Robert T. H. Alden

Dr. Alden is a Director of the IEEE Foundation and President of the IEEE Canadian Foundation. He served as IEEE Vice President for Regional Activities in 1990 -1991, Director of IEEE (Region 7) in 1988-1989, and Secretary of the IEEE Power Engineering Society in 1980-1981. He also currently serves as the Publications Chair of the IEEE Toronto Section and the Awards and Recognition Chair of IEEE Canada. He retired from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario as Professor Emeritus, after a 32 year career in which he was the founding director of the Power Research Laboratory. He is a licensed professional engineer in Ontario, Canada, a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and a Life Fellow of IEEE.

Antonio C. Bastos

Mr. Bastos is a member-at-large of the IEEE Foundation Board. He served as Director of IEEE (Region 9) in 1996-1997, Secretary of IEEE in 1998; IEEE Vice President for Regional Activities in 2000, Chair of the IEEE N&A Committee in 2004, Member of Educational Activities Board in 2003-2004. Mr. Bastos served two years in the Assembly, four years in the Board of Directors, two years in the Executive Committee and six years in RAB. A consulting engineer in Brazil, he is a career electrical power engineer and engineering manager. As such, he worked for Coelba, Bahia power utility, for 30 years. His experience bridges planning, design and construction of power systems, power distribution management and management of large organizations. He is an IEEE Life Senior Member.

Diana J. Bendz

Ms. Bendz is Secretary of the IEEE Foundation. She is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the IEEE CHMT and Computer Societies. She is currently the Senior Location Executive of the Endicott site of the IBM Corporation, and she is a member of the Board of Directors of a number of financial, education and community organizations. During her career she has specialized in environmental aspects of electronics products and electronic packaging technology.

A. Wayne Bennett, Ph.D., P.E.

Dr. Bennett is serving his first term on the IEEE Foundation Board. He retired as Dean of the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University in 2004. Previous academic positions include ECE Department Head, Dean of the Graduate School and Senior Vice Provost at Clemson University. He also served as Professor of ECE and Chair of the Computer Engineering Group at Virginia Tech. He is the author of one book and coauthor or editor of several other books. Industrial experience includes serving as a systems engineer for the Industrial Controls Division of General Electric. He also served as a consultant with several electronics companies. He is a Fellow and Life Member of IEEE.

David A. Conner, Ph.D., P.E.

Dr. Conner is the IEEE Foundation Treasurer. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE, served on the IEEE Board of Directors for four years, and served as IEEE Treasurer for two years. He retired from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2002 after 42 years of professional employment in academia, industry, and government. He has also authored two books. Dr. Conner has served on governmental commissions and boards at the city, county, and state levels, was Science and Technology Advisor to a governor, and recently worked on the staff of a U.S. Congressman as an IEEE Congressional Fellow.

Richard J. Gowen

Dr. Gowen is the President of the lEEE Foundation. He is the 1984 Centennial President of the IEEE, and has served in IEEE Section, Chapter, Society, Region, Division, and Board positions. A Commissioner of the 1999-2000 Congressional Web-Based Education Commission, he has provided leadership to industry, education, and government, including the direction of space biomedical research and supercomputer development. He was also the 1998-2000 President of Eta Kappa Nu, the honor society for electrical and computer engineering. He was also the president of Dakota State University from 1984-1987, and the president of the technological research university, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, from 1987-2003. He was also the Executive Director of the Homestake Laboratory Conversion Project to create the world's premier deep underground scientific research laboratory in an 8000ft former mine.

Peter A Lewis, P. E.

Mr. Lewis is Vice President, Grants, of the IEEE Foundation and the former Managing Director of IEEE Educational Activities. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the Electrochemical Society. He retired from PSE&G Co. in 1993 after thirty years in planning and research management positions. While at PSE&G, Mr. Lewis directed the development and application of new concepts in energy conversion, storage and transmission including design and operation of special R&D test facilities. He also served as a communications officer in the U. S. Air Force. He has served as an advisor to the Electric Power Research Institute, the International Technology Education Association, NJ Department of Education and the National Science Foundation. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey, and a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers.

John W. Meredith

Mr. Meredith is serving his first term on the IEEE Foundation. He is President-Elect of the IEEE-USA and served as 2004-2005 IEEE Region 5 Director. He has been an active IEEE volunteer for the past 34 years and is currently serving on a number of IEEE committees. He served as an ABET Electrical Engineering Program Evaluator and is a past IEEE Representative to the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Mr. Meredith is an employed by Agilent Technologies and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Idaho. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Tsuneo Nakahara

Dr. Nakahara is a member-at-large of the IEEE Foundation, 1996 Secretary of the IEEE, Region 10 Director in 1992-1993, and Chair of the 1996-1997 Industry Relations Committee of the IEEE. He retired from the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sumitomo Electric in 1996 after 43 years of employment and continued to serve as advisor to Sumitomo Electric until 2005. He founded a new consulting company, Nakahara Research Institute, Ltd in 2004. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, Eminent Member of the HKN and a foreign associate of the National Academy of Engineering of the U.S.A. He holds a number of voluntary positions in Japan, including President of the Engineering Academy of Japan and President of the New Technology Association. He has been the general inspector of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (the equivalent to the National Science Foundation in the United States) since 2004, and Co-Chair of Japan society for Technology since 2006.

Rolf A. Remshardt

Dr. Remshardt is Vice President, Projects, of the IEEE Foundation. He has been an IEEE Senior Member and volunteer for 25 years. He served as Region 8 Treasurer for many years and as Region 8 Director in 1999 and 2000. He was a member of several IEEE Boards and Committees, including IEEE N&A and SPC, EAB, RAB, IB&SC, and many others. He retired from IBM Germany after almost 30 years in development and management positions. Dr. Remshardt is presently a member of the IEEE Foundation Board, and chair of the Region 8 Membership Development Committee. He is a member of the German National Society VDE and ITG.

Phillip D. Summers, Ph.D.

Dr. Summers is serving his first term on the IEEE Foundation Board. He retired from IBM Research in 2002 after 35 years, where he held a number of technical and managerial positions. His contributions included co-designing IBM's robot language (AML) and directing the IBM Research quality program. He has been a member of the Board of the Industrial Research Institute and has served on boards of non-profit organizations in communities where he has lived.

Arthur W. Winston, Ph.D.

Dr. Winston is Vice President, Development, of the IEEE Foundation. He also chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Dr. Winston was the 2004 IEEE President and was formerly Vice President of the Educational Activities Board and a Director of IEEE Region 1. He is the Director of the Gordon Institute of Tufts University, a graduate program in Engineering Management that he helped create. In addition to his academic experience, Dr. Winston has extensive industrial experience and was responsible for the development of the NASA Apollo Heat Shield Re-entry Temperature Measurement System, and the development of a worldwide nuclear test monitoring system. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the IEE.