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An Update from the 2023 ICANN Nominating Committee

The 2023 Nominating Committee received 155 completed applications during the application period from 11 January 2023 through 30 March 2023.

About the 2023 NomCom Candidates

Of the 155 completed applications:

  • 39 percent of applicants are from Africa.
  • 25 percent of applicants are from Asia, Australia, or the Pacific Islands.
  • 9 percent of applicants are from Europe.
  • 15 percent of applicants are from Latin America or the Caribbean.
  • 12 percent of applicants are from North America.
  • 27 percent of applicants are female, 59 percent of applicants are male, and 14 percent did not disclose

Open Positions

The 2023 NomCom will fill nine open leadership positions:

  • Two members of the ICANN Board of Directors
  • One member of the PTI Board of Directors
  • Three regional representatives to the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) – one each from the Africa region; the Asia, Australia, and Pacific Islands region; and the Latin America and the Caribbean region
  • Two members of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council – one representing the Contracted Parties House and one representing the Non-Contracted Parties House
  • One member of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Council
The 2023 Nominating Committee will fill nine open leadership positions.

Leadership Positions Information

The following documents provide information (criteria and time commitment) about the ICANN Leadership Positions to be filled by the 2023 NomCom:

Board and Community Recommendations to NomCom

Timeline

2023 Nominating Committee Timeline

Background

The NomCom is an independent committee tasked with selecting key ICANN leadership positions, including some members of the ICANN Board of Directors and the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) Board, as well as the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Council, and the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council. The NomCom is designed to function independently from the Board, the Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees.

NomCom delegates act on behalf of the interests of the global Internet community and within the scope of the ICANN mission and responsibilities assigned to it by the ICANN Bylaws; they do not act in furtherance of the group that appointed them to the NomCom.

An infographic explaining what the Nominating Committee does and how it operates.

NomCom Delegates:

Leadership: Vanda Scartezini (Chair), Amir Qayyum (Chair-Elect) and Michael R. Graham (Associate Chair).

Committee Delegates: Alvaro Javier Aguilar (ALAC-LAC), Taiwo Peter Akinremi (GNSO-NCUC), Ali AlMeshal (ALAC-AP), Tom Barrett (GNSO-RrSG; March 2023 – Present), Tijani Ben Jemaa (ALAC-AF), Vittorio Bertola (IETF), Jordyn Buchanan (GNSO-CBUC Large), Vivek Goyal (GNSO-CBUC Small), Judith Hellerstein (ALAC-NA), Hiro Hotta (RSSAC), Brajesh Jain (ASO), Yrjö Länsipuro (ALAC-EUR), Pam Little (GNSO-RrSG; September 2022 – March 2023), Sophie Mitchell (ccNSO), Ram Mohan (SSAC), Craig Schwartz (GNSO-RySG), Vicky Sheckler (GNSO-IPC), John R. Woodworth (GNSO-ISPCP).

Nominating Committee Delegates Biographies – Click here

Committee Documents

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