ICANN Staff
Joe Abley | Director, DNS Group
Joe joined ICANN in 2009. He provides direction and management for ICANN's production DNS services, including the L Root Nameserver. Joe engages in technical community outreach through regional operator meetings, and is an active contributor to the IETF. Before joining ICANN, Joe held technical operations and architecture roles for TekSavvy, Afilias, ISC and AboveNet.
Mehmet Akcin | Manager, DNS Operations (PGP Key)
Mehmet Akcin has joined ICANN in 2006. He is currently a member of the DNS Operations Group. The team that's responsible for the all operations of Anycasted L-ROOT, One of the thirteen DNS Root Servers. DNS Operations Group is also responsible of the deployment, operations and development of DNSSEC and all other DNS Servers and their network at ICANN. Mehmet regularly attends Network Operator meetings.
Steve Antonoff | Director of Human Resources
Steve Antonoff joined ICANN as Director of Human Resources in March 2007. In this capacity Steve is responsible for the global human capital activities of the organization with a particular emphasis on performance management, sourcing qualified individuals to join the ICANN team, and developing efficiencies in process and procedure.
Akram Atallah | Chief Operating Officer
Akram Atallah joined ICANN in September 2010 as Chief Operating Officer.
Rod Beckstrom | President and CEO
Rod Beckstrom commenced as President and CEO of ICANN on 1 July 2009.
Bridgett Benmosche | Sr. Human Resources Generalist
Bridgett joined ICANN in December 2007 as Sr. Human Resources Generalist, where she manages a broad range of HR functions including HR systems, employee relations, benefits and compensation administration, performance management, staffing, training and development and records management.
Stacy Burnette | Director, Contractual Compliance
Stacy joined ICANN in November 2006 and serves as Director, Contractual Compliance where she is responsible for the day to day activities of the contract compliance and audit functions.
Mandy Carver | Deputy General Manager, Global Partnerships
Mandy Carver (Kathryn A. Carver) joined ICANN as the Deputy General Manager for Global Partnerships in November 2006. Her responsibilities include identifying and assessing the policy issues emerging from local internet conditions as well as leading, managing, and mentoring a team of regional liaisons that collaborate with local constituents and represent ICANN's global strategy.
Steve Chan | Manager, gTLD Integration
Steve joined ICANN in February 2008 and serves as New gTLD Process Coordinator where he is responsible for coordinating the processes for new and renewing gTLD applications.
Barbara Ann Clay | Vice President for Communications
Barbara Ann Clay, ICANN's Vice President for Communications, has an extensive background in international communications. She served in the top communications positions at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and at Transparency International in Berlin. As Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department, she was the lead media spokesperson on international economic issues. She also served as Communications Director at the Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. Congress and as the spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget.
David Closson | Director of IT Operations
David joined ICANN in February of 2009 bringing 11 years of network, systems and NOC management experience from the Internet service provider and managed co-location industry.
Tim Cole | Chief Registrar Liaison
Tim works in conjunction with the Director of Contract Compliance to review the operations of the gTLD domain name registrars. This involves promoting their compliance with ICANN agreements and policies and partnering with them to assure smooth operations. He oversees the registrar new and renewal accreditation process. Tim also provides oversight for the ICANN approved dispute resolution service providers who administer UDRP and other domain name dispute services.
Carole Cornell | Sr. Director, Project Office
Carole Cornell joined ICANN in November 2006 as the Director, Project Office. Her role is to create and maintain a uniform approach to project management; provide oversight for all projects, and serve as a change agent for continuous improvement through improved/enhanced methodologies. Carole brings over 25 years of diversified, multi-national and global experience in project management. Most recently Carole served as Vice President, Operations and in Business Development at WET Design. Prior to that, Carole was with Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) as Executive Director, Project Technical Services and Integrated Business Applications.
