Edgemoor Research Institute, incorporated in 2020, is a 501(c)(3) corporation.
Edgemoor Research Institute Board Members
Dr. Stephen D. Crocker
President, CEO
Steve Crocker is an Internet pioneer and computer scientist with experience in academia, government, and industry. He earned his B.A. in mathematics and Ph.D. in computer science from UCLA. He managed research at DARPA in the early 1970s, founded the computer science research laboratory at The Aerospace Corporation in the early 1980s, and co-founded CyberCash, Inc. His honors include the 2002 IEEE Internet Award, an honorary doctorate from the University of San Martín des Porres in Lima, Perú, founding membership in the Internet Hall of Fame Pioneers, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Internet Society.Steve Crocker, was the founding chair of ICANN’s Security and Stability Committee (SSAC). He also served on the ICANN Board from 2003 to 2017, first as a liaison fromSSAC and then nine years as a director. For the last six-and-a-half of those years, he chaired the board, overseeing the recruiting of two CEOs and the transition in 2016 to independence from the NTIA agreement. Steve Crocker is President of Edgemoor Research Institute (ERI) facilitates the development and analyses of proposed and existing policies regarding the collection and access to registration data, including personally identifiable information.
Scott Bradner
Director, Secretary
Scott Bradner was involved in the design, operation and use of data networks at Harvard University since the early days of the ARPANET. He was involved in the design of the original Harvard data networks, the Longwood Medical Area network (LMAnet) and New England Academic and Research Network (NEARnet). He was founding chair of the technical committees of LMAnet, NEARnet and the Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network (CoREN).
Mr. Bradner served in a number of roles in the IETF. He was the co-director of the Operational Requirements Area (1993-1997), IPng Area (1993-1996), Transport Area (1997-2003) and Sub-IP Area (2001-2003). He was a member of the IESG (1993-2003) and was an elected trustee of the
Internet Society (1993-1999), where he was the VP for Standards from 1995 to 2003 and Secretary to the Board of Trustees from 2003 to 2016. Scott was also a member of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) as well as a trustee of the IETF Trust from 2012 to 2016.
Mr. Bradner retired from Harvard University in 2016 after 50 years working there in the areas of in computer programming, system management, networking, IT security and identity management.
Cedarampattu (Ram) Mohan
Director, Treasurer
Ram Mohan has over 20 years’ experience in technology, leadership and entrepreneurship within both publicly listed and private companies. He was the COO and a founding management team member at Afilias, one of the most renowned domain name registry companies in the world, and recently sold the company to Donuts, Inc. Previously he worked at Infonautics Corp., First Data Corporation, Unisys Corporation and KPMG. He served on the ICANN board of directors from November 2008 to October 2018. He has advised several governments on internet security and internet globalization issues. Ram is an inventor on eleven patents for his work in Internet technology.
Sarah Deutsch
Director
Sarah Deutsch is a practicing attorney with considerable experience on Internet policy, intellectual property, privacy and related legal issues. Sarah worked for over 23 years at Verizon Communications as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel in its Legal Department. She managed the company’s global intellectual property practice and team of legal and technical personnel responsible for trademarks, domain names, copyrights, patent licensing and unfair competition issues. Sarah has extensive experience in Internet policy issues, and served as the primary subject matter expert in the Legal Department responsible for Internet issues since the mid 1990s. She has extensive experience in IP, online liability issues, privacy, cyber-security and consumer protection issues and was the first attorney to oversee Verizon’s Privacy Office, including managing its Chief Privacy Officer, privacy attorneys and staff. She was a Lecturer of Law at Harvard Law School, teaching a class in online privacy in 2019.
Sarah was one of five negotiators for the U.S. telecommunications industry in the negotiations that led to the passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. She also served as a Private Sector Advisor to U.S. Delegation to the WIPO Copyright Treaties and to the G8 Cybercrime Conference. Sarah was the 2014 recipient of the Managing IP In-House Counsel Award at the American Women in Business Law Awards. In 2009, she received the Public Knowledge President’s Award for Extraordinary Dedication to Protecting the Free Flow of Information Over the Internet. Sarah currently serves on the Board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the National Center for Health Research. Sarah holds a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law and a B.A. from Emory University.
