About US
Psst… We are revolutionizing the act of speaking up.
Psst is a non-partisan, non-profit public service that helps people bring forward public interest information.
We've worked with a lot of people concerned about something they’ve seen at work. We know the tricks powerful corporations use to shut people up. We also know a lot of important information never comes out due to legal threats. In our era of AI, Big Tech and decreasing government guardrails, we need safe channels to share public interest information more than ever.
That’s why we’ve invented a new, lower stakes way to keep the public informed.
At 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? Or, you have the whole picture, but are concerned about being first to step into the line of fire?
Whatever it is, Psst lets you deposit the information and get help without having to go full 'whistleblower'. If there is a there there, we help you figure out what to do with what you know.
Together, we make holding the powerful accountable a lower-stakes prospect.
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.
Join Us!
Stay tuned for opportunities to join our team
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Interested in taking on corporate interests and corrupt power structures? Want to be at the cutting edge of tech and government accountability work, while helping empower workers to speak up and out? Come join Psst… as our Summer 2025 Fellow.
About Psst… (www.psst.org)
Psst is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization designed to revolutionize whistleblowing. As the act of speaking up becomes riskier and riskier, we as a society must find new ways to check society’s power brokers in Silicon Valley and Washington DC.
Psst does this by collectivising whistleblowing and thus diffusing the risks associated with speaking up. Through its secure repository, "Psst Safe," tech and government insiders can record their concerns, whether big or small, about unchecked power while protecting their identities. Individual deposits in the repository are vetted for authenticity and analyzed to uncover patterns among deposits. Patterns are used to create complete stories and/or legal cases; depositors are given the option to be part of the collective, always with legal and safety measures in place.
In addition to the Psst Safe, Psst also provides direct support for whistleblowers who decide to take the more traditional route via Psst Protect; helps vet, organize and publish (or assist in publishing) stories via its Psst Story program, and through Psst Advocate ensures information does not die with the 24-hour news cycle but instead creates lasting change.
The brainchild of three whistleblowing support veterans with deep legal, journalistic and advocacy backgrounds, Psst re-imagines how to keep the public better informed and hold corporations and government accountable for their actions. Psst’s Legal Director has over fifteen years’ experience strategically litigating cases and working to protect those who speak out. The Summer Legal Fellow will work closely with her to help deploy a variety of legal and non-legal tools to protect those speaking up.
Position summary
The Summer Legal Fellow will work directly with Psst’s Co-Founder and Legal Director to help advance the organization’s programmatic work. The Fellow will be exposed to all aspects of Psst’s work, including direct support to whistleblowers and management of The Safe in coordination with partners, such as Berkman Klein’s Applied Social Media Lab and Society & Design. The Summer Legal fellow therefore must be able to operate with the utmost confidentiality and sensitivity.
The fellow will:
Conduct legal, factual and policy research at the national, regional and international levels;
Draft memoranda and briefings to further progress individual cases;
Support the Legal Director to provide direct one-on-one support to whistleblowers;
Participate in internal and external meetings related to client support and The Safe, including with external counsel and partner organizations;
Draft and edit educational and policy materials for external audiences;
Support the Legal Director on specific projects aimed at improving the legal environment for whistleblowers and improving public support for whistleblowers themselves, including planned work around nondisclosure agreements and amicus briefs;
Assist with communications work aimed at strengthening protection around whistleblowers, including engagement with journalists; and
Assist with administrative tasks as required.
Qualifications and Experience
Applicants for the Summer Legal Fellow post must be in the process of obtaining a qualification in law, either an LLB, LLM or JD.
In addition to the educational requirement, a key qualification of this role is the ability to work sensitively and with the utmost confidentiality. Strong research and writing skills and the ability to work independently are also essential.
Psst… strives for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) and prioritizes thesevalues in our organization, programming, and employment practices. JEDI is at the forefront of our strategy and culture, and we are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, cultures, skills, and experiences, knowing that the more inclusive we are, the more successful we will be. We are an equal opportunity employer and Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and LBGTQ+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Location
Remote. Psst… operates a virtual office with staff spread between Europe and the US.
The Legal Director is a US lawyer who splits her summer between the UK and the US, while the two other co-Founders and directors are based in Washington DC and New York City. We would therefore prefer for the Fellow to be based either in US Eastern Time Zone or Europe during the duration of their fellowship. We will, however, consider candidates in other time zones who can be flexible with respect to the time they work, especially those based in San Francisco.
Salary and Benefits
Unpaid. Summer Legal Fellows must have funding to cover the full costs of the fellowship from a university, law firm, professional training program, or other institutional source of funding.
