Global Peering Forum
The Global Peering Forum (GPF) builds on an effort started by multiple commercial organizations over 15 years ago. GPF is an independent, non-profit organization designed to advance the business interests of individuals involved in peering and interconnection. GPF is a 501(c)(6) non-profit corporation operating as a business league. The current board consists of nine elected representatives from organizations who have supported the event for a number of years.
About GPF
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The GPF Board of Directors can be reached from the form below:
Fiscal 2022 GPF Board of Directors
- Ben Hedges – Board President
- Petra Wensing- Board Vice President
- Nicole Kangas – Board Treasurer
- Ester Paal – Board Secretary
- Josh Snowhorn
- Katsuyasu Toyama
- Michele McCann
- PJ Gallagher
- Milko Ilari
Introducing Fiscal 2022
GPF Board of Directors

Ben Hedges
President

Ben Hedges
President

Petra Wensing
Vice-President

Petra Wensing
Vice-President

Ester Paal
Board Secretary

Ester Paal
Board Secretary

Michele McCann
Board Member

Michele McCann
Board Member
Before Teraco McCann served as Commercial Director at Arc Telecoms. Her role included the development of new infrastructures focusing on delivering ISP products and services to the market. Currently, a key strategic focus for her is on relationship development with new and existing Teraco enterprise clients and cloud and content providers to grow future opportunities locally and internationally.

Katsuyasu Toyama
Board Member

Katsuyasu Toyama
Board Member

Josh Snowhorn
Board Member

Josh Snowhorn
Board Member
Josh values approachability, accessibility, collaboration, innovation and growth. These qualities guided Josh’s leadership in the interconnection industry over the last 20 years and building over $10B of value along the way. He has pretty much seen and done it all through key founding and executive positions at Terremark, Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Cincinnati Bell, and CyrusOne (Nasdaq: CONE). Josh co-founded the Global Peering Forum, the annual meeting for the Internet interconnection and peering community where he serves on the board of directors. Josh serves on the advisory board of Telescent, the finest automated interconnection machine on the planet. He is an avid speaker at conferences globally including networking, data centers, real estate, edge networking, and quantum computing. He has been a surfer for 39 years and a snowboarder for 25 years, traveling the globe in pursuit of experiences. Josh loves cars and racing. He founded TrackRats, LLC, the premier car club for track enthusiasts.
Auto racing enthusiast. Industry leader and innovator. Surfer and snowboarder. Peering expert. Public speaker. Founder and CEO of Quantum Loophole.

Milko Ilari
Board Member

Milko Ilari
Board Member

PJ Gallagher
Board Member

PJ Gallagher
Board Member

Nicole Kangas
Treasurer

Nicole Kangas
Treasurer