ICANN Recognizes Community Leaders

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – 2 November 2017 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recognized 49 community leaders during the ICANN60 Annual General Meeting.

The ICANN community develops and refines policies that ensure the security, stability, and resiliency of the global Internet. The ICANN organization is proud to facilitate this work and to celebrate the contributions of community leaders.

The community leaders honored at the community recognition program during ICANN60 are:

Mark Elkins	Address Supporting Organization Address Council
Ajay Kumar	Address Supporting Organization Address Council
Ching Chiao	County Code Names Supporting Organization Council
James Bladel	Generic Names Supporting Organization Council
Johan Helsingius	Generic Names Supporting Organization Council
Wolf-Ulrich Knoben	Generic Names Supporting Organization Council
Marília Maciel	Generic Names Supporting Organization Council
Stefania Milan	Generic Names Supporting Organization Council
Edward Morris	Generic Names Supporting Organization Council
Hsu Phen Valerie Tan	Generic Names Supporting Organization Council
Chris Wilson	Commercial and Business Users Constituency
Steve Metalitz	Intellectual Property Constituency
Tony Holmes	Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency
Fabricio Vayra	Intellectual Property Constituency
Tapani Tarvainen	Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group
Farzaneh Badii	Non-Commercial Users Constituency
Rafik Dammak	Non-Commercial Users Constituency
Klaus Stoll	Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency
Martin Silva Valent	Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency
Harold Arcos	At-Large Advisory Committee
Tijani Ben Jemaa	At-Large Advisory Committee
Garth Bruen	At-Large Advisory Committee
Mohamed El Bashir	At-Large Advisory Committee
León Sánchez	At-Large Advisory Committee
Wafa Dahmani Zaafouri	At-Large Advisory Committee
Judith Hellerstein	North American Regional At-Large Organization
Aziz Hilali	African Regional At-Large Organization
Wolf Ludwig	European Regional At-Large Organization
Glenn McKnight	North American Regional At-Large Organization
Mark Carvell	Governmental Advisory Committee
Alice Munyua	Governmental Advisory Committee
Thomas Schneider	Governmental Advisory Committee
Hank Kilmer	Root Server System Advisory Committee
Warren Kumari	Root Server System Advisory Committee
Steve Crocker	Security and Stability Advisory Committee
Mark Kosters	Security and Stability Advisory Committee
Damon Ashcraft	Nominating Committee
Tom Barrett	Nominating Committee
Eduardo Diaz	Nominating Committee
Hartmut Glaser	Nominating Committee
Hans Petter Holen	Nominating Committee
Zahid Jamil	Nominating Committee
Dave Kissoondoyal	Nominating Committee
Osvaldo Novoa	Nominating Committee
Amir Qayyum	Nominating Committee
Jörg Schweiger	Nominating Committee
Ken Stubbs	Nominating Committee
Stéphane Van Gelder	Nominating Committee
Tim Wicinski	Nominating Committee

These community leaders concluded a term of service since ICANN57 or completed a term of service at ICANN60. ICANN recognizes community leaders at every Annual General Meeting and at every Policy Forum through the community-led Multistakeholder Ethos Award. The ICANN Board of Directors also recognizes community leaders through resolutions.

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.