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OSI Board of Directors

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 Vice President August 2004 March 2011
Cooper, Danese Treasurer December 2001 March 2011
Ghosh, Rishab Aiyer March 2005 March 2010
Gune, Harshad March 2008 March 2011
Michlmayr, Martin March 2008 March 2011
Nelson, Russell License Approval chair August 1998 March 2011
Nwakanma, Nnenna March 2007 March 2010
Oliver, Andrew C. April 2009 April 2010
Sharma, Alolita Secretary 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
Phipps, Simon Board Observer July 2009 Sun Microsystems
Prabhakar, Ernie Board Observer March 2006 Apple Computer
Radcliffe, Mark General Counsel March 2005 DLA Piper
Raymond, Eric President Emeritus March 2005 Thyrsus Enterprises