The Board of Trustees provides strategic direction, leadership and oversight for Internet2. The Board is comprised of eleven elected, and three to five appointed seats that include University Presidents/Chancellors, Chief Information Officers, and Researchers; as well as Research and Education Network and Industry representatives.  Committees established by the Board may exercise the authority of the Board as necessary and must be comprised of at least three Trustee members.

Pradeep Khosla, Chair
Chancellor
University of California, San Diego

Neeli Bendapudi
President Elect
Pennsylvania State University

Romayne Botti
Vice Chancellor for Finance
Rutgers University

Duncan Brown
Endowed Professor of Physics
Syracuse University

Eric Burns
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Panopto

Deborah F. Dent
Chief Information Officer
Jackson State University

Louis Fox
President and CEO
CENIC

Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth
Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
University of Maryland, College Park

Klara Jelinkova
Vice President and University Chief Information Officer
Harvard University

Marla Meehl
Section Head of the Network Engineering and Telecommunications Section
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, and Manager of the Front Range GigaPoP

Howard Pfeffer, Ex Officio
President and CEO
Internet2

Steve Relyea
Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer
The California State University

Sean Reynolds
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Northwestern University

Satish Tripathi, Vice Chair
President
University at Buffalo, SUNY

Gregory Washington
President
George Mason University

Chair Emeriti (non-voting)

Patrick D. Gallagher
Chancellor and CEO
The University of Pittsburgh

David W. Leebron
President, Rice University

Molly Corbett Broad
Past President, American Council on Education

Mary Sue Coleman
Past President, University of Michigan

Larry Faulkner
Past President, University of Texas, Austin
Past President, Houston Endowment

Jeffrey Lehman
Vice Chancellor, NYU Shanghai

Michael McRobbie
President, Indiana University

David Ward
Past Chancellor, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Past President, American Council on Education

The Internet2 Board of Trustees is elected by representatives from member organizations and includes university presidents, chief information officers, network researchers, discipline researchers, and industry partners. The member-focused Board provides strategic direction, leadership and oversight.

The Board of Trustees includes four standing committees: Audit and Finance Committee, Executive Committee, Nominations Committee and Programs and Priorities Committee, as well as special committees.

Last Updated: 10/18/2021