Founders

The Institute was founded by a dedicated, multi-national group of people volunteering their own time and resources to make the organization a reality.

The 2002-2003 Annual Report tells the story of our founding and first year. Note that in these listings, the founder's position and firm names are listed as of 2003.

Board of Directors (2002-2003)

Christina Wodtke, President
Senior Design Manager for Search and Marketplace, Yahoo!
http://eleganthack.com/

Lou Rosenfeld, Treasurer
Principal, Louis Rosenfeld LLC
http://louisrosenfeld.com/

Victor Lombardi, Secretary
Information Architect
http://victorlombardi.com

Peter Morville
President, Semantic Studios
http://semanticstudios.com/

John Zapolski
Design Manager, Yahoo!

Advisory Board (2002-2003)

An informal group of colleagues became the Leadership Council which subsequently became the Board of Advisors. During the first year, some people left and others joined. All are included in our permanent list of founders.

Michael Angeles
Information Specialist, Lucent Technologies
http://urlgreyhot.com/

Samantha Bailey
Assistant Vice President, Information Architecture, Wachovia Corporation
http://baileysorts.com/

Dan Brown
Acting Manager, Information Design and Content Management, Transportation Security Administration
http://greenonions.com/dan/

Madonnalisa Gonzales-Chan
Metadata Services Manager, Stanford Graduate School of Business
http://www.mywhine.com

Bev Corwin
President, Enso Company Ltd.
http://www.enso-company.com/

Dr. Andrew Dillon
Dean and Professor, School of Information, University of Texas, Austin
http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~adillon/

Karl Fast
Ph.D candidate, University of Western Ontario

Jesse James Garrett
Partner, Adaptive Path
http://jjg.net/

Margaret Hanley
New Media Business Analyst, BBC

Andrew Hinton
Information Architect, Symetri
http://memekitchen.com/

Keith Instone
Information Architect, IBM
http://keith.instone.org/

Livia Labate
IA Independent Consultant
http://www.livlab.com/

Gunnar Langemark
Senior Consultant, Web Solutions, ComputerCamp a·s

Jeff Lash
User Experience Architect, Elsevier
http://jefflash.com/

Erin Malone
Director Product Design, AOL Web Properties
http://emdezine.com/

Jess McMullin
User Experience Consultant, Cognissa
http://interactionary.com/

Marcia Morante
President, KCurve, Inc.
http://www.kcurve.com

Eric Scheid
Information Architect, Ironclad Networks
http://www.ironclad.com.au

Rashmi Sinha
Principal, Uzanto Consulting
http://www.uzanto.com

Peter Van Dijck
Information Architect, Logical Design Solutions
http://petervandijck.net/

Thomas Vander Wal
Senior Internet Technologist / Web Support Manager, INDUS Corporation
http://vanderwal.net/

Javier Velasco
Information Architect - Chile
http://mantruc.com/

Todd Wilkens
Ph.D candidate, The University of North Carolina
http://moresmarter.net/

Shane Winegard
Principal, Inforte
http://coinz.org/

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