OSI Board of Directors

The Open Source Initiative is overseen and managed by a nine-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

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
Appointed
Affiliation
Role
Radcliffe, Mark
March 2005
DLA Piper
General counsel
Majerus, Laura
March 2005
Google
Board Observer, Director of Legal Affairs Emeritus
Axmark, David
March 2006
MySQL
Board observer
Heinz, Federico
March 2006
FSF Latin America
Board Observer
Prabhakar, Ernie
March 2006
Apple Computer
Board observer
Raymond, Eric
March 2005
Thyrsus Enterprises
Board observer, President Emeritus
Weerawarana, Sanjiva
March 2005

Board Emeritus

Ito, Joichi
March 2005

Board Emeritus