Peter Bonilla

Experience

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  InterAct Theatre Company

  Aug 2005 - Apr 2008

  InterAct Theatre Company

  Handled all submissions from playwrights and agents and serves as primary reader on 200-300 scripts in consideration for development and production in upcoming seasons; worked closely with artistic director in the selection of plays for production; worked extensively with playwrights in the development of world premiere productionsConducted extensive research on plays in production at company; write features for company's quarterly newsletter and production programs, conducts interviews with playwrights for inclusion on company's website and newsletterServed on literary committee of the National New Play Network, a consortium of 24 theatre companies devoted to the development, production, and continued life of new plays Show less

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  Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

  Apr 2008 - Nov 2022

  As Vice President of Programs, I was primarily responsible for administering the bulk of FIRE's Speech, Outreach, Advocacy, and Research (SOAR) Project, a multiyear, interdisciplinary project funded by the $2.5 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation. This project expands FIRE's outreach operations into the high school college faculty, and alumni communities, and supports original research in the fields of history, psychology, and polling and data science. Following the end of the grant cycle, my focus shifted primarily to the management of FIRE's faculty outreach and programming, including the running of our annual Faculty Network Conference. Show less

  • Vice President of Programs

    Oct 2016 - Nov 2022

  • Director, Individual Rights Defense Program

    Jul 2013 - Oct 2016

  • Associate Director, Individual Rights Defense Program

    May 2012 - Jul 2013

  • Assistant Director, Individual Rights Defense Program

    Mar 2011 - May 2012

  • Program Officer, Individual Rights Defense Program

    Apr 2009 - Mar 2011

  • Program Associate, Finance and Operations

    Apr 2008 - Apr 2009
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  Mic

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Contributing Writer
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  MIT Free Speech Alliance

  Nov 2022 - now

  Executive Director

  In November 2022 I joined the MIT Free Speech Alliance as its Executive Director and first employee. MFSA, which is independent of MIT, was founded by a group of volunteer alumni to push for better free speech protections, and a better free speech climate overall at the institution, through events, outreach, and other community programming. MFSA will also be an observer of broader trends in free expression affecting campuses nationwide, and hopes to provide a blueprint to other similar alumni organizations looking to make similar impacts. MFSA’s early work is supported by a $500,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation. Show less