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Internet2 Announces CEO Search

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - December 9, 2009 – Internet2 announced today that  
after twelve years of service, president and CEO Douglas Van Houweling  
has asked the Board of Trustees to begin the process of identifying a  
successor. Van Houweling has agreed to continue to lead the  
organization as president and CEO until his successor is transitioned  
into the role.

“We are so grateful for Doug’s extraordinary leadership over the past  
twelve years and thank him for his incredible service to our  
community,” said Jeff Lehman, chair of the Internet2 Board of  
Trustees. “The Board is committed to recruiting a worthy successor,  
someone who will build effectively on Doug’s remarkable legacy. The  
search will begin immediately, and it will continue as long as is  
necessary.”

Established in 1996, Internet2 is an advanced networking consortium  
led by the research and education community. Internet2 represents an  
exceptional partnership spanning U.S. and international institutions  
who are leaders in the worlds of research, academia, industry and  
government, that are together focused on developing and deploying  
breakthrough cyberinfrastructure that supports a wide range of  
discipline communities.

Led by its members and focused on their current and future networking  
needs, Internet2 operates a state-of-the-art national IP and optical  
infrastructure that together with its regional network partners,  
reaches close to 70,000 “community anchor institutions,” including  
research universities, colleges and community colleges, K-12 schools,  
libraries, museums, and science centers, with over 10 million  
individual users.

The new CEO of Internet2 will build on the organization’s successes to  
ensure it continues to foster the innovation and collaboration that  
have become the cornerstones of the Internet2 community and which have  
helped to revolutionize the research and learning environment. The new  
CEO will work with the Internet2 community to execute on its five-year  
strategic plan, which began implementation in early 2009.

Molly Broad, President of the American Council on Education and former  
chair of the Internet2 Board, has agreed to lead the board’s Search  
Committee. Broad will be joined in that effort by leaders in the  
higher education community including: James Bottum, CIO and Vice  
Provost for Computing and Information Technology at Clemson  
University; David Frohnmayer, President Emeritus, University of  
Oregon; Tim Lance, President and Chairman of NYSERNet; Michael  
McRobbie, President of Indiana University; Alan Whitney, Associate  
Director and Principal Research Scientist at MIT Haystack Observatory;  
and Jeff Lehman. In addition, the respected executive search firm  
Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, LLC has been retained to help lead the  
recruitment effort on behalf of the Internet2 Board.

Lehman added, “The board and Internet2 intend to draw on the full  
resources of the Internet2 community to ensure that we recruit a new  
CEO who is well matched to the community and organization’s current  
and future needs.”

Van Houweling stated in a letter to Internet2 members, “(Our) shared  
investment has created a vital resource for our community. Building on  
that investment, I am confident that Internet2’s largest contribution  
lies in the future. Working with all of you, I will do all I can  
during the coming transition to ensure that future.’”

The search committee intends to provide information regarding the CEO  
position and a proposed timeline for seeking candidates as soon as  
possible.

About Internet2

Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by  
the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes  
the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network  
capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together  
facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary  
Internet technologies. By bringing research and academia together with  
technology leaders from industry, government and the international  
community, Internet2 promotes collaboration and innovation that has a  
fundamental impact on the future of the Internet.

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