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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative hired a new head of product from Quora

Sandra Liu Huang is joining CZI after five years at Quora.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan are building out a full-fledged company to help them spend their billions. As of Thursday, that full-fledged company also includes a head of product.

Sandra Liu Huang
Sandra Liu Huang
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Sandra Liu Huang, who most recently led product management for the Q&A site Quora and also spent three years at Facebook during the company’s early days, is joining CZI to “lead the organization’s product team,” she wrote in a post Thursday.

It’s not entirely clear what kinds of products CZI will be building, but the organization has said that it will focus on a few key areas, including fighting disease and improving education. In September, Zuckerberg and Chan pledged $3 billion to fighting diseases.

Liu Huang is the latest in a number of key hires for CZI. Molly Graham recently joined as VP of operations and David Plouffe joined in January as president of policy and advocacy.


This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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