Bits: Public Interest Registry Names Alexa A.S. Raad CEO

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

August 9, 2007

The Public Interest Registry, the Reston, Va., group that manages the dot-org Internet domain used by nonprofit organizations, has appointed Alexa A.S. Raad as its new chief executive officer. Ms. Raad previously served as chief marketing officer at DotMobi, an Irish technology company.
CompuMentor, a San Francisco nonprofit organization that helps other charities use technology, has announced changes to its executive leadership. The position of chief executive officer will be shared by Daniel Ben-Horin, the organization’s founder; Rebecca Masisak, formerly vice president and general manager of TechSoup Stock; and Marnie Webb, formerly vice president of knowledge services.

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NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.