Global Stakeholder Engagement
About
Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) is responsible for leading engagement and outreach with stakeholders on ICANN and its Mission around the world. The team provides a point of contact in the regions for the ICANN Organization and the ICANN Community, raising awareness, providing outreach and understanding of ICANN's role and remit, driving participation in ICANN policy development and technical activities. The team is at the forefront to deliver on ICANN's Commitments and Core Values to ensure broad, informed participation reflecting the functional, geographic and cultural diversity of the Internet.
GSE is comprised of 34 staff in 21 countries as of the start of FY18 and the team is responsible for the management and oversight of ICANN's engagement function in eight regions of the world: Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe/Central Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East, North America, and Oceania. In addition to the eight regions, GSE also has responsibility for the functional areas of Global Business Engagement, and Global Civil Society Engagement. GSE works closely with the Government Engagement team and other ICANN departments with community-facing roles.
About ICANN's International Office Strategy
ICANN serves the Internet community and its stakeholders from five regional offices: Los Angeles (headquarters), Brussels, Istanbul, Montevideo and Singapore. ICANN has engagement centers in Beijing, Geneva, Nairobi and Washington DC. ICANN also has partnership centers in Asunçion, Cairo and Seoul that help us reach more stakeholders around the world.
The intention of this structure is to ensure that ICANN as a global organization provides the best possible service to the Community. Since needs vary greatly by location, so will the services and support in each office.
Name | Title |
Senior Vice Presidents | |
Sally Costerton | Sr. Advisor to the President & SVP, Global Stakeholder Engagement |
Mandy Carver | Sr. Vice President, Government & IGO Engagement |
Vice Presidents | |
Pierre Dandjinou | Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, Africa |
Rodrigo de la Parra | Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Latin America and the Caribbean |
Baher Esmat | Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Middle East |
Jia-Rong Low | Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Asia Pacific |
Veni Markovski | Vice President, Government Engagement (UN) |
Christopher Mondini | Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Europe & Global Business Engagement |
Elena Plexida | Vice President, Government & IGO Engagement |
Naela Sarras | Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, North America |
Savenaca Vocea | Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, Australasia/Pacific Islands |
Meet the Team | |
Mikhail Anisimov | Head of Global Stakeholder Engagement, Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
Yaovi Atohoun | Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Director, Africa |
Melody Au | Stakeholder Engagement Analyst, Asia Pacific |
Fahd Batayneh | Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, Middle East |
Andrea Beccalli | Stakeholder Engagement Senior Director, Europe (Southern) |
Desiree Cabrera | Government Engagement Executive Assistant |
Joe Catapano | Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, North America |
Albert Daniels | Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, The Caribbean |
Renate De Wulf | Global Stakeholder Engagement Operations Specialist and Executive Assistant |
Daniel Fink | Stakeholder Engagement Director, Brazil |
Laurent Ferrali | Government & IGO Engagement Senior Director |
Athena Foo | Stakeholder Engagement Manager, APAC |
Magali Jean | Regional Office Administrator, EMEA |
Patrick Jones | Senior Director, Global Stakeholder Engagement |
Celine Lioe | Regional Office Administrator, APAC |
Vera Julia Major | Government & IGO Engagement Manager |
Nora Mari | Government & IGO Engagement Manager |
Becky McGilley | Government & IGO Engagement Director |
Giose McGinty | Stakeholder Engagement Regional Specialist, North America & Latin America |
Bob Ochieng | Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, East Africa |
Adam Peake | Global Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, Civil Society |
Seher Sagiroglu | Global Stakeholder Engagement, Regional Specialist MEA |
Rodrigo Saucedo | Senior Manager Strategic Initiatives, Latin America and The Caribbean |
Gabriella Schittek | Global Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager – Nordic & Central Europe |
Yien-Chyn Tan | Global Stakeholder Engagement, Regional Manager APAC |
Alexey Trepykhalin | Government & IGO Engagement Manager |
Nitin Wali | Senior Director of Engagement for South Asia |
Jian-Chuan Zhang | Head of China |