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'''Esther Dyson''', is a former Chairman of the [[ICANN]] Board, and the former chairman of [[EDventure Holdings]].<ref>[http://www.edventure.com/ EDventure]</ref>

'''Esther Dyson''', is a former Chairman of the [[ICANN]] Board, and the former chairman of [[EDventure Holdings]].<ref>[http://www.edventure.com/ EDventure]</ref>

Currently she has holdings in a variety of online ventures and is a member of the Board in some of these companies.<ref>[http://www.edventure.com/new-bio.html EDventure]</ref>. She is also actively involved in Air/Space 2.0, The Flight School workshop and several non-profit foundations.She is a member of the NASA Advisory Council and Chairman of its Technology and Innovation Committee.<ref>[http://people.forbes.com/profile/esther-dyson/87275 Forbes]</ref>

Currently she has holdings in a variety of online ventures and is a board member in some of these companies.<ref>[http://www.edventure.com/new-bio.html EDventure]</ref> She is also actively involved in Air/Space 2.0, The Flight School workshop, and several non-profit foundations.She is a member of the NASA Advisory Council and Chairman of its Technology and Innovation Committee.<ref>[http://people.forbes.com/profile/esther-dyson/87275 Forbes]</ref>

She is a member of the President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption and sits on the boards of the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], [[Scala Business Solutions]], [[Poland Online]], [[Cygnus Solution]], [[E-Pub Services]], [[Trustworks]] (Amsterdam), [[IBS]] (Moscow), [[iCat]], [[New World Publishing]] and the [[Global Business Network]]. She is on the advisory boards of Perot Systems and the Internet Capital Group, and a limited partner of the [[Mayfield Software Fund]].

She is a member of the President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption and sits on the boards of the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], [[Scala Business Solutions]], [[Poland Online]], [[Cygnus Solution]], [[E-Pub Services]], [[Trustworks]] (Amsterdam), [[IBS]] (Moscow), [[iCat]], [[New World Publishing]] and the [[Global Business Network]]. She is on the advisory boards of Perot Systems and the Internet Capital Group, and a limited partner of the [[Mayfield Software Fund]].

Ms. Dyson is also on the boards and executive committees of the [[Santa Fe Institute]] and the Institute for East-West Studies, and on the board of the [[Eurasia Foundation]]. She is a founding member of the Russian Software Market Association and a member of the (US) [[Software Publishers Association]]. She serves on the advisory boards of [[The Software Entrepreneurs Forum]] (Silicon Valley), the[[ Poynter Institute]] for Media Studies, the Russian Internet Technology Center, and the Soros Medical Internet Project.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/dyson.htm ICANN.org]</ref>

Ms. Dyson is also on the boards and executive committees of the Santa Fe Institute and the Institute for East-West Studies, and on the board of the [[Eurasia Foundation]]. She is a founding member of the Russian Software Market Association and a member of the [[Software Publishers Association]]. She serves on the advisory boards of [[The Software Entrepreneurs Forum]] (Silicon Valley), the[[ Poynter Institute]] for Media Studies, the Russian Internet Technology Center, and the Soros Medical Internet Project.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/dyson.htm ICANN.org]</ref>

Previously, she was a securities analyst (New Court Securities, 1977-80; Oppenheimer & Co., 1980-82), and a reporter for Forbes magazine (1974-77).

Previously, she was a securities analyst (New Court Securities, 1977-80; Oppenheimer & Co., 1980-82), and a reporter for Forbes magazine (1974-77).

Ms. Dyson holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University (1972).

Ms. Dyson holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University (1972).

She was appointed as one of [[ICANN]]'s nine initial directors in October 1998. She served as an ICANN director until 16 November 2000.

She was appointed as one of [[ICANN]]'s nine initial directors in October 1998. She served as an ICANN director until November, 2000.

She sold her company, [[EDventure]] to [[CNet]] in 2004. <ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/ Huffington Post]</ref>. He her investments alsoin cludes Flickr and del.icio.us, both sold to Yahoo! and Medstory, sold to Microsoft. <ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/esther-dyson Crunch Base]</ref>

She sold her company, [[EDventure]] to [[CNet]] in 2004. <ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/ Huffington Post]</ref>. Her investments also include Flickr and del.icio.us, both sold to Yahoo! and Medstory, sold to Microsoft.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/esther-dyson Crunch Base]</ref>

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