Members
The IAB is composed of twelve members selected by the IETF Nominations Committee, the IETF Chair (also selected by the IETF Nominations Committee), and several ex-officio and liaison positions.
The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) consists of thirteen members. Of these, six are nominated each year by a nominating committee drawn from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for a two year term. This process is described in RFC 8713. The thirteenth member of the IAB is the IETF Chair. The IAB elects its own Chair from among its twelve IETF-nominated members.
Matthew Bocci, Nokia – IAB Liaison to the IESG
Roman Danyliw, Carnegie Mellon University – IETF Chair
Dhruv Dhody, Huawei - IAB Chair
Dirk Kutscher, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Chair
Sabrina Tanamal, ICANN – Liaison from Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
Cindy Morgan, AMS – IAB Executive Administrative Manager
Ryan Polk, Internet Society (ISOC) – Liaison from Internet Society (ISOC)
Christopher Inacio, Carnegie Mellon University – Liaison from Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG)
The IAB also maintains several direct liaisons with closely affiliated groups:
- IAB Liaison to the IESG: Yingzhen Qu
- IAB Liaison to the 2025-2026 IETF NomCom: Alvaro Retana
- IAB Liaison to the 2026-2027 IETF NomCom: Matthew Bocci
- IAB Liaison to the IETF Tools Team: Jason Livingood, Nick Sullivan
- IAB Liaison to the IETF Education and Outreach Directorate (EODir): Warren Kumari
You can contact the IAB at the address iab@iab.org. This mailing list includes all voting IAB members, the IRTF Chair (Dirk Kutscher), the IETF Executive Director (Jay Daley), the IETF Director of Communications and Operations (Greg Wood), Secretariat staff (Cindy Morgan, Liz Flynn), the IESG Liaison (Christopher Inacio), the ISOC Liaisons (Olaf Kolkman, Ryan Polk, Sally Wentworth), and the Tools Liaison (Robert Sparks).