Michelle S. Cotton | Manager, IETF Relations (PGP Key)
Michelle joined ICANN in 2000 and has served various roles, primarily focusing on IANA functions. Michelle currently serves as the Manager, IETF Relations. In that capacity she develops and maintains working relationships with the IETF Community.
John Crain | Senior Director - Security, Stability and Resiliency (PGP Key)
John is responsible for establishing strategy, planning and execution for ICANN's external Security, Stability and Resiliency programs. He works on a cross functional basis with the ICANN executive team, staff and the community to enable and enhance capabilities that improve the overall security, stability and resiliency of the Internet's Identifier Systems and associated infrastructures and represents ICANN in operational and technical dialogues and forums to ensure the full communities engagement with these programs.
Kim Davies | Manager, Root Zone Services
Kim Davies joined ICANN as IANA Technical Liaison. His primary responsibilities are for DNS root zone management, and other domain name related aspects of IANA's work.
Rodrigo de la Parra | Manager, Regional Relations - Latin America
Rodrigo joined ICANN in January 2011. He is responsible for outreach, support, and engagement with all stakeholders in the Latin America region.
Glen de Saint Géry | GNSO Secretariat
Glen joined ICANN in 2003 and provides coordination and support for the activities of the GNSO as part of the policy development process.
Whit Diffie | VP Info Security & Cryptography
Whit joined ICANN in 2010 and provides guidance and direction on technical matters relating to the security and stability of the Internet.
Teresa Elias | Executive Assistant to Rod Beckstrom
Teresa Elias joined ICANN in August 2010 as the Executive Assistant to Rod Beckstrom, CEO. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and brings to ICANN over 20 years in state government, corporate, and non-profit C-level executive support experience. Most recently, she was the executive assistant to Symantec's corporate controller.
Deborah Escalera | Administrative Assistant
Deborah Escalera is a new member of the Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) team. She began working for ICANN on October 31st, 2011 as the Administrative Assistant for the team. Deborah is responsible for handling administrative duties as well budget tracking, and application coordination.
Baher Esmat | Manager, Regional Relations – Middle East
Baher Esmat is part of ICANN Global Partnerships. He joined ICANN in February 2006 from the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), where he had served since 2002, most recently as Telecom Planning Manager, where his responsibilities included projects relating to communications infrastructure and service development within the framework of building Egypt's Information Society.
Liz Gasster | Senior Policy Counselor, ICANN Policy Support
Liz Gasster joined ICANN as Senior Policy Counselor in October 2007. In this role, Liz is responsible for supporting the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), which includes working with the GNSO to develop global policies that advance ICANN's mission of preserving the security, stability and interoperability of the Internet.
Elise Gerich | VP, IANA and Technical Operations
Elise Gerich, a 21 year veteran of Internet networking, is the Vice President of IANA at ICANN.
Steve Gobin | Registrar Liaison Manager
Based out of ICANN's Brussels office, Steve is the main point of contact within ICANN for European registrars and provides a variety of service support to ICANN stakeholders in the region as well as overall support related to ICANN's accreditation process.
Daniel E. Halloran | Deputy General Counsel (PGP Key)
Dan is a graduate of Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) and the University of Chicago College, and has studied at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Dan speaks and writes Spanish fluently, is familiar with Portuguese and has studied Mandarin Chinese.
Jamie Hedlund | Vice President of Government Affairs - Americas
Jamie joined ICANN in January 2010 and heads the Washington, DC, office, where he is responsible for US government relationships and also supports all other government relationships in the Americas as well as the Global Partnerships unit.
Rob Hoggarth | Senior Policy Director
Rob joined ICANN in January 2008 and serves as Senior Policy Director where he manages global policy activities and acts as a point of contact to cross functional teams.
Anne-Rachel Inné | Manager, Regional Relations - Africa
Anne-Rachel is part of the Global Partnership department at ICANN that has a network of seven regional liaisons so far. It was established in response to Internet community demand and in implementation of ICANN's publicly agreed strategic plan. Her responsibilities include outreach, support to and engagement with respective regions and stakeholders, civil society, business and governments; partnering with respective organizations; delivering against an action plan consistent with ICANN's operations and strategic plans.
