In 1995 Lisa Powell organized the International E-mail Chess Club with just a few hundred players.
Early in 2000 David Glew reorganized IECC, establishing a Board of Directors and supporting Staff positions. Today the club has over 5000 registered members worldwide.
IECC not only provides chess players with the opportunity to play rated free e-mail chess games with people all over the world in a friendly environment but also offers a wide variety of events in which to participate.
A complete list of past and current members of the Board of Directors is presented below:
Edmund Boyd Alexandre Aguiar Gary Bennett Tim Nagley Rick Stein David Glew George Angus Bob Wittman Tina Stanton Terry Dettmann Michael Gould Brad Coulding Robert Mueller David Washburn Stanley Bass Jean-Christophe Copin Alan Page Michael Kinna Craig Brophy Alessandro Dotti Contra Joseph Wenger Danilo Mariani