All Trustees, Past and Present
Alphabetical Order by Last Name
| Trustee | Country | Term | Selected By* | Positions / Committees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Aina | Benin | 2011-2014 | Chapters Election | Audit Committee 2011-2014 CEO Search Committee 2013 Compensation Committee 2013-2014 Elections Committee 2011-2013 Governance Committee 2013-2014 Nominations Committee 2013-2014 |
| Hideo Aiso | Japan | 1992-1993 | Appointment | |
| Walid Al-Saqaf | Yemen | 2015-2021 | Chapters Election | Audit Committee 2015-2016, 2019-2021
CEO Search Committee 2018 Compensation Committee 2019-2021 Elections Committee 2018-2019 Governance Committee 2015-2018, 2019-2021 |
| Fred Baker | United States | 2002-2008 | Standards Appointment | Board Chair 2002-2006
IETF Nomcom Liaison 2006-2007 IAOC Member 2007-2010 Audit Committee 2006-2007 Elections Committee 2003-2004, 2006-2008 & 2009-2011 Executive Committee 2002-2008 |
| Richard Barnes | United States | 2016-2022 | IETF Appointment | Treasurer 2018-
IETF Nomcom Liaison 2016-2017, 2019-2020 CEO Search Committee 2018 Compensation Committee 2017- Executive Committee 2018- Finance Committee 2016- Governance Committee 2017-2018 |
| Scott Bradner | United States | 1993-1999 | Members Election | Secretary 2003-2016
VP Standards 1995-2003 IAOC Member 2012-2016 By-Laws Review Committee 2011-2013 Elections Committee 1996-1997, 2003-2004 Executive Committee 1996-1998, 2003-2016 Governance Committee 2014-2016 |
| Kathryn Brown | United States | 2014-2018 | President & CEO 2014-2018
Elections Committee 2014-2018* Executive Committee 2014-2018* Finance Committee 2014-2018* Governance Committee 2014-2018* Nominations Committee 2014-2018* *ex officio |
|
| Charles Brownstein | United States | 1992-1995 | Appointment | |
| Martin Burack | United States | 1999-2002 | Members Election | Secretary 1999-2000
Audit Committee 2000-2001 Executive Committee 1999-2000 Nominations Committee, 2000-2001 |
| Eric Burger | United States | 2009-2015 | IETF Appointment | IAOC Member 2009-2012
IETF Nomcom Liaison 2010-2011 Audit Committee 2009-2015 By-Laws Review Committee 2011-2013 CEO Search Committee 2013 Compensation Committee 2014-2015 Elections Committee 2013-2014 Executive Committee 2009-2012 Governance Committee 2014-2015 Nominations Committee 2012-2013 |
| Gonzalo Camarillo | Spain | 2015-2021 | IETF Appointment | Board Chair 2016-2021
CEO Search Committee 2018 Compensation Committee 2015-2021 Executive Committee 2016-2021 Finance Committee 2015-2021 |
| Brian Carpenter | United Kingdom | 2000-2003 | Members Election | Board Chair 2000-2002
Executive Committee 2000-2002 |
| Olga Cavalli | Argentina | 2016-2021 | Chapters Election | Audit Committee 2016-2017
CEO Search Committee 2018 Finance Committee 2017-2021 Governance Committee 2016-2017 Governance Reform Working Group 2020-2021 Nominations Committee 2017-2018, 2019-2021 PIR Nominations Committee 2018-2021 Foundation Board 2018-2021 Foundation Advisory Committee 2019-2021 |
| Vint Cerf | United States | 1992-1995
1995-2001 |
Appointment
Members Election |
Board Chair 1992-1995 & 1998-1999
VP Chapters 1997-1998 Executive Committee 1995-2000 Nominations Committee 1995-1996 |
| Lyman Chapin | United States | 1992-1994 | Appointment | |
| Srisakdi Charmonman | Thailand | 1999-2002 | Members Election | |
