[Chapter-delegates] NEWS: Internet Society Elects New Chair; Seats New Board Members at Annual General Meeting

Tue Jun 21 02:29:03 PDT 2016

Congrats to the new chair.
Good luck

James
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 11:17 PM, Khaled Koubaa <khaled.koubaa at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Congratulations to Gonzalofor his election as Chair of the Board.
> Congratulations for all appointed and elected new members.
>
> Khaled Koubaa
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>
> 2016-06-20 19:58 GMT+02:00 Wende Cover <cover at isoc.org>:
>
>> Internet Society Elects New Chair; Seats New Board Members at Annual
>> General Meeting
>>
>>
>> https://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-elects-new-chair-seats-new-board-members-annual-general-meeting
>>
>>
>>
>> [Washington, D.C. – June 20, 2016] – The Internet Society today announced
>> that its Board of Trustees elected Gonzalo Camarillo as the new Chair
>> during its Annual General Meeting 18-19 June, 2016. It also seated new
>> Board members who will now serve a term of three years.  The Internet
>> Society Board of Trustees is elected or appointed by Chapters, Organization
>> Members, and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
>>
>>
>>
>> Gonzalo Camarillo is head of Data/IT standardization at Ericsson, where
>> he works at the office of the CTO. He is an active participant at the IETF
>> where he chairs several working groups. In the past, he served in both the
>> IESG and the IAB. Gonzalo holds an MBA from AEE (Aalto University Executive
>> Education; Finland), a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Aalto University
>> (Finland), and two MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering from KTH (Royal
>> Institute of Technology; Sweden) and UPM (Universidad Politecnica de
>> Madrid; Spain). As part of his PhD studies, he was a visitor researcher at
>> Columbia University (USA).
>>
>>
>>
>> “I look forward to working with the Board of Trustees through the next
>> phase of the Internet Society’s evolution. The Board members, with their
>> diverse backgrounds, bring a wealth of experience to guide the organization
>> in its mission of bringing the benefits of a globally connected Internet to
>> everyone, everywhere,” said Gonzalo Camarillo.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Board expressed its appreciation to outgoing Chair Bob Hinden, who
>> has served on the Board since 2010, and as Chair since 2013.  He is the
>> Check Point Fellow at Check Point Software, and has been active in the IETF
>> since 1985, and is the co-inventor of the IPv6 protocol. “It’s been an
>> honor to be on the board and to serve as Chair. The Internet Society has
>> come a long way in the past six years, and with the new Chair and
>> continuing Board, I am confident it is well positioned for the future,”
>> said Hinden.
>>
>>
>>
>> The results of the 2016 Board elections are:
>>
>> •Desiree Miloshevic was re-elected by Organization Members to a
>> three-year term. She is Senior Public Policy and International Affairs
>> Adviser at Afilias, a global leader in domain name registry services and
>> has served as Special Advisor to the chair of the UN Internet Governance
>> Forum (IGF) Advisory group since 2006.
>>
>> •Harish Pillay was elected by Organization Members. He served as
>> President of the Internet Society Singapore Chapter from 2013-2015 and is
>> currently in charge of external engagements for the Chapter.  He works for
>> Red Hat Asia Pacific where he is global head of Community Architecture and
>> Leadership.
>>
>> •Olga Cavalli, who was elected by Chapter members, is President of the
>> Internet Society Argentina Chapter.  In 2007, she co-founded the South
>> School on Internet Governance which has granted more than 1500 fellowships
>> for Internet Governance training in eight countries throughout the Americas.
>>
>> •Richard Barnes was selected by the Internet Architecture Board as the
>> Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) appointee to the Board of Trustees.
>> He formerly served as Area Director for the Real-time Applications and
>> Infrastructure area of the IETF and currently leads the Security and
>> Privacy Engineering team at Mozilla.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Board of Trustees also elected John Levine as the new Secretary.
>> Levine replaces Scott Bradner, who is retiring after dedicating many years
>> of service to the Internet Society.  He served on the Board of Trustees
>> from 1993-1999 and has been Secretary since 2003.  The Board also
>> re-elected Kathy Brown as President of the Internet Society and elected
>> Sean Turner as Treasurer.
>>
>>
>>
>> Along with Bob Hinden, there are two additional outgoing trustees:
>>
>> •Narelle Clark served on the Board since 2010.  She is Deputy CEO of the
>> Australian Communications Consumer Action Network and was president of the
>> Internet Society Australia Chapter from 2011-2014.
>>
>> •Jason Livingood served on the Board of Trustees since 2011, and is
>> currently Vice President of Internet and Communications Engineering at
>> Comcast Cable.
>>
>>
>>
>> “The Internet Society extends its sincere appreciation to Bob Hinden,
>> Narelle Clark and Jason Livingood for their valuable contributions and
>> years of service,” added Camarillo. “In addition, we thank Scott Bradner
>> for his steadfast commitment to the Board as a trustee in the
>> organization’s early years and as Secretary for the past 13 years.”
>>
>>
>>
>> The current members of the Internet Society Board of Trustees are:
>>
>> •Walid Al-Saqaf, Software developer and postdoctoral researcher at
>> Stockholm University
>>
>> •Richard Barnes, Firefox Security Lead, Mozilla
>>
>> •Gonzalo Camarillo, Head of Data/IT standardization at Ericsson
>>
>> •Olga Cavalli, Co-founder and Academic Director, South School on Internet
>> Governance
>>
>> •Gihan Dias, Professor, University of Moratuwa
>>
>> •Hans Peter Dittler, CEO of BRAINTEC Netzwerk-Consulting
>>
>> •Hiroshi Esaki, Professor, the University of Tokyo
>>
>> •John Levine, President of CAUCE North America
>>
>> •Desiree Miloshevic, Senior Adviser, Public Policy and International
>> Affairs, Afilias
>>
>> •Alice Munyua, Founder of the Kenya ICT Action Network
>>
>> •Harish Pillay, global head of Community Architecture and Leadership, Red
>> Hat
>>
>> •Sean Turner, Founder of sn3rd
>>
>> •Kathy Brown, President and CEO of the Internet Society; serves as a
>> non-voting Trustee
>>
>>
>>
>> “The work of the Internet Society and its global community has never been
>> more important,” said Kathy Brown, President and CEO of the Internet
>> Society. “Our Board of Trustees plays a critical role in helping advance
>> our mission and each member brings the experience and expertise needed to
>> lead this organization into the future.”
>>
>>
>>
>> The Internet Society Board provides strategic direction in support of the
>> organization’s mission of preserving the open, global Internet.  More
>> information, including biographical details of all Board members and
>> details of the Board selection process, is available at
>> https://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees.
>>
>>
>>
>> About the Internet Society
>>
>> The Internet Society is the trusted independent source for Internet
>> information and thought leadership from around the world. It is also the
>> organizational home for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). With
>> its principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the
>> Internet Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and
>> future development among users, companies, governments, and other
>> organizations. Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the
>> Internet Society enables the continued evolution and growth of the Internet
>> for everyone.  For more information, visit:  www.internetsociety.org.
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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