Internet Society elects Robert Hinden BoT chair

Mr. Hinden, newly ISOC board chair:

Software expert, Mr. Robert Hinden has been elected the Internet Society (ISOC) Board of Trustees (BoT) at its recent meeting in Berlin, Germany, to further champion its strategic direction in support of the organization’s mission of preserving the open, global Internet.

Hinden, is a Check Point Fellow at Check Point Software; a co-inventor of IPv6; a member of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC); and he co-chairs the IPv6 working group (6MAN) at the IETF.

Previously at Nokia, he was a Nokia Fellow, Chief Internet Technologist at Nokia Networks, and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at the Nokia Internet Protocol (IP) Routing Group.

Responding on his election, Mr. Hinden said ISOC serves a pivotal role in the world, with its vital work as a global leader on Internet policy, technical, economic, and social matters, and as the organizational home to the IETF.

“It is a privilege to serve as the chair of the Board of this organization. We have a very international Board, all united by a passion for ensuring the Internet remains free and open for future generations,” he said. 

However, the Board expressed its appreciation to outgoing Chair Eva Frölich, who was the first female Chair and provided tremendous leadership since being elected in July 2012. 

DigitalSENSE Business News recalls that Ms Frolich joined the ISOC Board of Trustees in 2010 and served as Treasurer for the first two years.

For her, it has been an honor to work with the Internet Society and to serve as Chair during the past year, adding that the Internet Society is well-positioned to continue to make an impact on the issues that are critical to the Internet’s future development. 

The BoT also appointed by the following groups: Chapters, Organization Members, and the IETF. The results of the 2013 Board elections were that the chapters re-elected Narelle Clark to a three-year term;  Organization Members re-elected Jason Livingood and elected new Board member, Désirée Miloshevic, 

both to three-year terms.

The current members of the Internet Society Board of Trustees therefore are Alain P. Aina, Managing Director at Technologies Reséaux & Solutions and Special Projects Manager at AFRINIC (the Internet Address Registry for Africa); Eric Burger, Research Professor of Computer Science, and Director, Security and Software Engineering Research Center at Georgetown University; Narelle Clark, Deputy CEO, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network; President of the Internet Society Australian Chapter, Keith Davidson, International Director, InternetNZ.

Equally, Mr. Raúl Echeberría, the Executive Director & CEO of LACNIC (the Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean) was elected into the BoT alongside David Farber, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, Jason Livingood, Vice President of Internet & Communications Engineering, Comcast; Désirée Miloshevic, Senior Advisor, Public Policy and International Affairs, Afilias.

Other members of the board include Lynn St. Amour, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Society; serves as ex-officio and as a non-voting Trustee; Theresa Swinehart, Executive Director, Global Internet Policy, Verizon Communications, Rudi Vansnick, President of Internet Society Belgium, Bert Wijnen, Research engineer at RIPE-NCC in the Netherlands

During the meeting, the Board of Trustees re-elected Scott Bradner as Secretary. Mr. Bradner has dedicated many years of outstanding service to the Internet Society, serving on the Board of Trustees from 1993-1999 and as Secretary since 2003. The Board also re-elected Lynn St. Amour as President and Jason Livingood as Treasurer. 

“As a global organization, we value the rich diversity and broad range of perspectives of our Trustees,” said Lynn St. Amour, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Society. “We deeply appreciate the Board’s commitment to our Mission and their unwavering support of our vision of an Internet that is open and accessible for everyone.”

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