| Narelle Clark | Australia | 2010-2016 | Chapters Election | Audit Committee 2012-2016
By-Laws Review Committee 2011-2013 Executive Committee 2012-2016 IANA Stewardship Transition Committee 2014-2016 Nominations Committee 2011-2012, 2014-2016 |
| Mike Conn | United States | 1999-2002 | Treasurer 1999-2002
Audit Committee 2000-2001 |
|
| Philippe Courtot | France | 2002-2003 | Appointment | |
| Steve Crocker | United States | 2003-2006 | Organizations Election | Executive Committee 2003-2006 |
| Keith Davidson | New Zealand | 2012-2015 | Organizations Election | CEO Search Committee 2013
Compensation Committee 2014-2015 Governance Committee 2013-2015 Nominations Committee 2012-2014 |
| Rosa Delgado | Switzerland | 2000-2006 | Chapters Election | Executive Committee 2000-2003, 2004-2005 |
| Gihan Dias | Sri Lanka | 2014-2017 | Chapters Election | Audit Committee 2014-2016
Elections Committee 2014-2015 Finance Committee 2016-2017 Governance Committee 2015-2017 Nominations Committee 2015-2016 |
| Maimouna Diop | Senegal | 2020-2023 | Chapters Election | Audit Committee 2020-
Elections Committee 2020- Governance Committee 2020- |
| Hans Peter Dittler | Germany | 2014-2020 | Chapters Election | CEO Search Committee 2017-2018
Compensation Committee 2018-2019 Elections Committee 2014-2016, 2018-2019 Executive Committee 2015-2018 Finance Committee 2016-2020 Governance Committee 2015-2020 PIR Nominations Committee 2018-2020 Foundation Board 2018-2020 Foundation Advisory Committee 2019-2020 |
| Raúl Echeberría | Uruguay | 2008-2014 | Organizations Election | Board Chair 2009-2012
Audit Committee 2008-2009, 2013-2014 By-laws Review Committee 2012-2013 Compensation Committee 2011-2013 Executive Committee 2009-2013 Nominations Committee 2013-2014 |
| Hiroshi Esaki | Japan | 2007-2010
2014-2020 |
Organizations Election | Audit Committee 2009-2010, 2017-2018
CEO Search Committee 2017-2018 Compensation Committee 2016-2017, 2018-2020 Elections Committee 2017-2018, 2019-2020 Finance Committee 2014-2017 Governance Committee 2018-2019 Nominations Committee 2008-2009, 2015-2016, 2018-2019 Foundation Board 2018-2020 |
| Susan Estrada | United States | 1993-1999 | Members Election | Executive Committee 1998-1999 |
| Patrik Fältström | Sweden | 2006-2009 | IETF Appointment | Audit Committee 2007-2009 |
| David Farber | United States | 1993-1999
2012-2015 |
Members Election
Organizations Election |
CEO Search Committee 2013
Executive Committee 2013-2015 Finance Committee 2012-2015 |
| Osten Franberg | Sweden | 2002-2004 | Organizations Election | Nominations Committee 2003-2004 |
| Barbara Fraser | United States | 2000-2003 | Members Election | Audit Committee 2000-2001 |
| Eva Frölich | Sweden | 2010-2013 | Organizations Election | Board Chair 2012-2013
Treasurer 2010-2012 Audit Committee 2010-2011 Compensation Committee 2012-2013 Executive Committee 2010-2013 |
| Ira Fuchs | United States | 1992-1994 | Appointment | |
| Howard Funk | United States | 1993-1994 | Executive Director 1993-1994 | |
| John Gage | United States | 1998-1999
1999-2002 |
Appointment
Members Election |
|
| John Gilmore | United States | 1997-2000 | Members Election | |
| Mike Godwin | United States | 2019-2022 | Organizations Election | Audit Committee 2019-
Compensation Committee 2019- Governance Committee 2019- PIR Nominations Committee 2019- |
