LOS ANGELES – 19 August 2019 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 2019 Nominating Committee is pleased to announce selections for ten leadership positions.
ICANN Board of Directors
Mandla Msimang
Africa
Ihab Osman
Africa
Maarten Botterman
Europe
Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Board of Directors
Lise Fuhr
Europe
At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
Dr. Abdulkarim Oloyede
Africa
Justine Chew
Asia / Australia / Pacific Islands
Carlos Raul Gutierrez
Latin America / Caribbean Islands
Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Council
Marie-Noémie Marques
Europe
Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council
Thomas (Tom) Dale
Contracted Parties House
Asia / Australia / Pacific Islands
Carlton Samuels
Non-Contracted Parties House
Latin America / Caribbean Islands
Those selected will begin their terms after the ICANN66 Annual General Meeting 2-7 November 2019 in Montréal, Canada.
Profile of Applicants
The 2019 Nominating Committee received 127 applications from 42 women and 85 men during its nomination period from 17 January 2019 to 22 March 2019.
The regional breakdown of this year's applicants was:
- 56 from Africa
- 35 from Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands
- 13 from Europe
- 21 from Latin America, Caribbean Islands
- 2 from North America
The Nominating Committee is charged with recruiting and selecting a portion of ICANN's leadership. The Nominating Committee is mandated to ensure that ICANN's overall leadership is diverse in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective. Selectees should have the following basic criteria:
- Have integrity, objectivity, and sound judgment.
- Support decision-making within groups.
- Work effectively in English.
- Understand ICANN's mission and operation.
- Are committed to ICANN's success.
- Have experience in world affairs.
- Contribute to cultural, professional, and geographic expertise.
- Can work long and hard, generally as volunteers, for the global public trust.
A Message From The Chair
This year's Nominating Committee was fortunate in that we received many applications from highly qualified candidates. Of significant note, we received more applications from the African region than any other region. This was critically important as we were mandated to select at least one Board candidate from Africa to meet ICANN's geographic diversity requirements. Through our rigorous process we selected two extremely well qualified Board candidates from Africa. Also, we were delighted to be able to reappoint Maarten Botterman (Europe) to a second term on the ICANN Board.
On behalf of the Nominating Committee, I want to thank all those who applied for leadership positions at ICANN. While we could not appoint the vast majority that applied, we encourage all to continue participation within ICANN as the involvement is valued and important to ICANN's mission.
Finally, we want to extend our congratulations and best wishes for the successful applicants. The Nominating Committee has the utmost confidence in their ability to help lead the organization forward and we are thrilled that they will be joining or continuing with ICANN in a leadership position.
To learn more about the Nominating Committee, visit: http://nomcom.icann.org/
About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique, so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.