Smart Card Alliance names 2009 board members, executive committee

Oct. 31, 2008
Greg Garback to return as committee chair

The Smart Card Alliance announced Thursday its board members for 2009, as well as its executive committee.

Elections for the alliance’s executive committee, which helps guide the organization’s board for the upcoming year, were held earlier this month at its conference in Washington, D.C. Greg Garback, of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, will again serve as the committee’s chair.

Among others elected to the committee include:


• Vice Chair- Neville Pattinson, Gemalto
• Treasurer- Robert Merkert Sr., CardLogix
• Secretary- Linda Brown, Infineon Technologies
• Assistant Treasurer- Willy Dommen, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Technology Vice Chair- Roger Roehr, Tyco International

Newly elected and returning board members include:


• Bray Becker, Lockheed Martin
• Iana Bohmer, Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Bob Gilson, U.S. Department of Defense/Defense Manpower Data Center
• Dale Grogan, S.M.A.R.T. Association
• Wendy Humphrey, First Data Corporation
• Bryan Ichikawa, Unisys
• Christian Juettner, Giesecke & Devrient
• John McKeon, IBM
• Carey Miller, BearingPoint
• Ken Moy, Mastercard Worldwide
• Liane Redford, Visa
• Garfield Smith, Oberthur Technologies