Subject: Internet Society's Sandy Spector

From: Andrew Sullivan <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 15:56:47 -0400

Dear colleagues,

The Internet Society mourns the untimely death of our Chief Financial Officer, and SVP for Business Operations, Sandy Spector.  

Some of you doubtless knew Sandy through her long service at ISOC.  Others of you may never have known what a champion for the IETF she was.  So, I hope you will indulge me a little in laying that out.

Sandy joined the Internet Society staff more than a decade ago.  On the retirement of our prior CFO, Sandy assumed that responsibility.  From the beginning, she was devoted to ensuring that the IETF had the resources and support that it would need.  She made sure all the bills got paid on time under the original IASA arrangements.  As a result of the IASA2 WG, she was a central part of ensuring that IETF Administration LLC was set on a solid footing, and that it was funded properly over the long term.  Sandy made sure the money was there to make the funding commitments the Internet Society has made. She was creative in seeing how the organization could flex to create unusual administrative arragements to the benefit of everyone.  Whatever the need, Sandy made sure that the IETF had the resources to do its work.  The solid foundation she laid will continue to benefit the IETF well into the future.

We keep her husband Bob, her sons Ethan and Jacob, and her brother Craig and extended family, in our minds and hearts as they mourn.

Best regards,

Andrew

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Andrew Sullivan
President & CEO, Internet Society
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