{"id":25047,"date":"2021-12-01T21:21:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T21:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=25047"},"modified":"2021-12-01T21:32:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T21:32:50","slug":"laurent-crenshaw","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/team_member\/laurent-crenshaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurent Crenshaw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Head of Policy, Patreon Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laurent Crenshaw is the Head of Policy for Patreon Inc. At Patreon he is leading the company\u2019s policy development, strategy, planning, and advocacy globally in the Content, Payments, Benefits, Merchandise, Community, and Public categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining Patreon, Laurent served in senior public policy roles at Eaze and Yelp. 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