Email Policy, Process and Practice Consultants

The Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy is a think tank and consulting firm gathering some of the finest minds and experience in the industry.

Our consultants work closely on both public and process policies issues, and are available for consulting, press, and speaking engagements. If you would like to arrange to speak with one of our consultants, please send email to request@isipp.com

Consultants

David Baker, Esq., Rob Dorfman, Michael Grow, Esq., Mike Jackman, John Levine, Anne Mitchell, Brad Templeton

Policy Fellows

Mickey Chandler

Dave Baker served as Commissioner and Chairman of the Georgia Public Service Commission from 1994-1998, and presently serves as a Director of the Georgia Electronic Commerce Association (GECA), and the Chairman of the California Internet Service Providers Association (CISPA) Baker's work with Earthlink includes public policy initiatives in areas including privacy, broadband access, intellectual property, taxation and law enforcement issues.

Robert Dorfman, Director of Sustaining and Process Engineering, Earthlink

Rob Dorfman is responsible for large-scale system development projects, mergers and integrations, and sustaining and process Engineering at Earthlink. Prior to working with Earthlink, Dorfman worked with Netcom, ICG Communicatins, and MindSpring. Dorfman is originally from New York, and has a Ph.D from Stanford University.

Michael Grow, Esq., Partner, Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn PLLC

Grow was the successful Plaintiff's attorney in the seminal anti-spam case brought by AOL against Sanford Wallace and his Cyberpromtions.

Grow chairs the Technology Department at Arent Fox, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm focused on government affairs. Grow is a member of the Intellectual Property Group, specializing in trademark and copyright litigation and has represented clients in civil actions and appeals in state and federal courts throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. He also has broad experience in counseling clients in matters relating to trademark selection, clearance and registration, domestic and international trademark and copyright protection, unfair competition law; computer law; franchise law and licensing. Grow has written several articles relating to intellectual property law and has given numerous presentations at conferences sponsored by AIPLA, INTA, the FBI Academy and various other organizations in the United States and abroad on intellectual property topics. He is active in AIPLA, FICPI, IPIC and Marques.

Mike Jackman, Executive Director, California ISP Association

Mike Jackman is Executive Director of the California ISP Association, the largest state association of ISPs. He manages the association's legislative advocacy, state and federal regulatory initiatives, fundraising and media relations. A 20-year veteran of public affairs and technology public relations campaigns, Mike has worked on a variety of public issues including broadband access, line sharing, Internet security, stem cell research, agbiotech and power plant siting.

John Levine, Author

John Levine is the author of the popular Internet for Dummies, along with many other books, and is an expert on the Internet and computer languages. Levine has lecturered extensively to corporations and industry groups and regularly consults on the Internet and related computer topics. Levine also runs the Network Abuse Clearinghouse, and is a member of the board of the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail.

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq., President and CEO, Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy

Anne P. Mitchell is the President and CEO of ISIPP. Prior to taking the helm at the Institute, Mitchell was one of the original founders of Habeas, Inc., where she served as President and CEO from its inception through its first year, establishing Habeas as an industry leader and changing the face of whitelisting of legitimate email. Prior to her work with Habeas, Mitchell served as the Director of Legal and Public Affairs for Mail Abuse Prevention System, one of the original and most well-respected anti-spam services on the Internet. Mitchell is a graduate of Stanford Law School, a Professor of Law at Lincoln Law School of San Jose, and a member of the California Bar. A highly respected industry advisor and thought leader, Mitchell has consulted with both state and Federal legislators on anti-spam legislative issues, and helped to author the language of the McCain amendment to the Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.

Brad Templeton, Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Brad Templeton is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a longtime writer on cyberspace issues. The EFF, founded in 1990, is devoted to civil rights online, in particular free speech and encryption rights.

Templeton also was founder and publisher at ClariNet Communications Corp., the #1 internet-based electronic newspaper publisher, until selling it to Newsedge Corporation. in 1997. ClariNet gathers information from a variety of sources including major newswires, and edits it into a constantly updated package that is sent to subscriber's computers over the internet, to be read on their own machines. It was the first company formed to provide services over the Internet. He has been active in the computer network community since 1979, particpated in the building and growth of USENET from its earliest days.

Policy Fellow

Mickey Chandler, President and CEO, Whizardries, Inc., ISIPP Policy Fellow

While President of the Forum for Responsible & Ethical E-mail, Chandler authored anti-spam legislation introduced in Texas and Hawaii, consulted with legislators of three other states as well as the Australian parliament on anti-spam issues, and submitted testimony to the US Congress. Chandler has also worked on spam legislation and consulted on anti-spam lawsuits while working with Mail Abuse Prevention System and Habeas, Inc..