| Shigeki Goto | Japan | 1994-1997 | Members Election | Executive Committee 1996-1997 |
| Alan Greenberg | Canada | 2001-2004 | Members Election | Elections Committee 2001-2003 |
| Frode Greisen | Sweden | 1992-1995
1995-1998 |
Appointment
Members Election |
Board Chair 1997-1998
Treasurer 1995-1997 Audit Committee 1996-1997 Executive Committee 1995-1998 |
| Saul Hahn | United States | 1994-1997 | Members Election | Audit Committee 1996-1997 |
| Ted Hardie | United States | 2007-2010
2020-2023 |
IETF Appointment
Organizations Election |
Treasurer 2008-2010
Audit Committee 2007-2010 Executive Committee 2008-2010 Compensation Committee 2020- Finance Committee 2020- PIR Nominations Committee 2020- |
| Jurgen Harms | Austria | 1992-1993 | Appointment | |
| Donald Heath | United States | 1996-2001 | Members Election | President & CEO 1996-2000
Executive Committee 1996-2000 |
| Robert M. Hinden | United States | 2010-2016 | IETF Appointment | Board Chair 2013-2016
CEO Search Committee 2013 Compensation Committee 2011-2016 Executive Committee 2013-2016 Finance Committee 2012-2013 Governance Committee 2013-2016 Nominations Committee 2011-2012 |
| Christian Huitema | France | 1995-2001 | Members Election | Secretary 2001-2003
Treasurer 1997-1999 Elections Committee 2000-2001 Executive Committee 1998-1999 |
| Erik Huizer | Netherlands | 2002-2007 | Standards Appointment | |
| Geoff Huston | Australia | 1992-1995
1998-2001 |
Appointment
Members Election |
Board Chair 1999-2000
Secretary 1995-1999, 2000-2001 Executive Committee 1999-2001 |
| Haruhisa Ishida | Japan | 1993-1998 | Members Election | VP Chapters & Membership 1995-1997
Executive Committee 1997-1998 |
| Bob Kahn | United States | 1992-1996 | Charter Member | Elections Committee 1995-1996 |
| Tomaz Kalin | Slovenia | 1992-1994
1994-1997 |
Appointment
Members Election |
|
| Tarek Kamel | Egypt | 1999-2002 | Members Election | VP Chapters 1999-2000 |
| Daniel Karrenberg | Germany | 2005-2011 | Organizations Election | Board Chair 2006-2009
Audit Committee 2006-2007 Executive Committee 2005-2010 Nominations Committee 2009-2010 |
| Ken King | United States | 1992-1993 | Charter Member | |
| Khaled Koubaa | Tunisia | 2009-2012 | Chapters Election | Audit Committee 2011-2012
Elections Committee 2010-2011 Nominations Committee 2009-2010 |
| Latif Ladid | Morocco | 2001-2004 | Organizations Election | Executive Committee 2001-2004 |
| Lawrence Landweber | United States | 1992-1994
1994-1997 |
Appointment
Members Election |
Board Chair 1995-1997
VP Education 1992-1995 Executive Committee 1996-1997 Nominations Committee 1996-1997 |
| Lawrence Lessig | United States | 2010-2011 | Organizations | |
| John Levine | United States | 2015-2021 | IETF Appointment | Secretary 2016-2021
Audit Committee 2015-2019 CEO Search Committee 2018 Compensation Committee 2015-2018 Executive Committee 2016-2021 Governance Committee 2019-2021 IETF Trust Board 2018- Nominations Committee 2018-2019 PIR Nominations Committee 2018-2021 |
| Jason Livingood | United States | 2011-2016 | Organizations Election | Treasurer 2012-2015
IETF Nomcom Liaison 2011-2012 CEO Search Committee 2013 Elections Committee 2011-2012, 2013-2014 Executive Committee 2012-2016 Finance Committee 2011-2016 Nominations Committee 2015-2016 |
| Dan Lynch | United States | 1994-1996 | Members Election | |
