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The NetBeans Board

The NetBeans Board consists of three publicly nominated and elected members. The Board exists to make sure that the NetBeans project is run in a fair and open manner. Please see the governance page for more details.

Current Board Members

Term beginning 04-Oct-2007
Wade Chandler
Tom Wheeler
Brian Leonard
Elected by the NetBeans community
Elected by the NetBeans community
Appointed by Sun Microsystems

Past Board Members

Term beginning 22-Mar-2007

  • David Strupl (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Ramon Ramos (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Gregg Sporar (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 22-Sep-2006

  • David Strupl (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Rich Unger (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Charlie Hunt (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 09-Mar-2006

  • David Strupl (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Rich Unger (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Charlie Hunt (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 26-Aug-2005

  • Vincent Brabant (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Rich Unger (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Tim Boudreau (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 22-Dec-2004

  • David Strupl (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Rich Unger (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Tim Boudreau (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)
Term beginning 17-Jun-2004

  • David Strupl (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Rich Unger (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Tim Boudreau (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 10-Jan-2004

  • Vincent Brabant (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • David Strupl (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Zaheda Bhorat (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 30-May-2003

  • Maxym Mykhalchuk (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Tor Norbye (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Danese Cooper (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 01-Nov-2002

  • Michael Wever (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • William Will (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Evan Adams (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 08-Apr-2002

  • Robert Greig (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Yarda Tulach (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Ron Goldman (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 17-Sep-2001

  • Robert Greig (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Iwan Eising (Elected by the NetBeans community)*
  • Ron Goldman (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 13-Mar-2001

  • Robert Greig (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Iwan Eising (Elected by the NetBeans community)*
  • James Duncan Davidson (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)

Term beginning 05-Aug-2000

  • Erik Huddleston (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Robert Greig (Elected by the NetBeans community)
  • Dick Gabriel (Appointed by Sun Microsystems)*

Past Board members denoted by * are included on the current Board mailing list for input on any issue.

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