Community Recognition Programs

Community-driven work is at the core of ICANN's policy development efforts. Learn more about the leaders we have recognized for their service.

ICANN Community Excellence Award

ICANN’s distinctive multistakeholder model brings together community members with different backgrounds and interests to work toward a joint goal: to ensure the security and stability of the Internet’s unique identifier systems. Due to the presence of so many different opinions and interests within ICANN’s policy-making structure, courtesy and collaboration are key. The ICANN Community Excellence Award recognizes those ICANN participants who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions and in the importance of ICANN’s multistakeholder model of Internet governance. Formerly known as Multistakeholder Ethos Award, this award was renamed ICANN Community Excellence Award in 2020, and is given each year at the ICANN Policy Forum.

For more information on the background and overview of the ICANN Community Excellence Award, please see the ICANN Community wiki page.

Recipients

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Stephen Deerhake

Stephen Deerhake

2025
ICANN82 - Seattle
Manal Ismail

Manal Ismail

2024
ICANN79 - San Juan
Donna Austin

Donna Austin

2023
ICANN77 – Washington, D.C.
Vanda Scartezini

Vanda Scartezini

2022
ICANN74 - Virtual
Marilyn Cade

Marilyn Cade

2021
ICANN71 - Virtual
Rafik Dammak

Rafik Dammak

2021
ICANN71 - Virtual
Olivier Crépin-Leblond

Olivier Crépin-Leblond

2020
ICANN68 - Virtual
Kurt Pritz

Kurt Pritz

2019
ICANN65 - Marrakech