| Veni Markovski | Bulgaria | 2002-2007 | Chapters Election | Elections Committee 2005-2006 |
| Franck Martin | Fiji | 2006-2009 | Chapters Election | Executive Committee 2006-2009 |
| Christine Maxwell | United Kingdom | 1997-2003 | Members Election | VP Communications 1999-2000
VP Membership 1997-1999 VP Organizations 1997-1998 Executive Committee 1999-2000 Nominations Committee 2001-2002 |
| Glenn McKnight | Canada | 2017-2020 | Chapters Election | CEO Search Committee 2017-2018
Governance Committee 2017-2020 Nominations Committee 2018-2019 PIR Nominations Committee 2018-2019 Foundation Board 2018-2020 |
| Toshio Miki | Japan | 2002-2005 | Organizations Election | Executive Committee 2002-2003 |
| Désirée Miloshevic | United Kingdom | 2004-2010
2013-2019 |
Organizations Election | IETF Nomcom Liaison 2013-2015
Audit Committee 2018-2019 CEO Search Committee 2013 CEO Search Committee 2018 Compensation Committee 2015-2018 Elections Committee 2013-2015 Executive Committee 2006-2008, 2009-2010, 2016-2017 Governance Committee 2013-2019 Nominations Committee 2005-2006, 2016-2019 |
| Alice Munyua | Kenya | 2015-2018 | Organizations Election | CEO Search Committee 2018
Compensation Committee 2017-2018 Elections Committee 2015-2016 Executive Committee 2016-2017 Governance Committee 2015-2018 Nominations Committee 2016-2017 PIR Selection Committee 2017-2018 |
| Jun Murai | Japan | 1997-2000 | Members Election | |
| Kees Neggers | Netherlands | 1992-1996
1998-2001 |
Charter Member
Members Election |
Executive Committee 1998-2004
Nominations Committee 2002-2003 |
| Wawa Ngenge | Senegal | 2000-2003 | Members Election | |
| Tim O’Reilly | United States | 1995-2001 | Members Election | VP Education 1996-1997, 1998-1999
VP Publications 1996-1998 Audit Committee 1996-1997 Executive Committee 1996-1998 |
| Jose Luis Pardos | Spain | 1997-2000 | Members Election | |
| Robert Pepper | United States | 2018-2021 | Organizations Election | Finance Committee 2018-
Nominations Committee 2018-2019 |
| Harish Pillay | Singapore | 2016–2019 | Organizations Election | IETF Nomcom Liaison 2018–2019
Audit Committee 2016–2019 CEO Search Committee 2018 Compensation Committee 2018–2019 Elections Committee 2016–2017 PIR Nominations Committee 2017–2019 |
| Alejandro Pisanty | Mexico | 2007-2011 | Chapters Election | Executive Committee 2009-2011
Nominations Committee 2010-2011 |
| Jean Armour Polly | United States | 1993-1996 | Members Election | |
| Jon Postel | United States | 1993-1998 | Members Election | |
| Glenn Ricart | United States | 2002-2008 | Organizations Election | Treasurer 2002-2008
Audit Committee 2005-2008 Executive Committee 2005-2007 |
| Mike Roberts | United States | 1992-1996 | Charter Member | Executive Director 1992-1993
VP International 1992-1993 |
| Anthony Rutkowski | United States | 1992-1996 | Appointment | Executive Director 1994-1996
VP International 1992-1994 |
| George Sadowsky | United States | 1996-1999
2000-2004 2020-2023 |
Members Election
Chapters Election |
VP Conferences 1997-1998
VP Education 1996-1997 VP Education 1998-1999 Elections Committee 2004-2005 Nominations Committee 2003-2004, 2020- Finance Committee 2020- Governance Committee 2020- |
| Manuel Sanroma | Spain | 1999-2002 | Members Election | |
| Ben Segal | United Kingdom | 1997-2000 | Members Election | |
