INTERNET SOCIETY ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Leaders from Academia, Industry, and Internet Community Guide Global Effort

RESTON, VA, USA and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - 3 August 2009 - The Internet Society today announced its new Board of Trustees, comprised of leaders from industry, academia, and the global Internet community. The diverse and distinguished board membership reflects the Internet Society's mission of providing global leadership in promoting the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.

Members of the Board with terms beginning this year are:

• Eric Burger, Chief Technology Officer at Neustar
• Khaled Koubaa, Founder of the Arab World Internet Institute
• Philip Smith of the Internet Architectures Group of Cisco Systems
• Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he co-founded its Berkman Center for Internet & Society.

Raúl Echeberría, the Executive Director of LACNIC (the Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean), continued as a board member and was selected as the new chair of the Board.

"I look forward to working with the worldwide Internet Society community of members and chapters, and my colleagues on the board, to continue the important work of the Internet Society in promoting access to, and supporting the continued growth of, the Internet while preserving its core values," said Raúl Echeberría, Chair of the Internet Society's Board of Trustees.

During its first meeting, the Board formally thanked outgoing chair Daniel Karrenberg for his service over the past three years.

Daniel Karrenberg, Chief Scientist at RIPE NCC, said, "It has been both an honour and a pleasure to chair the board. After three years it is time to take a step back. I look forward to serving another two years as a trustee and to supporting Raul in taking over as chair."

Continuing Members of the Board of Trustees are:

• Hiroshi Esaki, Professor, The University of Tokyo
• Ted Hardie, Director, Internet and Wireless, for Qualcomm's Research and Development group
• Daniel Karrenberg, Co-founder and Chief Scientist of RIPE NCC
• Désirée Miloshevic, International Affairs and Policy Development Advisor at Afilias Global Registry Services   
• Alejandro Pisanty, Professor, the National University of Mexico
• Patrick Vande Walle, Official of the European Commission
• Bert Wijnen, Research Engineer at RIPE NCC

"The Internet Society Board of Trustees is truly international--a tremendous benefit as we work to fulfill our mission of an Internet that is accessible for everyone, everywhere," said Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society.

The Board of Trustees reappointed Ted Hardie as Treasurer and Scott Bradner as Secretary.

Trustees serve in the interest of the Internet Society as a whole, and are appointed or elected by the following groups: Chapters, Organization members, and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). More information, including biographical details of all Board members and details of the Board selection process are available at:

http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees

About the Internet Society

The Internet Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington, D.C., and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world. More information is available at: http://www.isoc.org

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