Steering Committee

Introduction

As with all Joint Development Foundation (JDF) projects hosted by the Linux Foundation, overall governance and strategic direction for the ToIP Foundation are provided by the Steering Committee.

Scope

The Steering Committee raises and considers strategic issues and makes decisions on topics that affect the entire Foundation including membership, budget and the disbursement of funds, creation and management of Working Groups, and the approval/adoption of official deliverables.

Meetings

Deliverables

• Approves all official deliverables for adoption across all Working Groups.

• Membership - approves all new membership agreements and any changes to the composition of the Steering Committee itself.

• Annual Budget - approves and oversees the implementation of the Foundation’s budget.

• Working Groups - approves and oversees the operation of all Working Groups, including the adoption of their charters.

Chairs / Leads

2025 Steering Committee:

Alex Tweeddale, cheqd
Carly Huitema, University of Guelph (Chair)
Caryn Van Exel, GS1
Chris Buchanan, MITRE
Drummond Reed, Gen Digital (Chair)
Eric Drury, Forth.IO
Eva Chan, Certizen
Karla McKenna, GLEIF
Neil Thomson, Query Vision
Nicholas Rasz, Keystate Capital
John Phillips, Sezoo
Scott Perry, Digital Governance Institute (Chair)
Steve McCown, Anonyome Labs
Steven Milstein, Collab.Ventures
Wenjing Chu, Futurewei

All Steering Committee members are listed on the ToIP website.

Committees

The Steering Committee has no designated subcommittee at this time.

Participation

Steering Committee meetings are open to all Foundation members, though only Steering Committee members (or those invited to address specific topics) actively participate in meetings beyond observing.

Contact

For any questions, or to raise an issue / item for consideration to the Steering Committee, please contact the Chairs of the Steering Committee or send an email to operations@trustoverip.org.