[announce] IDEAlliance Elects 2001-2002 Board of Directors

["Elledge, Marion" <MElledge@idealliance.org>]

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE					CONTACT: Georgia
> Volakis
> 	
> 703.837.1075
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> IDEAlliance Elects 2001-2002 Board of Directors
> 
> Executives from Boeing, IBM, Adobe, Time Inc., R.R. Donnelley,
> International Paper, and more to head former Graphic Communications
> Association 
> 
> ALEXANDRIA, VA (October 24, 2001) - IDEAlliance - International Digital
> Enterprise Alliance - has announced the election of its first Board of
> Directors and Officers following the association's transition from the
> Graphic Communications Association.
> 
> Candidates for the new Board of Directors were selected by the IDEAlliance
> Nominating Committee and elected by a ballot mailed to each IDEAlliance
> member. Officers were selected by the newly-elected Board. 
> 
> "Our Board members' combined expertise across multiple industries is an
> asset to all IDEAlliance members as well as the entire publishing,
> printing, and digital media industry," stated David Steinhardt,
> IDEAlliance President and CEO. "The IDEAlliance staff and I look forward
> to working with these highly-qualified industry leaders throughout the
> coming year and beyond."
> 
> "It is an honor to be chosen to chair the IDEAlliance Board of Directors,"
> said Freelon Hunter, IDEAlliance Chair.  "Idealliance reaches back 35
> years, serving the publishing industries. Our challenge in the future is
> to provide continuity with our long history of  user-driven and
> cross-industry solutions and leadership in an industry that is
> revolutionizing itself."
> 
> The complete list of IDEAlliance Officers and Board members follows.
> 
> Chairman of the Board
> Freelon F. Hunter is Senior Manager - Product Integration for Boeing
> Customer Support. 
> 
> Vice Chairman of the Board
> Gerald A. Nathe is Chairman of Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. 
> 
> Secretary/Treasurer
> Christopher Alan Liedel is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
> Officer of the National Geographic Society.
> 
> Immediate Past Chair
> Diane Romano is President, Eastern Region and e-Business Division, Applied
> Graphics Technologies/Seven (AGT/Seven).
> 
> Board of Directors
> Sharon Adler is Senior Manager of the Extensible Technologies Group at IBM
> Research, Hawthorne, NY. 
> 
> Pamela L. Gennusa is a Consultant specializing in standards-based content
> management. 
> 
> Sebastian Holst is Vice President of Marketing for Artesia Technologies. 
> 
> Randy Kelley is Manager of IT Application Infrastructure & Integration at
> the Frank Russell Company.
> 
> Austin E. Lance is Vice President, Business Operations - Coated & SC
> Papers of International Paper. 
> 
> Barry Meinerth is Senior Vice President of Production and Fulfillment of
> Time Inc. 
> 
> Beth Micksch is Program Manager at Wolters Kluwer United States.
> 
> Charles Myers is Technology Strategist, ePaper Solutions Group at Adobe
> Systems, Incorporated. 
> 
> Gary Sutula is a Corporate Senior Vice President and the Chief Information
> Officer of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. 
> 
> About IDEAlliance
> IDEAlliance (International Digital Enterprise Alliance) is a
> not-for-profit membership organization. Its mission is to advance
> user-driven, cross-industry solutions for all publishing and
> content-related processes by developing standards, fostering business
> alliances, and identifying best practices. IDEAlliance has been a leader
> in information technology since 1966 (founded as Graphic Communications
> Association) having fostered the development and adoption of standards
> such as ADIS, GRACoL, ICE, JIFFI, Mail.dat, papiNet, PRISM, PROSE XML,
> SPACE XML, SGML, and XML. Learn more about IDEAlliance at
> www.idealliance.org.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Marion L. Elledge
> Executive Vice President
> IDEAlliance
> (founded in 1966 as the Graphic Communications Association)
> 100 Daingerfield Road
> Alexandria, VA 22314
> Tel: 703/837-1093
> Fax: 703/548-2867
> Cell: 202/413-4729
> email: melledge@idealliance.org
> 
> 
> Check out IDEAlliance's upcoming events!
> 
> XML Asia Pacific
> 5-8 November 2001
> Sydney, Australia
> http://www.xmlasiapacific.com/
> 
> XML Conference and Exposition 2001
> 9-14 December 2001
> Orlando, Florida USA
> http://www.xmlconference.net/xmlusa/
> 
> Knowledge Technologies 2002
> 11-14 March 2002
> Seattle, Washington USA
> http://www.knowledgetechnologies.net/
> 
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