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

Read the full Board of Directors Biographies.

Board roles are being reassigned this week. Check back soon to see who is doing what for the Institute.

Russ Unger, President
User Experience Director, Happy Cog
http://www.userglue.com
West Chicago, IL, United States

Livia Labate, Secretary
Principal, Information Architecture & Usability
Comcast Interactive Media
http://www.livlab.com
Philadelphia, PA, United States

Christian Crumlish, Acting Treasurer
Pattern Detective, Yahoo!
http://xianlandia.com
Oakland, California, United States

Andrew Hinton
Principal User Experience Architect, Macquarium
http://www.inkblurt.com
Charlotte, NC, United States

Andrea Resmini
Information Architect, FatDUX
http://andrearesmini.com
Jönköping, Sweden


Management & Operations

Read the full Staff Biographies.

Tim Bruns, Membership Coordinator
membership [at]iainstitute[dot] org

Noreen Whysel, Operations Manager
operations [at]iainstitute[dot] org

Melissa Weaver, Consultant


Advisory Board (2009-2010)

Read the full Board of Advisors Biographies.

Michael Angeles, New York, NY, USA

Jorge Arango, Panama City, Panama

Lane Becker, San Francisco, CA, USA

Sean Belka, Boston, MA, USA

Peter Bogaards, Almere Stad, Netherlands

Paul Ford, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Dave Gray, Portland, OR, USA

Jan Jursa, Berlin, Germany

Jonathan Knoll, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Michael Leis, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Peter Merholz, San Francisco, CA, USA

Kiki Mills, Boston, MA, USA

Peter Morville, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Leisa Reichelt, London, United Kingdom

Stacy Surla, Poolesville, VA, USA

Christina Wodtke, San Francisco, CA, USA


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 States
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, Local Groups Initiative Leader
Information Architect, Vanguard
Phoenixville, PA, United States
www.inkblurt.com

Brad Nunnally, Student Chapter Pilot Program Leader
User Experience Designer, Perficient
St. Louis, MO, United States
http://bradsramblings.com/blog

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 and their roles.

Michael Angeles, USA
Samantha Bailey, USA
Dan Brown, USA
Bev Corwin, USA
Dr. Andrew Dillon, USA
Karl Fast, USA
Jesse James Garrett, USA
Madonnalisa Gonzales-Chan, USA
Margaret Hanley, United Kingdom
Andrew Hinton, USA
Keith Instone, USA
Livia Labate, USA
Gunnar Langemark, Denmark
Jeff Lash, USA
Victor Lombardi, USA
Erin Malone, USA
Jess McMullin, Canada
Marcia Morante, USA
Peter Morville, USA
Lou Rosenfeld, USA
Eric Scheid, Australia
Rashmi Sinha, USA
Peter Van Dijck, Belgium
Thomas Vander Wal, USA
Javier Velasco, Chile
Todd Wilkens, USA
Shane Winegard, USA
Christina Wodtke, USA
John Zapolski, USA



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