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Board of Directors

The current IAIDQ Board of Directors comprises Officers and Advisors:

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Officers

Position Name Employer Email… Date elected Term expires
President Christian Walenta IBM, NY USA Oct 2004 (Sec)
Jan 2007 (Sec)
Apr 2008 (Pres)
 
 
Dec 2008
Secretary / Treasurer Lynda Heij
Leave of absence
Role being shared by Grant Robinson and Christian Walenta
DTE Energy, MI USA Jan 2007 (VP Ops)
Apr 2008 (Sec)
 
Dec 2008
Vice President Event Services Position vacant
Role being shared by other Officers
       
Vice President Member Services Arnt-Erik Hansen UBS AG, Zürich, Switzerland Email Arnt–Erik Hansen Jan 2007 Dec 2008
Vice President Operations Grant Robinson Dept. Water and Energy, NSW Australia Email Grant Robinson Oct 2004 (VP Web)
Jan 2006 (VP Web)
Jan 2008 (VP Web)
May 2008 (VP Ops)
Dec 2008
Vice President Partner Relations Andrew Griffiths Grocery Power, CA USA Email Andrew Griffiths Apr 2008 Dec 2009
Vice President Publicity and Recruitment Daragh O Brien Eircom, Ireland Email Daragh OBrien Jan 2006
Jan 2008
 
Dec 2009
Vice President Web Services Role being shared between Daragh O Brien and Grant Robinson        

Advisors

The board is assisted by a team of advisors.

Position Name Employer Email address Term expires
Founding advisor Larry English Information Impact International, TN USA Email Larry English Life advisor
Founding advisor C. Lwanga Yonke Aera Energy LLC, CA USA Email Lwanga Yonke Dec 2009
Advisor Prof John Talburt University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR USA Email John Talburt Dec 2008
Advisor and Past President Lisa Dodson SAS Institute, NC USA Dec 2009

Past board members

Position Name Employer Term commenced Term expired
Past President Ben Reed Microsoft Corporation, USA
Oct 2004
Dec 2006
Vice President of Event Services Dave Wilson ExxonMobil, USA Jan 2006 Dec 2007
Vice President of Member Services Markus Helfert Dublin City University, Ireland Oct 2004 July 2005
Vice President of Member Services Andrew Kinnear AKMA, UK Aug 2005 Dec 2006
Vice President of Operations Andres Perez IRM Consulting, Ltd. Co, USA Oct 2004 Dec 2005
Vice President of Partner Relations Frank Dravis Firstlogic, USA Oct 2004 Dec 2005
Vice President of Partner Relations Bob Gaede Intel, USA Jan 2006 Dec 2007
Vice President of Publicity and Recruitment Jeffrey Worthington US EPA, USA Oct 2004 Dec 2005
Vice President Operations Linda Kresl Consultant OR, USA Jan 2006
Dec 2006
Vice President Event Services Linda Kresl Consultant OR, USA Jan 2008 July 2008
Founding advisor Tom Redman Navesink Consulting Group, USA Jan 2004 Dec 2005