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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
Asay, Matt March 2006
Coar, Ken Membership chair, Vice president August 2004 March 2008
Cooper, Danese Secretary, Treasurer December 2001 March 2008
de Souza, Bruno March 2006
Ghosh, Rishab Aiyer March 2005 March 2010
Mathur, Raj April 2007 March 2008
Nelson, Russell Licence Approval chair August 1998 March 2008
Nwakanma, Nnenna April 2007
Sharma, Alolita April 2007
Tiemann, Michael President, fundraising chair January 2001

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
Axmark, David Board Observer March 2006 MySQL
Garbee, Bdale Board Observer March 2007
Greant, Zak Board Observer January 2008
Heinz, Federico Board Observer March 2006 FSF Latin America
Ito, Joichi Board Emeritus March 2005
Majerus, Laura Board Observer, Director of Legal Affairs Emeritus March 2005 Google
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
Weerawarana, Sanjiva Board Emeritus March 2005