Meredith Whittaker? Artificial Intelligence researcher [0], not ex-Google exec, Meredith Whittaker who "led global walkouts" [1] against Google? Meredith Whittaker who "helped lead employee protests at Google over the search giant’s military work, artificial intelligence and policies" [2], Meredith Whittaker?

If that's who you're talking about, they chose the right person to lead a project that goes completely against the silicon valley M.O. of selling your private data to the highest bidder or mining it to sell ads. Her actions have demonstrated she isn't afraid of speaking up or pushing back against "the hand that feeds you", even at risk of being retaliated.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/samshead/2019/04/23/google-a-i-researcher-says-shes-being-punished-for-organising-a-mass-walkout/

[1] https://news.sky.com/story/google-walkout-leader-meredith-whittaker-leaves-company-following-claims-of-retaliation-11764114

[2] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-protest-leader-meredith-whittaker-015305645.html