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 | Management & Operations | Volunteer Initiative Leaders | Advisory Board
Read the full Board of Directors Biographies.
Eric Reiss, President
Managing Director, FatDUX
http://www.fatdux.com/
Copenhagen, Denmark
Stacy Surla, Treasurer
Information Architect, MITRE Corp.
http://www.mitre.org
McLean, Virginia, United States
Samantha Starmer, Secretary
Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com
Seattle, Washington, United States
Peter Merholz, Director-At-Large
Founder, Adaptive Path
http://peterme.com/
San Francisco, California, United States
Christian Crumlish, IT/Web Operations
Pattern Detective, Yahoo!
http://xianlandia.com
Oakland, California, United States
Donna Maurer, Marketing/Communications
Consultant, MaadMob Interaction Design
http://maadmob.com.au/maadmob_id/
Murrumbateman, NSW, Australia
Sarah Rice, Events
Principal, Seneb Consulting
http://www.seneb.com
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Read the full Staff Biographies.
Noreen Whysel, Operations Manager
operations AT iainstitute DOT org
New York, New York, United States
Melissa Weaver, Volunteer and Membership Coordinator
membership AT iainstitute DOT org
Seattle, Washington, United States
Jeff Tang, IA Library Initiative Co-Leader
Chiara Fox, IA Library Initiative Co-Leader
Senior Information Architect, Adaptive Path
San Francisco, CA, United States
www.adaptivepath.com
Gene Smith, IA Tools Initiative Leader
NForm User Experience Consulting
Edmonton, Canada
www.atomiq.org
Linus de Petris, Education Initiative Leader
Assistant Lecturer , Information Architect Programme
Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
www.mah.se
Jess McMullin, iaSlash Editor
NForm User Experience Consulting
Edmonton, Canada
Andrew Hinton, Second Life Initiative Leader
Information Architect, Vanguard
Phoenixville, PA, United States
www.inkblurt.com
Shane Winegard, Technology Director
Director, Experience Design, Inforte
Chicago, IL, United States
coinz.org
Austin Govella, Web Operations Manager
Senior Information Architect, Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Arlington, VI, United States
Read the full Board of Advisors Biographies.
Jorge Arango, Panama City, Panama
Liz Danzico, New York, NY, USA
Jason Hobbs, Johannesburg, South Africa
Jim Kalbach, Hamburg, Germany.
Erin Malone, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
Harry Max, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
Jess McMullin, Edmonton, Canada
Lou Rosenfeld, New York, NY, USA
Don Turnbull, Austin, TX, USA
Dave Weinberger, Cambridge, MA, USA
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 founders.