Alice Jansen | Assistant to Org Reviews
Alice joined ICANN in January 2010. In this role, she is responsible for supporting the Review Teams mandated by the Affirmation of Commitments and assisting with the activities regarding the periodic review of ICANN structures and operations as required by ICANN Bylaws. Based in Brussels, Alice has dual British-French citizenship, holds a MA in translation and interpreting (June 2009), and has a good command of written German.
John Jeffrey | General Counsel
John has over 22 years of legal and business experience in the technology and entertainment industries to this position and has provided services to individuals, non-profits/trusts, and companies (from startups to Fortune 500 companies) as a dealmaker, litigator, corporate and intellectual property lawyer, and business executive.
Patrick L. Jones | Senior Manager of Continuity & Risk Management
Patrick serves in ICANN's Security Group and manages ICANN's enterprise risk management and continuity processes. Patrick joined ICANN in March 2006.
Michele Jourdan | Manager, New gTLD Communications
Michele joined ICANN in August 2008 and serves as the Manager for New gTLD Communications.
Tanzanica S. King | Information and Design Manager, Meetings
Tanzanica joined ICANN in September 2002 and serves as Information and Design Manager, Meetings. She is focused on improvement in internal processes for planning ICANN Meetings. In addition, she is responsible for meeting site content development and design, and handles various art production needs for ICANN Meetings.
Marika Konings | Senior Policy Director
Marika Konings joined ICANN in July 2008 as Policy Director. In this capacity she will be managing policy development activities in support of the GNSO.
Alexander Kulik | System Administrator (PGP Key)
Alexander manages many critical ICANN IT services such as real time, continuous backup system, the financial system and the Dial UP/ Wireless/ Broadband Internet connectivity system.
Richard Lamb | DNSSEC Program Manager
Currently responsible for DNSSEC efforts at ICANN, Rick was the technical and policy architect for ICANN's root DNSSEC deployment and is a driving force behind DNSSEC's deployment as a cross-organizational, transnational platform for Internet security innovation and opportunity.
Janice Douma Lange | Project Manager
Janice Douma Lange joined ICANN as a Coordinator for the Project Office in February 2007. In September 2007, she assumed the additional role of managing the Fellowship Program, which provides an opportunity for selected candidates from developing and underdeveloped countries to participate in the ICANN International Public meetings around the world.
Karen Lentz | Manager, Business Research & Content
Karen Lentz joined ICANN in 2003. Karen works with the Services group to coordinate and manage research needs and create external reporting on work in process within the group. Prior to this role, she served as part of the gTLD Registry Liaison area.
Karen Lettner | Administrative Support Manager
Karen joined ICANN in December 2007 and serves as Administrative Support Manager responsible for supervising the administrative team as well as facilities, office equipment, travel services, purchasing, etc.
Elad Levinson | Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness
Elad is responsible for ICANN's staff development, training and effectiveness initiatives throughout the organization. Elad has 35 years in leadership roles in private and public companies, not for profits in senior HR and Organizational effectiveness and strategic planning accountabilities.
Lynn Lipinski | Publications Manager
A writer and PR professional, Lynn manages production of ICANN publications like the annual report and Policy Update, ensuring that communications objectives are met while adhering to established standards and styles. She has more than 20 years experience in communications for government agencies, institutions, professional services corporations and product manufacturers.
Nancy Lupiano | Executive Producer, Meetings
Nancy Lupiano joined ICANN as a consultant in October 2008 and in May 2010 joined the organization as a full-time employee.
