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OSI Board of Directors

Mon, 2006-07-24 22:12 — Ken Coar

The Open Source Initiative is overseen and managed by a ten-person Board of Directors. The current Board comprises the following individuals (in alphabetical order):

The OSI Board of Directors
Name Roles/offices Elected Term Ends
Coar, Ken Membership chair, Vice president August 2004 March 2011
Cooper, Danese Secretary, Treasurer December 2001 March 2011
de Souza, Bruno March 2007 March 2009
Ghosh, Rishab Aiyer March 2005 March 2010
Gune, Harshad March 2008 March 2009
Michlmayr, Martin March 2008 March 2009
Nelson, Russell Licence Approval chair August 1998 March 2011
Nwakanma, Nnenna March 2008 March 2009
Sharma, Alolita March 2007 March 2010
Tiemann, Michael President, fundraising chair January 2001 March 2010

The Board is advised by observers and counsel. All of these read and may contribute to the Board's email discussions.

The OSI Board of Advisors and Observers
Name Role Appointed Affiliation
Garbee, Bdale Board Observer March 2007 Debian; HP; Software in the Pubilc Interest
Greant, Zak Board Observer January 2008 Foo Associates & Mozilla Foundation
Oliver, Andrew Board Observer October 2007
Prabhakar, Ernie Board Observer March 2006 Apple Computer
Radcliffe, Mark General counsel March 2005 DLA Piper
Raymond, Eric Board Observer, President Emeritus March 2005 Thyrsus Enterprises