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Board Compensation

02 February 2016

Below is the alphabetical list of voting Directors (not including the President and CEO) and non-voting Liaisons (except for the Governmental ‭Advisory Committee‬ Liaison who is not eligible for compensation) and whether they have elected to receive compensation, which is currently set at an annual equivalent of US$75,000 for the Board Chair and US$45,000 for all Directors and Liaisons. (See https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-07-30-en#2.b):

Elected to accept compensation pursuant to above resolution:

  1. Rinalia Abdul Rahim (effective October 2014)
  2. Cherine Chalaby (effective August 2014)
  3. Steve Crocker (effective August 2014)
  4. Ron da Silva (effective October 2015)
  5. Chris Disspain (effective August 2014)
  6. Asha Hemrajani (effective October 2014)
  7. Rafeal (Lito) Ibarra (effective October 2015)
  8. Markus Kummer (effective October 2014)
  9. Bruno Lanvin (effective August 2014)
  10. Erika Mann (effective August 2014)
  11. George Sadowsky (effective August 2014)
  12. Mike Silber (effective August 2014)
  13. Lousewies van der Laan (effective October 2015)
  14. Suzanne Woolf (effective August 2014)
  15. Kuo-Wei Wu (effective August 2014)

Declined to accept compensation:

  1. Ram Mohan
  2. Jonne Soininen
  3. Bruce Tonkin
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