| Philip Smith | Australia | 2009-2012 | Organizations Election | Executive Committee 2011-2012
Nominations Committee 2009-2010, 2011-2012 |
| Stephen Squires | United States | 2004-2007 | Appointment | |
| Lynn St.Amour | United States | 2001-2013 | President & CEO 2001-2013
Elections Committee 2001-2013* Executive Committee 2001-2013* Finance Committee 2001-2013* Governance Committee 2013* Nominations Committee 2001-2013* *ex officio |
|
| Bill St.Arnaud | Canada | 2006-2009 | Organizations Election | |
| Andrew Sullivan | United States | 2018- | President & CEO 2018-
Elections Committee 2018-* Executive Committee 2018-* Finance Committee 2018-* Governance Committee 2018-* *ex officio |
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| Theresa Swinehart | United States | 2011-2014 | Organizations Election | By-laws Review Committee 2011-2013
CEO Search Committee 2013 Compensation Committee 2013-2014 Elections Committee 2011-2012 Executive Committee 2012-2014 Nominations Committee 2012-2013 |
| Laura Thomson | United States | 2020-2023 | IETF Appointment | CEO Succession Planning Committee 2020-
Finance Committee 2020- PIR Nominations Committee 2020- IETF Nomcom Liaison 2020- |
| Sean Turner | United States | 2014-2020 | IETF Appointment | Treasurer 2015-2018
IETF Nomcom Liaison 2017-2018 IETF LLC Board 2019-2021 Audit Committee 2019-2020 CEO Search Committee 2017-2018 Compensation Committee 2014-2017 Elections Committee 2015-2016, 2018-2019 Executive Committee 2015-2018 Finance Committee 2014-2019 Governance Committee 2018-2019 Nominations Committee 2014-2015, 2019-2020 Foundation Board 2018-2020 |
| Mieke van Heesewijk | Netherlands | 2019-2020 | Organizations Election | Governance Committee 2019-2020
Nominations Committee 2019-2020 Foundation Board 2019-2020 |
| Patrick Vande Walle | Luxembourg | 2004-2010 | Chapters Election | Elections Committee 2008-2010
Executive Committee 2005-2006 Nominations Committee 2006-2008 |
| Rudi Vansnick | Belgium | 2012-2015 | Chapters Election | IETF Nomcom Liaison 2012-2013
Audit Committee 2012-2013, 2014-2015 CEO Search Committee 2013 Compensation Committee 2014-2015 Elections Committee 2012-2013 Executive Committee 2014-2015 Finance Committee 2013-2014 Governance Committee 2013-2014 Nominations Committee 2013-2014 |
| Margaret Wasserman | United States | 2003-2006 | Standards Appointment | Elections Committee 2003-2004
Nominations Committee 2004-2005 |
| Heather West | United States | 2020-2021 | Board Appointment | Audit Committee 2020-2021
Compensation Committee 2020-2021 Governance Committee 2020-2021 |
| Bert Wijnen | Netherlands | 2008-2014 | IETF Appointment | IETF Nomcom Liaison 2009-2010
Audit Committee 2009-2011 CEO Search Committee 2013 Compensation Committee 2011-2014 Finance Committee 2011-2014 |
| Pindar Wong | Hong Kong | 2003-2006 | Organizations Election | Executive Committee 2003-2005 |
| Baoping Yan | China | 2006-2009 | Organizations Election | |
| Jonathan Zittrain | United States | 2009-2012 | Organizations Election | Executive Committee 2010-2012
Nominations Committee 2009-2010 |
*Selection of board members has evolved since the Internet Society’s founding in 1992. Today, the board of trustees is comprised of individuals selected – in equal numbers – by Chapters, Organization Members and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).