membership
IADAS is an intellectually diverse organization that includes over 750 Executive Academy members such as musicians David Bowie and Beck, Martha Stewart, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Internet inventor and Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf, "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, Huffington Post Founder Arianna Huffington, and AKQA Global Creative Chief Rei Inamoto.
Associate Members of IADAS are former Webby Award Winners and Nominees and other Internet professionals. Members also include writers and editors from publications such as The New York Times, Wired, Forbes, Details, Fast Company, Elle, The Los Angeles Times, Vibe, and WallPaper.
Membership in IADAS is currently by invitation only and is limited to those individuals who have catalyzed great achievements on the Internet, demonstrated extraordinary talent in a traditional medium, or who possess in-depth knowledge of new media and comprehensive familiarity with a broad range of sites within a category.
If you are interested in membership in The Academy please fill out this contact form and be sure to subscribe to the 011, our update letter from The Academy and The Webby Awards. It will keep you informed of membership opportunities.
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our members
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| Name | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| Gregory Abowd | Professor | "College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology" |
| Melody Adhami | President | Plastic Mobile |
| Daniel Appelquist | Open Web Advocate | Telefonica Digital |
| B | ||
| Tamas Banovich | co-director | Postmasters Gallery |
| Lance Broumand | CEO | UrbanDaddy.com |
| C | ||
| Scott Carter | Research Scientist | FXPAL |
| Joseph Cartman | Founder | Steady Ltd. |
| Ryan Charles | Head of Mobile | Zagat |
| Greg Clayman | Newscorp | |
| Jacob Colker | Co-Founder and Project Lead | The Extraordinaires |
| Dennis Crowley | co-founder | Foursquare |
| D | ||
| Alfie Dennan | Founder | Moblog |
| E | ||
| Nathan Eagle | CEO | txteagle Inc. |
| Vlad Edelman | CEO | Ansible Mobile |
| F | ||
| Tim Fielding | VP Strategic Marketing & Business Development | BuzzD |
| Brian Fling | pinch/zoom | |
| Kristen Fox | Senior Vice President | Edelman Mobile |
| G | ||
| Maks Giordano | Founder | juuman«okudo |
| Seth Gordon | Director of User Experience | Getty Images |
| H | ||
| Joe Herzog | "Product Lead, Xbox Live" | Microsoft |
| Milana Homsi | Product Counsel | |
| J | ||
| Alex Judd | Co-Founder | Skywire |
| K | ||
| Helen Keegan | Organiser | Mobile Monday London |
| Josh Klein | Founder | Wireless.is |
| Noah Koff | Digital Brand Consultant | |
| L | ||
| Ben Lerer | Co-Founder | Thrillist.com |
| M | ||
| Christina Mace-Turner | Head of Partnership Strategy | |
| Karen McGrane | Senior Partner | Bond Art & Science |
| Nihal Mehta | CEO | BuzzD |
| P | ||
| Mark Pesce | Founder | FutureSt |
| Chris Phenner | Curator | Typejack |
| Anna Marie Piersimoni | "Director, Internet Communications, MEdia & Technology" | American Film Institute |
| R | ||
| Subho Ray | President | Internet & Mobile Association of India |
| Ben Rigby | "Founder, Co-Executive Director" | Mobile Voter |
| D. Keith Robinson | "Principal, Creative Director" | Blue Flavor |
| Josh Rubin | Editor in Chief | Cool Hunting |
| S | ||
| Claudia Sagripanti | Director | VentureOne |
| Michael Scogin | "VP, Wireless, MTV" | MTV Networks |
| Jonathan Shar | SVP and General Manager | CNNMoney |
| Michael Sharon | Product Manager | |
| Nikhyl Singhal | CEO | SayNow |
| Pete Smyth | President & CEO | iamota Corporation |
| Biz Stone | Co-founder | |
| Jeremy Stoppelman | "CEO, Founder" | Yelp.com |
| T | ||
| Richard Ting | "SVP, Executive Creative Director" | R/GA |
| Dylan Tweney | Executive Editor | Mobile PC Magazine |
| V | ||
| Traci Van Deventer | "Director, Mobile Products" | "The Weather Channel, Interactive" |
| W | ||
| Evan Williams | Founder | "Obvious, LLC" |
| Jennifer Wilson | Lean Forward | |
| X | ||
| Leonardo Xavier | Co-Founder | Pontomobi |

