Nominees have been listed in alphabetical order. For information on the AIfIA election process please visit the Elections page. Please direct any questions to elections@aifia.org.
To view the candidates' position statements and biographies, please visit the candidates page.
Peter Boersma is a senior information architect for EzGov in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He's active in the SIGCHI community, helped program the successful IA Summit 2004, and organizes the IA Cocktail Hours in Amsterdam. You can learn more about Peter at peterboersma.com. (Nominated by Peter Morville)
Jess was a founder of AIfIA and currently runs the Institute's iaslash blog. He has presented at the IA Summit and published in Boxes and Arrows his ideas on value-centered design, reconciling user-centered design and business goals. Recently he founded a successful user experience consulting firm, nForm in Edmonton, Canada. In addition to these qualifications, Jess is an intelligent, thoughtful person that could contribute to the leadership and coordination activities needed from AIfIA board members. (Nominated by Victor Lombardi)
One of the finest people in the field of IA, personally and professionally. Jess also has strong contacts in the broader UX world, of which IA is a critical component. (Nominated by Lou Rosenfeld)
Marcia has had a very important role getting all AIfIA initiatives going for the past year, making sure everything is running as smoothly as possible and always coming up with new solutions. Marcia gets things done! Learn more about Marcia at kcurve.com. (Nominated by Livia Labate)
Thoughtful IA practicioner and discussion leader during times of rough weather. Internationl perspective. Real World IA and consulting experience with excellent design skills to match. Subvert the dominant paradigm? Need I say more? (Nominated by Robert Dornbush)
Peter's boundless energy and can-do attitude, as well as his connections to many communities (both physical, especially in Europe, and topical, namely the topic map and ontology folks), would prove beneficial to AIfIA's growth. Learn more about Peter at petervandijck.net. (Nominated by Lou Rosenfeld)
Leader, Published IA Author, works hard, can-do attitude with a Global Perspective. Not just another one of your IA Slash yes men! She's done the in the trenches work without the proper recognition. I think we would all be proud to have her as a honored leader of our important "IA Trade Guild" organization. (Nominated by Robert Dornbush)