CNI Director Lynch Announces Retirement June 2025

Of Interest to the Information Community

Washington, DC | August 26, 2024

I have informed Andrew Pace, the Executive Director of ARL, John O’Brien, the President of EDUCAUSE, and the CNI Steering Committee, of my plans to retire as Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) at the end of this program year (June 30, 2025) and transition to the role of Director Emeritus. This should provide ample time to select a new Executive Director and navigate a smooth transition in the organization’s leadership. Andrew and John will keep the CNI community apprised as this process moves forward.

I have been the Executive Director of CNI since mid-1997; this has genuinely been the role of a lifetime for me, a fantastic opportunity and honor. As a community, I think we can all be proud of what CNI has accomplished and what it has grown to be, and of the value it has brought to all of us. Working with the fantastic CNI staff, the leadership – past and present – of ARL and EDUCAUSE, the (sometimes very long-serving) members of the CNI Steering Committee, and all of you who make up the broader CNI community has been an incredible experience. Thank you.

I look forward to working together with you to continue to advance our collective agenda during this final year as Executive Director, as well as doing my best to ensure that CNI will continue to thrive far into the future.

Finally, please rest assured that as Director Emeritus I intend to remain engaged in the intellectual work at the heart of CNI’s agenda; I’m looking forward to having more time to think and to write about these issues and developments.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI