Interview: Bitcoin Foundation board member Elizabeth T. Ploshay
Elizabeth T. Ploshay has had a busy six months. Since her election to the Bitcoin Foundation’s board in late September 2013, she has volunteered her time to help that organization set up global affiliates, continued her work as communications manager at Bitcoin Magazine, and helped organize the upcoming Bitcoin in the Beltway conference in Washington, DC. We spoke with Ploshay about the work she is doing on many fronts. CoinTelegraph: Could you tell us what you plan to speak about at Bitcoin in the Beltway? Elizabeth T. Ploshay: I look forward to serving as co-chair of the Bitcoin in the....
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Elizabeth Ploshay and Micky Malka have been elected to the board of the Bitcoin Foundation. Ploshay, manager of communications at Bitcoin Magazine, received 90 votes, which equates to 25.1% of all the votes cast for the individual seat. Serial entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist Malka received 26 (72.2%) of the votes for the industry seat. Ploshay and Malka join the likes of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles and BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem on the board. Jon Matonis, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, said: "We welcome our new board directors and the wealth of additional....
Elizabeth Ploshay, communications director for Bitcoin Magazine and an elected board member of the Bitcoin Foundation, is leaving the publication to join the account management team at BitPay. Ploshay's new position at BitPay was announced on the company's official blog. In her capacity as Account Manager, Ploshay will work to enroll more charitable organizations and political campaigns in the bitcoin ecosystem. The addition of Ploshay to BitPay's account management team represents yet another high-profile talent acquisition by the company. Earlier this week, BitPay announced that former....
Photo by Cometstarmoon. As director of Bitcoin Magazine and a Bitcoin Foundation board member, Elizabeth Ploshay is one of Bitcoin's most prominent figures. Now she plans to bring her ideas and influence to Washington, D. C., where she hopes to change the national dialogue about Bitcoin. Bitcoin Evangelist Elizabeth Ploshay Goes to Washington. In the classic film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the naive Jefferson Smith is chosen to fill his state's vacant Senatorial seat. He goes to Washington with an idealistic, yet minor goal-to build a national boys' camp. As he maneuvers the political....
CoinTelegraph spoke to Elizabeth Ploshay about the Bitcoin companies and related projects she's involved with as well as crypto’s potential to bring in the world’s financially excluded population, the majority of which “happen to be women.” Elizabeth T. Ploshay is a very active player in the Bitcoin world. The last time CoinTelegraph spoke with Ploshay, she was integrated with many fronts in the industry. Today is no different. She is the account manager of BitPay, a long serving board member for the Bitcoin Foundation, and an advisor to the charity BitGive. Ploshay is a well known for....
The Bitcoin Foundation is holding an election for a vacant industry seat on the organization's board of directors, according to a blog post put up on Tuesday. Industry Members are able to nominate an individual for a position on the board, and the elected member will join the current board members: Micky Malka (Ribbit Capital), Mark Karpeles (Mt. Gox), Gavin Andresen, Jon Matonis, Elizabeth Ploshay (Bitcoin Magazine), and Peter Vessenes (Coinlab). Voting begins on the week of April 21st, 2014, and nominations must be in by April 7th, 2014. Board members are expected to "provide leadership"....