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Nominations 2007

2007-2008 Board of Directors

Nominees are listed below in alphabetical order. For information on the election process please visit the Elections page. Please direct any questions to elections[at]iainstitute[dot]org.

Nominees

Nominations for the three open 2007-2009 Board of Directors seats have been closed. From August 25 to September 1, we will contact nominees to confirm their candidacy and obtain a photo and personal statement. Check back on September 2 for a link to the Candidates page to view the candidates' position statements and biographies.

Jorge Arango

The IAI has gained significantly from Jorge's insights and ideas over this past year as a member of the Advisory Board. This is particularly so in the area of outreach to people all over the world who are doing IA and UX work but are unaware of the IAI community. He is actively building bridges across disciplines and cultures, and being on the Board would increase his reach and benefit the IAI membership.

Chris Baum

Chris is smart, sensible, and indefatigable in his quest to further the cause of IA. He's doing a superb job running Boxes and Arrows and has proved on countless occasions his ability to combine vision and pragmatism. The Board needs people who are able to provide this kind of thought leadership, yet remain willing to get their hands dirty. We are, after all, a working Board - and Chris would be a powerful addition to our ranks.

I like Boxes and Arrows site and I frequently visit it. I can see the dedication behind it.

Fred Beecher

Fred is passionate about his work and the community. He is a leader and he would take the role of Director in the organization very seriously.

Peter Boersma

Dedicated to UX, mobile and ready to promote IA all over Europe (at a begining).

Grant Campbell

Grant has shown himself to be a patient, reserved, but incisive and articulate thought-leader in our community. He has a great sense of what value the practice can bring, passion for what he does, and a droll sense of humor to boot.

Lisa Colvin

Lisa is passionate about IA - both in her daily work and as a profession. She is committed to the development of the field and she is a good coordinator.

Austin Govella

Austin has contributed tirelessly to the Institute as a volunteer, particularly with regard to the website, where his contributions have been invaluable. Literally, we would not have been able to relaunch the site without his help. He is also a thought leader in our field and an excellent person to collaborate with. I think he would make a fantastic director.

Andrew Hinton

Andrew helped found the Institute and has been an active, innovative thinker ever since. He is very intelligent, energetic, and is conscientious enough to fulfill a commitment to the duties of a director.

Jason Hobbs

Jason has served as a member of the Advisory Board this past year, and has helped shape the Local Groups program, greatly improving the IAI's ability to support networking amongst our membership. He is a leader in designing for developing contexts (see his Communal Computing slidedeck http://www.slideshare.net/jh01 and ASIS&T Bulletin article http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Aug-06/hobbs.html). He's also a smart, caring, contributing person who would make an excellent member of the Board.

Wolf Nöding

Active, energetic, European.

Wolf has been involved in the Translations of Information Architecture initiative first as the German Language representative and then as the project lead. He has been integral in the planning and execution of the IAI website redesign, which was launched at our Member Meeting in Las Vegas this spring. Wolf's site concept for iainstitute.org is a platform that supports an international organization and gives priority to extending our resources and services to a worldwide population. His Networking Guide is an example of how members can use IAI resources to develop local groups. All of this activity is in line with the organizational goal of supporting and strengthening our global outreach both to members and to the international UX community. I have worked with Wolf on each of these projects and can attest to his vision and commitment to the Institute.

Dorelle Rabinowitz

Dorelle has been talking about information architecture longer than anyone I know. We marveled together at Yahoo!'s first site, and then she started arguing about the classifications. Her background bridges both design and communications, and she's one of the most patient teachers I know. She's easy to laugh and a caring, collaborative people manager. I'd work with her again in a second.

Dorelle is a seasoned leader in the field. She's worked at every level from churning wire frames to setting the tone of a team. And both sides of the client divide, with many years in client-services and more recently returning to client-side. Included in her range of experiences is a design sense that has served her well for transactional financial service applications to more light-hearted consumer content. After being peers for 10 years, I continue to learn from her and find her professional generosity unparalleled. I can't imagine any one better qualified for this role.

Andrea Resmini

Andrea is all about building and serving the community. He's an organizer of the Italian IA Summit, a frequent contributor to the collective wisdom via the IAI members and other lists, a co-creator of the Facetag semantic collaborative tagging tool prototype, and a member of the TIA team (IAI translation initiative) among many other things. He's also got a strong IT background, particularly in open source software solutions, and currently teaches CMS and WebUML. In short, a 21st century renaissance man. The Institute would be considerably strengthened through his involvement on the Board.

Stacy Surla

Dedicated, always helpful.

She is currently a director, her term is ending now, and if she's willing, I think she would be a valuable continuing presence on the board. She is one of the most capable and dynamic board members at present, imho. If we can convince her to run again, we should try to do so.

For the past two years, Stacy has been our Treasurer. During her tenure, Stacy has played a pivotal role in creating the financial stability we now enjoy. She has also made major contributions to our new Business Plan, including detailed budgets for the coming years. Additionally, Stacy has been tireless in her work with local groups and the creation of our Second Life presence. In short, Stacy has been an incredibly valuable asset and I hope she will continue to serve on the Board these next two years.

Mary-Lynne Williams

Mary-Lynne is a different kind of IA. She's measured, and deeply thoughtful about how IA and user experiences transform lives...and meet the client's goals--and bottom line. So, yes, her client work and IA work is nothing short of game-changing. But where Mary-Lynne truly is outstanding is in here dedication to the IA dialogue. She's been a frequent organizer of meet-ups and panels discussions, formal and informal, in order to push the IA dialogue between IA veterans and mentor young professionals. She's a critical node in the IA knowledge network and, to me, she would make an excellent director.

Mary-Lynne has done a wonderful job helping to organize events like the IA Summit Redux here in New York City. She gets things done and has a great professional network, two things that would a long way in supporting the IAI's further growth. I'm very glad to nominate her.

Mary Lynne is smart and has the industry's best interests in mind.

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