Key Staff

George Sadowsky

Executive Director of the Global Internet Policy Initiative

George Sadowsky is Executive Director of the Global Internet Policy Initiative, traveling to Europe and Asia, giving speeches, conducting workshops, and meeting with Internet law experts in order to assist countries in developing their Internet policy environment.

For most of the last ten years Sadowsky has been substantially involved in helping developing countries obtain access to the Internet and exploit what it can provide to them. During the last 25 years, he has worked in more than 40 countries, running computer-based projects on behalf of organizations such as The Internet Society (ISOC), the United Nations, USAID and The World Bank.

From 1973-2000 George Sadowsky served as Technical Advisor in Computing Methods for the United Nations, Director of Academic Computing and Network Services for Northwestern University, and, most recently, Director of Academic Computing and Director of Network Services for New York University. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University.