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THE NEW YORK TIMES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019 N C3

Time’s Up, the advocacy organization
founded by powerful women in Hollywood
as the #MeToo movement roiled the nation,
announced on Monday that it had ap-
pointed Tina Tchen, a lawyer and former
chief of staff to Michelle Obama, as its new
chief executive.
Ms. Tchen was a founder of the organiza-
tion’s signature initiative: a legal-defense
fund for women in all industries who experi-
enced sexual harassment at work. The fund
has so far raised more than $24 million.
The previous chief executive, Lisa Bor-
ders, resigned abruptly in February, after
less than four months on the job, after her
adult son was accused of sexual miscon-
duct. Rebecca Goldman, who had served as
interim chief executive, will continue as
chief operating officer.
Ms. Tchen, 63, called it “the role of a life-
time” after more than 30 years of working
on diversity and inclusion. She said it was a
pivotal moment in which those issues had
come to the forefront around the world.
“We are having a global conversation
around workplaces, around the role of wom-
en and gender equity, in a way that in those
three decades, I’ve never seen before,” she
said on Friday.
The organization is also starting the
Time’s Up Impact Lab, a new project fo-
cused on research and policies about sexual
harassment and other forms of workplace
discrimination. The lab received a signifi-
cant contribution from Pivotal Ventures, an
incubator founded by Melinda Gates and
led by Jennifer Klein, a strategist for Time’s
Up.
The organization declined to say exactly
how much Pivotal Ventures had donated. In
an article in Time, Ms. Gates pledged to do-
nate $1 billion over the next 10 years to ex-
pand women’s power and influence in the
United States. She wrote that the group
would focus on dismantling barriers to
women’s professional advancement; fast-
tracking women in sectors such as technol-
ogy, media and politics; and pressuring
companies and organizations to change
policies.
Time’s Up was founded two years ago
amid the fallout from revelations about Har-
vey Weinstein and other powerful Holly-
wood figures. Actresses, producers, agents
and other women began to meet and strate-
gize about a campaign for gender parity
and workplace safety. They were prompted
to think about women in other industries by
an open letter from female farmworkers
with the group Alianza Nacional de
Campesinas that expressed both sympathy
and solidarity.
Time’s Up was a formidable presence at
the Golden Globes in January 2018. Mem-

bers invited activists as their guests, and

most celebrities attending the awards show

wore black as a sign of solidarity. Many add-

ed pins with the Time’s Up logo.

The legal defense fund was started the

same month, and since then, it has con-

nected more than 3,600 workers in dozens

of industries to legal or public relations sup-

port for sexual harassment cases. They

have included farmworkers, wait staff,

F.B.I. agents and opera singers. Most had

low incomes, the organization said.

The fund is administered by the National

Women’s Law Center. Major initial donors

included Shonda Rhimes, Reese Wither-

spoon and Meryl Streep. Nearly 800 law-

yers have volunteered free or low-cost legal

services.

The other founders of the fund are the

lawyer Robbie Kaplan; Fatima Goss

Graves, the president and chief executive of

the National Women’s Law Center; and the

communications strategist Hilary Rosen.

Ms. Kaplan, who is best known for repre-

senting Edith Windsor in the Supreme

Court case that forced the government to

recognize same-sex marriage, said in a

statement that Ms. Tchen “is like my long-

lost sister — someone I have looked up to

since we first worked on a case together

years ago.”

While pursuing individual cases, the or-

ganization also tried to work with lawmak-

ers and others around the country to amend

or introduce legislation related to sexual as-

sault and workplace discrimination. Per-

haps its most notable victory so far was a

bill signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of

New York last month to extend the statute

of limitations in certain rape cases.

Mr. Cuomo was joined at the signing by

Ms. Kaplan and actresses affiliated with

Time’s Up, including Julianne Moore, Mira

Sorvino and Michelle Hurd.

The organization has also pushed studios

to hire more women directors, producers

and executives, and has created projects fo-

cused on other industries, like health care

and advertising.

Ms. Tchen currently leads Buckley LLP’s

workplace culture practice, and will leave to

become president and chief executive of

Time’s Up on Nov. 1. She will continue as a

chairwoman of the group the United State of

Women, along with Valerie Jarrett, her for-

mer colleague in the Obama White House.

At the White House, Ms. Tchen led the Of-

fice of Public Engagement and the White

House Council on Women and Girls, and

served as an assistant to the president and

chief of staff to the first lady. Before that, she

was a longtime lawyer and partner at the

corporate firm Skadden, Arps, Slate,

Meagher & Flom. In an interview, she made

a point of mentioning that she had also been

a single mother throughout her career.

Ms. Tchen also is on several advisory

boards, and was asked to help two high-pro-

file organizations after gender-related con-

troversies in the past two years. The first

was the Recording Academy, which

presents the Grammys. Its previous presi-

dent, Neil Portnow, came under fire for say-

ing that women in music should “step up” to

advance their careers, though the vast ma-

jority of nominees are male. Ms. Tchen

served as chairwoman of a task force on in-

clusion and diversity for the organization.

In March, she was asked to be an adviser

to the Southern Poverty Law Center after

accusations of sexual harassment and rac-

ism surfaced at that civil rights nonprofit.

Ms. Tchen said both projects were wrapping

up.

She will continue to be based in Chicago,

where Time’s Up would open an office, she

said.

In a statement, Ms. Rhimes and the ac-

tress Eva Longoria, both principal founders

of Time’s Up, praised Ms. Tchen for her ded-

ication and vision.

“She has been with us since the begin-

ning, honoring our commitment to trans-

form work for women everywhere,” Ms.

Longoria said.

Former Obama Aide Will Take Over Time’s Up

Tina Tchen to run the group

founded in the wake of the

#MeToo movement.

By KAREN ZRAICK

Tina Tchen, top, is to become

president and chief executive

of Time’s Up on Nov. 1. Left,

Reese Witherspoon, Eva

Longoria, Salma Hayek and

Ashley Judd, on the red carpet

at the Golden Globe Awards in

2018.

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