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 |
|
Hideo Aiso |
Japan |
1992-1993 |
Appointment |
|
|
Walid Al-Saqaf |
Yemen |
2015-2021 |
Chapters Election |
Audit Committee 2015-2016, 2019- CEO Search Committee 2018 Compensation Committee 2019- Elections Committee 2018-2019 Governance Committee 2015-2018, 2019- |
|
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- CEO Search Committee 2018 Compensation Committee 2015- Executive Committee 2016- Finance Committee 2015- |
|
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- Audit Committee 2015-2019 CEO Search Committee 2018 Compensation Committee 2015-2018 Executive Committee 2016- Governance Committee 2019- IETF Trust Board 2018- Nominations Committee 2018-2019 PIR Nominations Committee 2018- |
|
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 |
|
|
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 Compensation Committee Governance Committee |
|
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 |
|
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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).