Veni Markovski | Manager, Regional Relations - Russia & CIS & Eastern Europe
Veni chairs the Bulgarian President's IT Advisory Committee since 2002, and has served on the Boards of ICANN, the Internet Society, CPSR, Sofia New Symphony Orchestra, and others. In 2003 he ran for mayor of Sofia. In 2006-2009 Veni Markovski supported the work of the Bulgarian Governmental Agency for Information Technologies and Communications by advising its chairman; he currently continues to help the Bulgarian government on international ITC-related issues. He has also been expert to several Bulgarian Parliaments, and is among the contributors to different laws, among them the Telecommunications Act, the Penal Code (computer crimes chapter), the Electronic Document and Digital Signature Law, the Copyright Law, and others.
Robby Markowicz | Executive Assistant, Legal
Robby joined ICANN in January 2007 and serves as Executive Assistant, Legal where she provides both paralegal and administrative support to the Legal team.
Anand Mishra | Technical Project Manager
Anand joined ICANN in August 2008 and serves as Technical Project Manager providing project leadership and guidance on a variety of technical projects involving cross-functional teams.
John Nakamura | Advisor to the CEO on Government Affairs
John brings to his position 15 years of experience representing the California Governor's Office to Washington, D.C., as Political Appointee on Agriculture and Science Issues. Previously, he was a California farmer.
Abby Newland | Lead Application Coordinator, gTLD Program
Abby Newland is the Lead Application Coordinator and part of the CSC (Customer Service Center) for the gTLD program. Abby is assisting with the implementation and launch of the CSC, as well as assuming the day-to-day supervision of the CSC post launch.
Olof Nordling | Director, Services Relations and Branch Manager, Brussels office
Olof is a Swedish national and holds an MSc and was for many years Head of the TeliaSonera, the Swedish/Finnish Telecommunications group's Brussels office, where he was responsible for relations to the EU institutions for Telecommunications policy matters. In the past Olof was Counsellor and Head of the Science and Technology office at the Swedish Embassy in Paris. Prior to this he was Deputy Trade Commissioner for Sweden, based in Los Angeles. In his earlier career Olof was a Systems Analyst for Honeywell Bull in Paris.
Juan Guillermo Ojeda | Controller
Juan Guillermo Ojeda joined ICANN in August 2010 as Controller. He is responsible for all finance and accounting functions, as well as providing support for ICANN's Board Finance & Audit Committees. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business Economics from UCLA, and earned his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license while working for Ernst & Young. He is bilingual in Spanish and English.
David Olive | VP Policy Development
David Olive joined ICANN in February 2010 to lead its Policy Development team following 20 years as a corporate executive and leader in ICT public policy formation.
Scott Pinzon | Director, Marketing & Outreach
Scott Pinzon joined ICANN in June 2009. He currently oversees a talented staff of marketing and technical communicators producing ICANN’s publications, branding, outreach, web development, sponsorships, and new gTLD communications.
Kurt Pritz | Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Relations
Kurt Pritz is presently Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Relations, responsible for ensuring the robustness and growth of the multi-stakeholder, bottom-up policy development model and for ICANN's key stakeholder relationships. Kurt also leads ICANN's implementation of the new gTLD program.
David Prangnell | Systems Engineer
David joined ICANN in October 2007 as a Systems Engineer providing technical support for various operating systems.
Wendy Profit | Executive Assistant
Wendy Profit joined ICANN in October 2009 and serves as Executive Assistant providing support for ICANN's Services team, including the following departments: Registry, Registrar, IDN, Contractual Compliance, and the New gTLD Program.
Khalil Rasheed | Sr. Manager, Contractual Compliance
Khalil is the Sr. Manager, Contractual Compliance at ICANN. Khalil is responsible for implementing the audit related goals and objectives of the Contractual Compliance department. He is primarily responsible for all compliance audits of gTLD registry and registrar agreements. He also serves as the ICANN liaison to domain name dispute arbitration panels and intellectual property attorneys to resolve sensitive trademark issues.
Christina Rodriguez | Translation Management Manager
Christina Rodriguez joined ICANN in December 2008 as our Translation Manager. She will coordinate our translation and interpretation activities, following the policies set by the Translation Committee.
