University of Michigan President Santa J. Ono was among four leaders elected to the Internet2 Board, a non-profit advanced-technology organization that includes members from higher education, research institutions, government entities, corporations and cultural organizations.

Internet2 also announced the appointment of four trustees to the Internet2 Board. The Internet2 Board provides strategic direction, leadership, and oversight for Internet2, and it includes four standing committees as well as special committees.

The Internet2 Board held its annual election this fall, resulting in the election of two new trustees: Santa Ono, president of the University of Michigan, and Tripti Sinha, assistant vice president and chief technology officer at the University of Maryland and executive director of the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX). Additionally, the board re-elected two trustees: Deborah Dent, chief information officer at Jackson State University, and Melissa Loble, chief academic officer at Instructure.

Ono, Sinha, Dent, and Loble will each serve three-year terms beginning on November 1, 2024.

Additionally, three new trustees were appointed to the Internet2 Board in July. Newly appointed trustees include Ewa Deelman, research professor of computer science and principal scientist at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, Derek Masseth, executive director of the Sun Corridor Network, and Mary Lou D. Ortiz, chief financial officer and vice chancellor at the University of California, Irvine.

Deelman is filling a vacant seat on the Internet2 Board for a term from July 30, 2024, to October 31, 2026. Masseth’s term began on November 1, 2024, and ends on October 31, 2027. Ortiz is filling a vacant seat on the board for a term from July 30, 2024, to October 31, 2025.

Further, at Internet2’s fall board meeting, Satish Tripathi, president of the University at Buffalo and former Internet2 Board chair, was appointed to a president/chancellor representative seat for a term from November 7, 2024, to November 13, 2025.

Outgoing trustees are Neeli Bendapudi, President of Pennsylvania State University, Louis Fox, president and chief executive officer of CENIC, David Lassner, president of the University of Hawaii, and Marla Meehl, manager of network engineering and telecommunications services at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and manager of the Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP).