Psst… We are revolutionizing the act of speaking out.
About US
We've worked with a lot of people who have seen something at work that makes them go "wtf?" We know what happens when people speak up, and we know the tricks powerful corporations use to shut people down. We also know the information most critical to the public often never sees the light of day due to legal threats, or because most of us need a job from the very companies that need exposing.
Given trillion-dollar companies are never going to be held in check on the backs of a few whistleblowers, we've invented a new, lower stakes way to keep the public informed.
With Psst, individuals provide information like pieces of a puzzle. Maybe it is one line of code that is a red flag, or a secret department, or something that seems possibly ... illegal?
Whatever it is, Psst lets you deposit the information securely into a safe, without having to go full 'whistleblower'. If there is a there there, the humans behind Psst (in-house attorneys, storytellers, and advocates) take it from there, following your lead on your level of involvement and ensuring your autonomy.
By sharing stories collectively, strategically and compellingly, more information comes to light, the world pays attention, and we make holding companies accountable a lower-stakes prospect.
Together, we change things for the better.
So, if you are a concerned citizen, Psst ... !
The humans behind Psst…
Psst is the brainchild of three veterans in whistleblowing support, media relations, and non-profit development. Armed with years of experience working directly with insiders in the tech world and beyond, they saw what isn’t working in the current system and came together to design a better approach–one that prioritizes collectivization, safety, storytelling and support.
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Co-Founder and Legal Director
Jennifer most recently ran the Whistleblower Protection Program at The Signals Network. She is a US lawyer with over fifteen years’ experience investigating, litigating, and advocating on human rights. Previously, Jennifer worked for Reprieve, where she led the organization’s work on extrajudicial killings carried out under the guise of national security. She worked closely with civilian victims of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, and elsewhere, investigating their cases to secure accountability. Her work involved litigation before both domestic and international courts, as well as public and political advocacy aimed at holding powerful governments and corporations accountable for their roles in the abuses. Jennifer holds a JD from Stanford University and is California barred.
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Co-Founder and Director of Storytelling
Amber has years of experience guiding people through the process of telling their stories, both as a ghostwriter and as co-founder of the whistleblower org Lioness. She has helped sources in rehab centers, workers at retail jobs, and employees at high profile tech companies bring forward information / publish stories that sparked government investigations, changed corporate culture, and exposed fraud and sexual misconduct. Amber experienced the power a story holds first hand after her infant son, Karl, died on his first day in childcare. Her writing and activism around parental leave in the wake of his death mobilized parents around the country and changed laws. Amber holds a BA from Hunter College in NYC and is a Dean’s fellow at Harvard Divinity School. She is also author of the memoir Leaving the Witness (Viking Press).
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Co-founder and Principal Officer
Rebecca has a long career in building start-up non-profits from the ground up. Prior to Psst, she was the Director of Operations of The Signals Network, where she handled strategy, development and communications. She previously served as director of the Geneva-based H2H Network, overseeing the inception, strategy and sustainability of the network and its fund for small humanitarian technical agencies. From 2010 to 2019 she served as deputy director of Translators without Borders (TWB) where she oversaw global operations of the international NGO of which she was a founding board member. Before her humanitarian work, Rebecca was a journalist and a marketing executive. She holds an MS from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a BA in Philosophy and German from the University of Michigan.
OUR FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS
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Boeing whistleblower
Ed Pierson is the Executive Director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety, a non-profit organization dedicated to informing the public about critical issues involving aviation safety. He is the Boeing 737 MAX whistleblower. Mr. Pierson served as a Senior Manager at Boeing’s Renton, Washington 737 factory overseeing teams that supported the manufacturing of Boeing’s 737 MAX airplanes. Captain Pierson also held several leadership positions in the Navy including Squadron Commanding Officer, Operations Center Director, Maintenance Officer, Training Officer, Air Operations Officer, and Leadership & Ethics Instructor. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, George Mason University, and Navy Flight School.
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Whistleblower attorney
Mary Inman is a partner at Whistleblower Partners. She has 30 years of experience representing whistleblowers in the U.S. under the False Claims Act, as well as the SEC, CFTC, IRS, FinCEN, and NHTSA/DOT whistleblower programs. After three years working in London, Mary represents an increasing number of international whistleblowers seeking to expose misconduct overseas with a nexus to the U.S. She also regularly helps whistleblowers bring claims to foreign regulators, including the Ontario Securities Commission, Canada Revenue Agency, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, and Korea’s National Tax Service.
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Mark MacGann is a whistleblower.
He is currently Knight Fellow (in residence) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
Mark has thirty years’ experience working at the nexus of business and government, having served in global senior executive and management roles for some of the world’s most prominent technology and financial services corporations (Uber, NYSE, Nokia (formerly Alcatel). He was a member of the management board of VEON (Nasdaq).
He served on the boards of several cellular service providers, including Kyivstar (Ukraine), Mobilink/Jazz (Pakistan), Djezzy (Algeria) and Beeline (Russia), including as Chairman. He was a founding board member of the European Union’s cybersecurity agency, ENISA. Mark founded and chairs Moonshot Strategies, which advises tech founders and venture capital firms on public policy and regulation.
He founded and ran DIGITALEUROPE, the largest and most influential technology trade association in the EU. Mark previously served as a United Nations Commissioner for Sustainable Development, focusing on accelerating broadband internet provision to developing nations.
In 2022, he embarked on a life-changing journey, working with some of the world’s most experienced investigative journalists as the source of the Uber Files.
MacGann continues to advocate for greater transparency in, and regulation of lobbying, and stronger social protection for millions of so-called platform, or gig workers.
Mark speaks French, Spanish and rusty Italian, in addition to his native Gaelic and English.
His first book will be published in 2025.
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