Paul Redmond | Sr. Manager, Compliance Performance Management
IT professional with more than 35 years of experience in corporate technology management, IT account executive, global program management, compliance and performance management reporting.
Michael Salazar | Program Director, New gTLD Program
Michael Salazar joined ICANN as Program Director for the New generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) program in July 2009. As the Program Director he is responsible for designing and deploying the gTLD Application Processing Program and subsequently managing the gTLD Program Office (GPO) once the program launches.
Marc Salvatierra | Manager, Web Development
Marc joined ICANN in 2006 and oversees front-end content management and back-end site development for a complex family of ICANN web properties. His responsibilities include managing content contractors and web developers, launching ICANN's three annual meeting websites, and migrating static sites into databases.
Naela Sarras | Manager, IDN Fast Track
Naela joined ICANN as an IANA Project Specialist in June 2005. She was promoted to her current role in 2010 where she is responsible for coordinating IDN Fast Track requests to add additional scripts to the root zone that allow for users to have domain names in non-Latin characters.
Gabriella Schittek | ccNSO Secretariat
Gabriella joined ICANN in January 2007 as the ccNSO Secretariat.
Diane R. Schroeder | Director of Board Support
Diane Schroeder joined ICANN in 2000 and has served in a number of administrative roles. She is currently Director of Board Support.
Cory Schruth | Network Engineer (PGP Key)
Cory joined ICANN in October 2008 as Network Engineer providing technical support primarily to the IANA team relating to computer and data systems.
Cheryl Smith | Manager, Contracts & Records, Legal
Cheryl Smith joined ICANN's legal department as Manager, Contracts and Records in February 2009. Cheryl has assumed responsibilities to establish and administer ICANN's central records and contract tracking databases.
Alina Syunkova | Board Support Coordinator
Alina joined ICANN in May 2011 as Board Support Coordinator. She studied International Relations at Stanford University and previously worked in Washington, D.C., Moscow, and San Francisco. She speaks fluent Russian, French and Spanish. Alina's interests include international government relations and the future of Internet policy.
Joyce Thomas | Technical Project Manager
Joyce joined ICANN in April 2008 and serves as Technical Project Manager providing project leadership and guidance on a variety of technical projects involving cross-functional teams.
Heidi Ullrich | Director for At-Large
Heidi Ullrich is Director for At-Large, where she is responsible for leading the team that provides the Secretariat and policy advice development support for the community of Individual Internet Users engaged in ICANN ("At-Large").
Karla Valente | Director, gTLD Registry Programs
Karla Valente has joined ICANN in 2007 and is currently the Director of gTLD Registry Programs. She has also an advisory role in the New gTLD Program development.
Leo Vegoda | Operational Excellence Officer - IANA
Leo Vegoda is the Manager, Number Resources. In that capacity he develops and maintains working relationships with the five RIRs and their respective communities; supports policy development with analysis of technical considerations; and supports IANA operations with RIR-related technical and communications issues. Leo is currently reviewing the IANA IPv4 registry.
Silvia Vivanco | Manager, At–Large Regional Affairs
Silvia works directly with the RALOs and the individual ALSes to support them in their process and policy-related activities.
Savenaca Vocea | Global Partnerships, Manager, Regional Relations - Australasia/Pacific Islands
Save Vocea joined ICANN in October 2006 to promote ICANN and foster relations in the Oceania region by engaging with various Internet stakeholder groups through information sharing, regional representation and participation as they relate to ICANN's respective responsibilities.
Brad White | Director, Global Media Affairs
Brad is ICANN's primary point of contact for news organizations and journalists from around the globe. He is an Emmy Award winning television correspondent and producer. His work has been seen on CNN, CBS, A&E and the Discovery Channel. Brad has also served as a senior investigator for two committees of the U.S. Senate.
Ann Yamashita | Program Manager, New gTLD
Ann Yamashita joined ICANN in November 2011 as the New generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program Manager. She is responsible for the day to day activities related to program management and application processing of the New gTLD program.
Filiz Yilmaz | Senior Director, Participation and Engagement
Filiz joined ICANN in October 2010 as Senior Director of Participation and Engagement. She is responsible for developing outreach programs and engagement strategies with the ICANN community to encourage the participation of all stakeholders in the Internet community.
Joette Youkhanna | Project Coordinator / Nominating Committee
Joette Youkhanna joined ICANN as a Coordinator for the Project Office in October 2007. Joette provides Project Coordination support on a variety of projects and serves as Staff Support to ICANN's Nominating Committee.
Kimberly Alston | Registrar Accreditation Coordinator
Kimberly joined ICANN in 2009. She is responsible for coordinating applications for accreditation (and renewals) for ICANN accredited Registrars.
Carlos Alvarez | Contractual Compliance Manager / Auditor
Colombian attorney with over 12 years of experience in IP assets management and protection, author and frequent lecturer on cyber crime, intellectual property, and related matters.
Robb Antrobus | Director, gTLD Process Development
Robb is Director-gTLD Application Processing responsible for overseeing the development of the business processes and technology solutions required to process gTLD applications, as well as managing evaluation panelists during gTLD application processing.
Francisco Arias | Registry Technical Liaison
Francisco joined ICANN in July 2009 as Registry Technical Liaison and will utilize his technical and operational expertise to support service to ICANN's gTLD registry business partners.
Matt Ashtiani | At-Large Coordination Officer
Matt graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a triple Bachelor of Arts in International Developmental Studies, Political Science, History and a minor in Middle Eastern/North African Studies. After his undergraduate career Matt moved to Dublin, Ireland where he completed his Masters of Philosophy in International Peace Studies with a specialty in International Relations from Trinity College Dublin. In addition to English, Matt speaks fluent Farsi and some Spanish.
Amanda Baber | IANA Analyst
Amanda Baber joined ICANN in November 2006. She processes requests from the IETF community and other stakeholders interested in protocol parameter registration. Amanda earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Pomona College.
Geoff Bickers | Director of Security Operations (PGP Key)
Geoff joined ICANN in 2008 and manages the internal security functions for the corporation. He is responsible for overseeing information security, personnel and physical security and contributing to ICANN enterprise risk management.
Bart Boswinkel | Senior Policy Advisor, ccNSO
Bart started working for ICANN in October 2005 and currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor, ccNSO where he is responsible for working with the ccNSO on policy and related matters.
Connie Brown | Contractual Compliance Specialist
Connie joined ICANN in October 2004 and serves as Compliance Program Specialist supporting the contract compliance and audit functions.
Xavier Calvez | CFO
Dongmei Cao | Senior Software Engineer
Dongmei joined ICANN in March 2010 as a member of the software development team. She is based in Palo Alto, California.
Michael Cashin | End User Support
Michael joined ICANN in 2006 as a member of the Finance Team. Pursuing his interest and passion for computers Michael has joined the IT Team in End User Support providing hardware and software assistance to PC users.
Stephanie Chang | Meeting Planner
Cathy Cornejo | IT Coordinator
Kent Crispin | Technical Systems Manager (PGP Key)
Joseph De Jesus | Travel Support Coordinator
Jonathan Denison | Contractual Compliance Analyst
Jonathan is a business professional with more than three years of experience in ICANN's Contractual Compliance. Before joining ICANN he held the position of content manager for several retail blogs and websites.
Aba Diakite | Financial Analyst
Aba joined ICANN in December 2006 and serves as a Financial Analyst where he is responsible for budget preparation and analysis and general accounting/finance functions.
Samantha Eisner | Senior Counsel
Jeannie Ellers | Executive Assistant
Jeannie joined ICANN in May 2008 where she initially supported the Global Partnerships Team. Jeannie has moved to Washington DC where she supports the Government Affairs - Americas Team, provides support for the GAC, and provides administrative support in running the Washington DC facility.
