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===Memberships===
===Memberships===
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]].
===Executive & Board Appointments===
===Executive & Board Appointments===
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>
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>
* Plazes, sold to Nokia
* Plazes, sold to Nokia
* Tacit, sold to Oracle
* Tacit, sold to Oracle
==Fun Facts==
As a two-time weightless flyer, Esther Dyson is also active in the commercial space flight start-up world.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/ Huffington Post Bio]</ref> She is actively involved in Air/Space 2.0, The Flight School workshop, and several non-profit foundations, and 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>
===Other Background===
===Other Background===
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).