People
The Institute is operated by a dedicated, multi-national group of people volunteering their own time and resources to advance the field.
Board of Directors (2008-2009)
Read the full Board of Directors Biographies.
We welcome our new Board members. Andrew Hinton, Livia Labate and Russ Unger were recently elected to serve for the 2008-2010 term. Christian Crumlish was re-elected to serve a second term. Congratulations to all. The Board members are currently discussing executive and administrative roles they will take for the 2008-2009 period. We will update this list when we have this information.
Jorge Arango, President
Principal & Co-Founder, Boot Studio Corp.
http://www.bootstudio.com
Panama City, Panama
Christian Crumlish, Treasurer
Pattern Detective, Yahoo!
http://xianlandia.com
Oakland, California, United States
Stacy Surla, Secretary, Interim Local Groups Director
Senior Information Architect, Ironworks Consulting
http://www.ironworks.com
Vienna, Virginia, United States
Andrew Hinton, IA Practice Director
Lead Information Architect, Vanguard
inkblurt.com
Phoenixville, PA, United States
Livia Labate, Membership Ombudsman and IT/Systems director
Principal, Information Architecture & Usability
Comcast Interactive Media
livlab.com
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Russ Unger, Events and Marketing Director
Director of Experience Planning, Draftfcb
userglue.com
West Chicago, IL, United States
Management & Operations
Read the full Staff Biographies.
Noreen Whysel, Operations Manager
operations [at]iainstitute[dot] org
Melissa Weaver, Volunteer and Membership Coordinator
membership [at]iainstitute[dot] org
Advisory Board (2008-2009)
Read the full Board of Advisors Biographies.
Paul Ford, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Whitney Hess, New York, New York, USA
Rick Johnston, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Laura Lessa, North London, United Kingdom
Victor Lombardi, New York, New York, USA
Matthew Milan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eric Reiss, Copenhagen, Denmark
Andrea Resmini, Bologna, Italia
Sarah Rice, Sunnyvale, California, USA
Donna Spencer, Murrumbateman, NSW, Australia
Volunteer Initiative Leaders
Andrea Resmini, REG-IA, Education Initiative Leader
CIRSFID, Department of Law and Computer Science, University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
resmini.net
Janette Shew, Translations Initiative Leader
Business Systems Analyst, 21st Century Insurance
San Francisco, CA, United States
Samantha Bailey, Job Board Leader
Information Architecture Consultant
Cleveland/Akron, OH, United State
baileysorts.com
Marianne Sweeny, Job Newsletter Editor
Director of Search Services, Ascentium
Seattle, WA, United States
Austin Govella, Web Operations Manager
Senior Information Architect, Comcast Interactive Media
Houston, TX, United States
Andrew Hinton, Second Life Initiative Leader
Information Architect, Vanguard
Phoenixville, PA, United States
www.inkblurt.com
Jeff Tang, IA Library Initiative Co-Founder
User Interface Designer
Nokia Inc.
San Diego, California, United States
Chiara Fox, IA Library Initiative Co-Founder
Senior Information Architect, Adaptive Path
San Francisco, CA, United States
www.adaptivepath.com
Gene Smith, IA Tools Initiative Founder
NForm User Experience Consulting
Edmonton, Canada
www.atomiq.org
Founders
To learn more about the origins of the Information Architecture Institute and the people who started the organization, read our 2002-2003 Annual Report and visit our permanent listing of Our Founders.
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