People

People & Partnerships

Board of Directors

Tony Naughtin (network and cloud services executive) — Chair and President
Gwen Jacobs (University of Hawai'i System, retired) — Vice Chair and Vice President
Andrew J. Connolly (University of Washington) — Secretary
David Longanecker (WICHE, retired)— Treasurer
Steve Smith (University of Nevada, Reno, retired) — CEO
Bin Guo (University of Washington)
Ron Johnson (University of Washington)
John Silvester (University of Southern California, retired)


Executive Staff

Amy Philipson — Executive Director
Jonah Keough — Managing Director
Erica Ash — Director, Accounting


Memberships

EDUCAUSE
GLIF (Global Lambda Integrated Facility)
IEEAF (Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation)
Northern Tier Network Consortium
Open Grid Forum
PTC (Pacific Telecommunications Council)
PRAGMA (Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly)
The Quilt
SHLB Coalition (Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition)
Washington Software Association
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)


Participants

AARNet, Australia's Research & Education Network
Allen Institute
CANARIE
CENIC – Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California
City of Kirkland
City of Seattle
DREN (Defense Research and Engineering Network)
ESnet (Energy Sciences Network)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Front Range Gigapop
Gonzaga University
Google
Institute for Systems Biology
Internet2
IRON – Idaho Regional Optical Network
KREONet2 (Korea Research Environment Open Network)
Microsoft
Montana State University
NOAA-PMEL
NORCOM
Pacific Northwest National Labs
Providence Health & Services
REANNZ
Seattle Children’s Hospital
TATA
University of Alaska
University of Hawaii
University of Washington
Virginia Mason
Washington Department of Transportation
Washington K-20 Education Network, including:

  • Public Baccalaureates: Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University

  • Private Baccalaureates: Heritage College, Pacific Lutheran University, Saint Martins, Whitman College, Whitworth College

  • Public Libraries: 26

  • Community and Technical Colleges: 36

  • K-12: 306 School and Educational Service District

Washington State Library
Washington State University
Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech)
Western Washington University


Advisory Council

Mike Brase (University of Alaska) – Chair
Cindy Aden (University of Washington I-School) - Vice Chair
Robert Aylward (University of Wyoming)
Grant Rodeheaver (Washington State Community And Technical Colleges)
Dan Ewart (University of Idaho)
Garrett Yoshimi (University of Hawaii)
Chelo Picardal (City of Bellevue, WA)
John Morgan (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Sara Jones (Washington State Library)
Tony Opheim (Washington State University)
Zachary Rossmiller (University of Montana)
Russell Richards (NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory)
Ryan Knutson (Montana State University)
Johan Reinalda (Oregon State University)
Tom Carroll (Washington K-20 Education Network)
Jim Rudd (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center)
Bala Kathiresan (BCNET)
Steve Corbato (Link Oregon)
Brian Youngstrom (The Allen Institute for Brain Science)
Borre Ulrichsen (Gonzaga University)
Rob Sears (NOAA N-Wave)


Partnerships and Affiliations

Amazon
APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Networks)
BCNet (British Columbia)
BOREAS (Broadband Optical Research, Education, and Science Network)
CANARIE (Canada)
CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California)
CERNET (China)
Eb@le (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Internet2
Jisc (UK)
JGNNICT  (Japan)
KENET (Kenya)
KEXP 90.3 FM Radio
KREONet2/KISTI (Korea)
MAREN (Malawi)
MREN (US)
National University of Singapore
NLR, LLC
NII / SINET (Japan)
NORDUnet (Nordic nations)
North Dakota State University
Northern Tier Montana (UM, MSU)
Northern Tier North Dakota (NDSU, UND, ND ITD)
NWAX (Northwest Access Exchange)
Qatar Foundation
Pacific Wave (joint project of CENIC and PNWGP)
REANNZ (New Zealand)
RENU (Uganda)
RwEdNet (Rwanda)
SIX (Seattle Internet Exchange)
StarLight
SUIN (Sudan)
SURFnet (Netherlands)
TERNET (Tanzania)
TransPAC (Japan)
TWAREN/TANET (Taiwan)
TATA Communications
UbutuNet Alliance (Africa)
University of Idaho
University of Minnesota
USLHCNet (US to CERN)
WRN (Western Regional Network)
WIDE (Widely Integrated Distributed Environment)