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Then: Ms. Barker, employee no. 120, started as Facebook's first ever communication executive in 2006 and saw the social network grow from seven million to 500 million users during her four-and-a-half year tenure. As the public voice of Facebook, she navigated endless IPO rumors, government investigations, site outages, and, oh yeah, some minor kerfuffles over privacy issues. At the news of her departure, AllThingsD's Kara Swisher issued a rare "small single tear of sadness" for Ms. Barker's "patented–and very endearing–hand-in-the-face 'no comment' for the powerful social networking site."



Now: Ms. Barker left Facebook to start her own communications consulting business tailored to early stage tech startups. She also sits on the board of the Somaly Mam Foundation and is working on a book called "Giving 2.0."



(Photo: Flickr)

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Then: Ms. Barker, employee no. 120, started as Facebook's first ever communication executive in 2006 and saw the social network grow from seven million to 500 million users during her four-and-a-half year tenure. As the public voice of Facebook, she navigated endless IPO rumors, government investigations, site outages, and, oh yeah, some minor kerfuffles over privacy issues. At the news of her departure, AllThingsD's Kara Swisher issued a rare "small single tear of sadness" for Ms. Barker's "patented–and very endearing–hand-in-the-face 'no comment' for the powerful social networking site."



Now: Ms. Barker left Facebook to start her own communications consulting business tailored to early stage tech startups. She also sits on the board of the Somaly Mam Foundation and is working on a book called "Giving 2.0."



(Photo: Flickr)

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