To apply
Please apply by February 1, 2025 with the following:
A cover letter describing your motivations for wanting to work for Psst…;
A resume setting out your work and educational experience;
The location where you will be based during the fellowship;
Details of your funding source, either actual or potential.
Applications should be sent to psst@psst.org with Summer Legal Fellow 2025 in the subject line.
Psst… will review applications on a rolling basis and we therefore encourage those interested to apply at the earliest opportunity.
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Interested in taking on corporate interests and corrupt power structures? Want to be at the cutting edge of tech and government accountability work, while helping empower workers to speak up and out? Want to help build a legal nonprofit from the ground up? Come join Psst… as our 2025-26 Legal Fellow.
About Psst… (www.psst.org)
Psst is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization designed to revolutionize whistleblowing. As the act of speaking up becomes riskier and riskier, we as a society must find new ways to check society’s power brokers in Silicon Valley and Washington DC.
Psst does this by collectivising whistleblowing and thus diffusing the risks associated with speaking up. Through its secure repository, "Psst Safe," tech and government insiders can record their concerns, whether big or small, about unchecked power while protecting their identities. Individual deposits in the repository are vetted for authenticity and analyzed to uncover patterns among deposits. Patterns are used to create complete stories and/or legal cases; depositors are given the option to be part of the collective, always with legal and safety measures in place.
In addition to the Psst Safe, Psst also provides direct support for whistleblowers who decide to take the more traditional route via Psst Protect; helps vet, organize and publish (or assist in publishing) stories via its Psst Story program, and through Psst Advocate ensures information does not die with the 24-hour news cycle but instead creates lasting change.
The brainchild of three whistleblowing support veterans with deep legal, journalistic and advocacy backgrounds, Psst re-imagines how to keep the public better informed and hold corporations and government accountable for their actions. Psst’s Legal Director has over fifteen years’ experience strategically litigating cases and working to protect those who speak out. The Summer Legal Fellow will work closely with her to help deploy a variety of legal and non-legal tools to protect those speaking up.
Position summary
The Legal Fellow will work directly with Psst’s Co-Founder and Legal Director to help advance the organization’s programmatic work. The Fellow will be exposed to all aspects of Psst’s work, including direct support to whistleblowers and management of The Safe in coordination with partners, such as Berkman Klein’s Applied Social Media Lab and Society & Design. The Legal fellow therefore must be able to operate with the utmost confidentiality and sensitivity.
The fellow will:
Conduct legal, factual and policy research at the national, regional andinternational levels;
Draft memoranda and briefings to further progress individual cases;
Undertake case management with respect to individual whistleblowers;
Support the Legal Director to provide direct one-on-one support to whistleblowers;
Field initial requests for whistleblower support through our whistleblower intake system;
Participate in internal and external meetings related to client support and The Safe, including with external counsel and partner organizations;
Draft and edit educational and policy materials for external audiences;
Support the Legal Director on specific projects aimed at improving the legal environment for whistleblowers and improving public support for whistleblowers themselves, including planned work around nondisclosure agreements and amicus briefs;
Assist with communications work aimed at strengthening protection around whistleblowers, including engagement with journalists; and
Assist with administrative tasks as required.
Qualifications and Experience
Those applying for the year-long Legal Fellow post must have a first qualification in law. This can be an LLB, LLM or JD.
In addition to the educational requirement, a key qualification of this role is the ability to work sensitively and with the utmost confidentiality. Strong research and writing skills and the ability to work independently are also essential.
Psst… strives for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) and prioritizes these values in our organization, programming, and employment practices. JEDI is at the forefront of our strategy and culture, and we are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, cultures, skills, and experiences, knowing that the more inclusive we are, the more successful we will be. We are an equal opportunity employer and Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and LBGTQ+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Location
Remote. Psst… operates a virtual office with staff spread between Europe and the US.
The Legal Director is a US lawyer based in the United Kingdom, while the two other co- Founders and directors are based in Washington DC and New York City. We would therefore prefer for the Fellow to be based either in US Eastern Time Zone or Europe during the duration of their fellowship. We will, however, consider candidates in other time zones who can be flexible with respect to the time they work, especially those based in San Francisco.
Salary and Benefits
Unpaid. Legal Fellows must have funding to cover the full costs of the fellowship from a university, law firm, professional training program, or other institutional source of funding.
To apply
Please apply by February 1, 2025 with the following:
• A cover letter describing your motivations for wanting to work for Psst…;
A resume setting out your work and educational experience;
The location where you will be based during the fellowship;
Details of your funding source, either actual or potential.
Applications should be sent to psst@psst.org with Legal Fellow 2025-26 in the subject line.
Psst… will review applications on a rolling basis and we therefore encourage those interested to apply at the earliest opportunity.