OpenID Foundation
If you (or your company or organization) would like to help OpenID make the Internet a better place, become involved.
The OpenID Foundation (OIDF) was formed in June 2007 to help promote, protect and enable the OpenID technologies and community. This entails managing intellectual property, brand marks as well as fostering viral growth and global participation in the proliferation of OpenID. The OIDF does not dictate the technical direction of OpenID; instead it will help enable and protect whatever is created by the community.
Executive Director
As of February 2009, Don Thibeau is the executive director of the OpenID Foundation.
Board of Directors
The OpenID Foundation was formed by an initial board of seven members selected from the OpenID Community to get the foundation underway. It has since expanded to also include representation of six companies committed to OpenID. These members are:
Community Board Members
- Brian Kissel (JanRain) – Chair
- Chris Messina (independent)
- David Recordon (Six Apart) – Committee Liaison
- Joseph Smarr (Plaxo)
- Nat Sakimura (NRI) – International Liaison
- Scott Kveton – Vice Chair
- Snorri Giorgetti (OpenID Europe)
- Allen Tom (Yahoo)
Corporate Board Members
- Facebook – Luke Shepard
- Google – Eric Sachs
- IBM – Nataraj (Raj) Nagaratnam
- Microsoft – Michael B. Jones – Secretary
- PayPal – Andrew Nash
- VeriSign – Gary Krall
- Yahoo! – Raj Mata – Treasurer
Members of the community can monitor board discussions and communicate collectively with the board on the board mailing list.
The OpenID Foundation appointed Snorri Giorgetti as the OpenID Foundation European Representative because of all of his hard work organizing and evangelizing in Europe.
The OIDF Bylaws from June, 2007 – Founding Bylaws
Contact
OpenID Foundation2400 Camino Ramon
San Ramon, CA 94583
U.S.
Telephone: +1 925-275-6639
Email: help (at) oidf (dot) org