Community.

Mark Surman received his bachelor's degree in the history of community media from the University of Toronto in 1996.

In 1998, Mark Surman co-founded and became president of the Commons Group, providing advice on networks, technology, and social change.

From 2005 to 2008, Mark Surman was the managing director of telecentre.

Mark Surman co-edited the book From the Ground Up: the Evolution of the Telecentre Movement.

Mark Surman was awarded one of the inaugural Shuttleworth Foundation fellowships in 2007.

Mark Surman led the development of the initial Mozilla Fellowship program with the Knight Foundation, with a focus on putting open source developers in newsrooms.

In 2022, Mark Surman took on the additional role of Mozilla Foundation president, working with Mitchell Baker on Mozilla-wide strategy and expansion efforts.

Mark Surman was married to long time collaborator and Centre for Social Innovation founder Tonya Surman.