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
Senior Information Architect, Ironworks Consulting
http://www.ironworks.com
Vienna, Virginia, United States

Peter Boersma, Local Groups Director
Senior Interaction Designer, Info.nl
http://www.peterboersma.com/blog
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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
Agency.com/UserGlue
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 Initiative Leaders

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

Andrea Resmini, Education Initiative Leader
CIRSFID, Department of Law and Computer Science, University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
resmini.net

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

Austin Govella, Web Operations Manager
Senior Information Architect, Comcast Interactive Media
Houston, TX, United States


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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