Selina Harrington | IANA Request Analyst I
Selina currently serves as IANA Request Analyst, primarily focused on processing root zone change requests. She studied International Relations at UC Davis and, prior to joining ICANN, was a fundraiser at UC Berkeley and UCLA.
Julie Hedlund | Director, SSAC & Policy Support
Stacy Hoffberg | Meeting Planner
Stacy joined ICANN in December 2007 and serves as a Meeting Planner where she is involved in the planning of the three annual ICANN meetings as well as other regional and local meetings including travel arrangements, venue selection, etc.
Maggie Hudson | Contractual Compliance Specialist
With more than 30 years of experiences in radio/television production and office administration, Maggie joined the Contractual Compliance department in 2009. Currently, she is primarily responsible for monitoring and coordinating ICANN’s Registrar Data Escrow Program, as well as handling the day-to-day registrar compliance issues.
David Knight | Manager, DNS Operations
Hayley M. Laframboise | Project Coordinator
Hayley started working for ICANN as a Consultant in February 2009 and became a full member of Staff in August 2011. In the position of Project Coordinator, Hayley is assigned to a variety of projects involving cross-functional teams and initiatives within the Project Management Office.
Pearl Liang | IANA Project Specialist
Pearl joined ICANN in November 2004 and serves as IANA Project Specialist where she processes requests from global stakeholders to meet DNS addressing requirements.
Pam Little | Senior Director, Contractual Compliance Team, Asia Pacific
Pam joined ICANN in August 2009. She is responsible for directing and managing ICANN''s Contractual Compliance program and activities throughout the Asia Pacific region, including China.
Kimberly Lundell | Office Manager/Research Assistant
Kim joined ICANN in July 2008 and serves as the Office Manager/Research Assistant for the Silicon Valley Office. She works with management and staff on administrative and office management functions as well as assisting the President and CEO with project-based assignments requiring research, report writing, and planning complex international travel.
Donna Mason | Executive Assistant
Donna comes to us with many years of Executive Assistant experience working with Senior Level Management. In her most recent role, for the last seven years she was the Executive Assistant to the CEO/COO&CFO in the Software Technology industry. Prior to her years as an Executive Assistant, Donna worked as a recruiter for many years and has a certificate as a Legal Assistant.
Denise Michel | Advisor to the President & CEO
Denise has been involved in the evolution of the Internet for over 20
years, and has served in positions of increasing responsibility with the
U.S. Senate, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the American Electronics
Association, the Clinton Administration, and Internet start-ups. She joined
ICANN in 2001, successively serving as as the first Director for At-Large, and the Vice President for Policy. As Advisor to the President & CEO her duties
include guiding strategic objectives and overseeing corporate
accountability and transparency activities.
Margie Milam | Senior Policy Counselor
Jeffrey Moss | VP - Chief Security Officer (PGP Key)
Dai-Trang T. Nguyen | Sr. Customer Service Manager
Kristina Nordstrom | ccNSO Coordinator
Tomofumi Okubo | Cryptographic Key Manager
Ritsa Panagis | Senior Business Systems Analyst
Brian Peck | Policy Director
Brian joined ICANN in September 2009 as Registrar Liaison Manager. His role is to promote registrar compliance with ICANN agreements and policies, assist in the resolution of disputes, and work with the policy development staff to implement new policies approved by the community and the ICANN Board.
Roman Pelikh | Sr. Director, Applications & Services
Roman joined ICANN in August 2007 and serves as the Director of IT overseeing application development, systems, and support.
