Audit Committee
Sagarika Wickramasekera, Chair
Olufunke Baruwa
Brian Haberman
Victor Kuarsingh
Russ Housley
Compensation Committee
Ted Hardie, Chair
Olufunke Baruwa
Ramanou Biaou
Brian Haberman
Russ Housley
Barry Leiba
Caleb Ogundele
Elections Committee*
Ramanou Biaou, Chair
Maureen Hilyard
Laura Thomson
Sally Wentworth, Non-Voting, Ex-Officio
Executive Committee
Ted Hardie, Chair
Laura Thomson
Victor Kuarsingh
Sally Wentworth, Non-Voting, Ex-Officio
Board of Trustees
Olufunke Baruwa photo
Nigeria
Term: 2023-2026
Position/Remark:
Audit Committee
Compensation Committee
Leadership Continuity Committee, Co-Chair
Nominations Committee
Appointed By: the Board
Ramanou Biaou photo
Benin
Term: 2023-2026
Position/Remark:
Compensation Committee
Elections Committee, Chair
Finance Committee
Governance Committee
PIR Nominations Committee
Elected By: Chapters
Brian Haberman photo
United States
Term: 2024-2027
Position/Remark:
Audit Committee
Compensation Committee
IETF Nominations Committee Liaison
Leadership Continuity Committee, Co-Chair
Appointed By: IETF
Ted Hardie photo
Portugal
Term: 2023-2026
Position/Remark:
Compensation Committee, Chair
Finance Committee
Leadership Continuity Committee
PIR Nominations Committee
Elected By: Organization Members
Maureen Hilyard photo
Cook Islands
Term: 2024-2027
Position/Remark:
Elections Committee
Governance Committee
Elected By: Chapters
Russ Housley photo
United States
Term: 2024-2027
Position/Remark:
Audit Committee
Compensation Committee
Leadership Continuity Committee
Nominations Committee
Appointed By: IETF
Victor Kuarsingh photo
United States
Term: 2022-2025
Position/Remark:
Audit Committee
Governance Committee
Leadership Continuity Committee
IETF Trust Trustee
Appointed By: IETF
Barry Leiba photo
United States
Term: 2022-2025
Position/Remark:
Compensation Committee
Governance Committee
Leadership Continuity Committee
PIR Nominations Committee, Chair
Elected By: Organization Members
Charles Mok photo
Hong Kong
Term: 2022-2025
Position/Remark:
Governance Committee, Chair
PIR Nominations Committee
Elected By: Chapters
Kathleen Moriarty photo
United States
Term: 2024-2027
Position/Remark:
Finance Committee
Nominations Committee
Appointed By: Organization Members
Caleb Ogundele photo
Nigeria
Term: 2023-2026
Position/Remark:
Compensation Committee
Finance Committee
Nominations Committee, Chair
PIR Nominations Committee
Elected By: Chapters
Laura Thomson photo
United States
Term: 2023-2026
Position/Remark:
Finance Committee, Chair
Elections Committee
Appointed By: IETF
Sally Wentworth photo
United States
Term: 2024-
Position/Remark:
President and CEO
Elections Committee, Ex Officio
Executive Committee, Ex Officio
Finance Committee, Ex Officio
Governance Committee, Ex Officio
Leadership Continuity Committee, Ex Officio
Sagarika Wickramasekera photo
Sri Lanka
Term: 2022-2025
Position/Remark:
Audit Committee, Chair
Governance Committee
PIR Nominations Committee
Elected By: Organization Members
The Board can be contacted by email at [email protected].
Organization Structure
Finance Committee
Laura Thomson, Chair
Ramanou Biaou
Ted Hardie
Kathleen Moriarty
Caleb Ogundele
Sally Wentworth, Non-Voting, Ex-Officio
Governance Committee
Charles Mok, Chair
Ramanou Biaou
Maureen Hilyard
Victor Kuarsingh
Barry Leiba
Sagarika Wickramasekera
Sally Wentworth, Non-Voting, Ex-Officio
Leadership Continuity Committee
Brian Haberman, Co-Chair
Olufunke Baruwa, Co-Chair
Ted Hardie
Russ Housley
Victor Kuarsingh
Barry Leiba
Sally Wentworth, Non-Voting, Ex-Officio
Nominations Committee*
Caleb Ogundele, Chair
Olufunke Baruwa
Russ Housley
Kathleen Moriarty
PIR Nominations Committee
Barry Leiba, Chair
Ramanou Biaou
Ted Hardie
Charles Mok
Caleb Ogundele
Sagarika Wickramasekera
Board Chair
Ted Hardie
Board Treasurer
Laura Thomson
Board Secretary
Victor Kuarsingh
President and CEO
Sally Wentworth (beginning September 2024)
Andrew Sullivan (through August 2024)
Liaison to the IETF Nominations Committee
Brian Haberman
Trustee of the IETF Trust
Victor Kuarsingh
*Note: appointment of additional members to the Elections and Nominations Committees will occur at a later date.
Trustees serve in the interest of the Internet Society as a whole, but are appointed or elected by the following groups: chapters, organization members, and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).