Kickstarter Lands Nonprofit Legal Chief as Third GC in Two Years

Kickstarter PBC, a crowdfunding platform that has helped launch billion-dollar companies, has hired its third general counsel in two years.

Diane Peters started May 25 at Kickstarter from her home in Portland, Ore., where she works remotely, she confirmed to Bloomberg Law in an email.

She comes to Kickstarter after stepping down earlier this year as general counsel, director, and board secretary at Mountain View, Calif.-based Creative Commons Corp., a nonprofit with a mission statement declaring its commitment to “digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.”

Kickstarter, which became a public benefit corporation in 2015, has helped give rise to companies such ...