Chairs

The IETF Chairperson is called by the NOMCOM action defined in RFC 3777 for a 2-year term, renewable.

Before 1993, the IETF Chair was called by the IAB.

Mike Corrigan (1986)

Phill Gross (1986–1994)

Paul Mockapetris (1994–1996)

Fred Baker (1996–2001)

Harald Tveit Alvestrand (2001–2005)

Brian Carpenter (2005–2007)

Russ Housley (2007–)[3]