Nathalie Peregrine | GNSO/At-Large Secretariat Support
Dave Piscitello | Senior Security Technologist (PGP Key)
Dave is a recognized expert in the fields of Internet routing, broadband access and security. He served as an IESG area director of the IESG and authored several RFCs. Dave started a private consulting firm in 1993, and served as a technical advisor to a number of successful Internet startups. An enthusiastic freelance writer, Dave has published articles with the Business Communications Review, Wall Street Ticker, ENISA Journal, Information Security Magasine, and ISSA Journal. Dave also spent many years testing and evaluating emerging technology and publishing results in numerous trade publications. He has co-authored two books on Internet technologies and served as an acquisitions editor for a major publisher, and has also provided editorial supervision of web information portals and conference program development for major conference operators.
Sean Powell | Security Engineer
Sean joined ICANN in October 2007 as a Systems Engineer providing technical support for various operating systems.
Alyce Provencio | Accounts Payable Accountant
Reed Quinn | Systems Engineer
Simon Raveh | Director of Software Development
Simon joined ICANN in February 2007 and serves as Director of software development. Simon is leading the desing and development of several key applications including an enterprise messaging system. Prior to ICANN, Simon held various software development positions with an expertitse in enterprise applications and systems integration.
Barbara Roseman | General Operations Manager of IANA
Barbara joined ICANN in March 2005 and serves as General Manager, IANA overseeing the day to day operations of the IANA team in managing the domain name system.
Jesse Samora | End User Support
Maguy M. Serad | Sr. Director, Contractual Compliance
Business professional with more than 25 years of experience in compliance, technology, program management and global business operations. Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certified. Fluent in Arabic and French.
Steve Sheng | Senior Technical Analyst, Policy
Steve is Senior Technical Analyst, Policy where he supports projects of SSAC and provides research and technical support for other policy projects, especially in the GSNO arena.
Ken Shiu | Senior Counsel, Asia Pacific
Ken Shiu joined ICANN in August 2009 and is based in ICANN's Sydney office. As a member of ICANN's legal team, he is responsible for providing legal support on ICANN operational matters.
Nadia Sokolova | IANA Specialist
Nadia joined ICANN in 2009, and primarily works in the DNS root zone
management area providing services to TLD managers around the world. Nadia holds a BA in Journalism and an MBA in International Business. Prior
to joining ICANN, Nadia worked in the entertainment and finance industries
on the IT-related projects. Nadia has a wide international experience and
speaks several foreign languages, including Russian, Belarusian and Italian.
Alex Solntsev | End User Support
David Soltero | Network Engineer (PGP Key)
David joined ICANN in April 2007 and serves as Network Engineer providing network systems support including voice, data, video and wireless networks.
Amy Stathos | Deputy General Counsel
Amy manages litigation company wide and is one of the key staff members responsible for the dispute resolution process for the New gTLD Program. Amy also spends a significant portion of her time supporting the ICANN Board of Directors and, in particular, the Board standing Committees.
Yan Sun | Web Application Developer
Yan joined ICANN in October 2004 and serves as Web Developer responsible for general technical development of ICANN related websites and coordinating with specific web content developers.
Komaki Takekoshi | Accountant
Komaki joined ICANN in October 2005 as an Accountant and is responsible for accounts receivable, payroll, and general accounting functions.
Nick Tomasso | Sr. Director, Meetings & Language Services
Nick joined ICANN in August 2008 as General Manager, Meetings and Conferences where he is responsible for the planning and execution of the three international ICANN Meetings, as well as regional and local meetings.
James A. Trengrove | Sr. Director Communications
Marilyn Vernon | Executive Assistant
Marilyn joined ICANN in November 2006 and serves as Executive Assistant providing specific support to the Policy Development team as well as general administrative support for the whole organization.
Bill Ziemniak | Administrative Assistant
Bill joined ICANN in January 2006 and serves as an Administrative Assistant provide general support for the entire organization including purchasing, office supplies, phones, shipping, receiving, and more.
Mike Zupke | Registrar Liaison Manager
Mike joined ICANN in October 2005 and serves as Registrar Liaison Manager where he manages the contractual relationships with registrars including new applications, renewals and ongoing contractual matters.
