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Rich Hansberger is the National Notary Association's Vice President of eNotarization and is responsible for leading the Association's technology-related initiatives, working with state government and private industry partners to incorporate electronic notarization into business and government applications. In this role, he launched the United States' first electronic notarization program with the states of Pennsylvania and Arizona in 2006-7. Since then, the program has expanded to 37 states and major US corporations. Currently, Mr. Hansberger sits on the board of the non-profit National eNotary Registry, a 501(c)(6) corporation that will serve as the Association’s national Registration Authority for the management of electronic Notary credentials. Prior to joining the NNA, Hansberger taught at California State University, Northridge, and the University of Arizona while earning his PhD in English and Education. In addition to authoring articles on the then-emerging field of distance learning technology and the ancient discipline of rhetoric, he wrote state and federal grants to fund the development of distance-learning technologies in the late 1990s, primarily in the form of open-source toolkits for colleges and universities licensed under the GNU General Public License. He has consulted with numerous companies and universities on the development of enterprise online learning environments. Hansberger continues to be active in open-source initiatives, and his most recent open-source collaboration is with The Hague Conference on Private International Law developing an open-source electronic register to support the electronic Apostille Pilot Program (www.e-app.info). Currently a third year law student, he plans to practice in the area of technology and notarial law for the National Notary Association. | 