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[edit] Description
(excerpted from ICANN's Site)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an internationally organized, non-profit corporation that has responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) Top-Level Domain name system management, and root server system management functions. These services were originally performed under U.S. Government contract by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and other entities. ICANN now performs the IANA function.
As a private-public partnership, ICANN is dedicated to preserving the operational stability of the Internet; to promoting competition; to achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and to developing policy appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.
[edit] Current ICANN Board Members (alphabetically by last name)
- Harald Tveit Alvestrand (November 2007 – October 2010)
- Raimundo Beca (May 2004 – April 2010)
- Susan P. Crawford (December 2005 – November 2008)
- Steve Crocker (SSAC liaison)
- Roberto Gaetano (Vice Chair; December 2006 – October 2009)
- Demi Getschko (December 2005 – May 2009)
- Steven Goldstein (December 2006 – October 2009)
- Dennis Jennings (November 2007 – October 2010)
- Janis Karklins (GAC liaison)
- Thomas Narten (IETF liaison)
- Rajasekhar Ramaraj (December 2006 – October 2009)
- Njeri Rionge (June 2003 – November 2008)
- Rita Rodin (June 2006 – May 2008)
- Reinhard Scholl (TLG liaison)
- Wendy Seltzer (ALAC liaison)
- Jean-Jacques Subrenat (November 2007 – October 2010)
- Peter Dengate Thrush (Chair; January 2005 – May 2008)
- Bruce Tonkin (June 2007 – April 2010)
- Paul Twomey (President and CEO)
- Dave Wodelet (June 2006 – May 2009)
- Suzanne Woolf (RSSAC liaison)
[edit] Current ICANN Board Members Gallery
[edit] Former ICANN Board Members (Alphabetically by last name)
- Jean-François Abramatic (until 30 September 2000)
- Amadeu Abril i Abril (until 26 June 2003)
- Karl Auerbach (until 26 June 2003)
- Robert Blokzijl (until 15 December 2002)
- Ivan Moura Campos (until 5 December 2004)
- Geraldine Capdeboscq (until 16 November 2000)
- Vinton G. Cerf (Chair) (November 1999 - December 2007)
- Lyman Chapin (until May 2004)
- Jonathan Cohen (until 26 June 2003)
- George Conrades (until 16 November 2000)
- Greg Crew (until 16 November 2000)
- Philip Davidson (until 2 April 2002)
- Mouhamet Diop (December 2002 - June 2006)
- Tricia Drakes (until 5 December 2004)
- Esther Dyson (Chairman until 16 November 2000)
- Frank Fitzsimmons (until 15 December 2002)
- Ken Fockler (until 30 September 2001)
- Hagen Hultzsch (October 2003 - December 2006)
- Joichi Ito (December 2004 - December 2007)
- Hans Kraaijenbrink (until 26 June 2003)
- Masanobu Katoh (until 31 October 2003)
- John Klensin, IETF Liaison (until June 2005)
- Sang-Hyon Kyong (until 26 June 2003)
- M. Stuart Lynn (President/CEO from 13 March 2001 until 27 March 2003)
- Andy Mueller-Maguhn (until 26 June 2003)
- Veni Markovski (June 2003 - December 2006)
- Jun Murai (until 26 June 2003)
- Thomas Niles (June 2003 - December 2005)
- Michael D. Palage (April 2003 - June 2008)
- Alejandro Pisanty (Vice-Chair) (November 1999 - June 2007)
- Hualin Qian (June 2003 - December 2006)
- Nii Quaynor (until 26 June 2003)
- Michael Roberts (President/CEO until 13 March 2001)
- Vanda Scartezini (December 2004 - December 2007)
- Helmut Schink (until 26 June 2003)
- Francisco A. Jesus Silva, (until 26 June 2003, and as TLG Liason until February 2005)
- Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi, Governmental Advisory Committee Liaison
- Richard Thwaites, TLG Liaison
- Eugenio Triana (until 16 November 2000)
- Linda S. Wilson (until 26 June 2003)
- Pindar Wong (until 30 September 2000)
[edit] Former ICANN Board Members Gallery
[edit] ICANN Staff (Alphabetically by last name)
ICANN Staff Organization including PDF-Chart
- Mehmet Akcin - Network Engineer
- Donna Austin - ccNSO Policy Officer
- Connie Brown - Customer Service
- Tim Cole - Chief Registrar Liaison
- David Conrad - General Manager IANA
- Steve Conte - General Manager, Information Systems
- Michelle S. Cotton - IANA Project
- John Crain - Chief Technical Officer
- Kent Crispin - Technical Systems Manager
- Tina Dam - Chief gTLD Registry Liaison
- Kim Davies - IANA Technical Liaison
- Maria Farrell - GNSO Policy Officer
- Glen de Saint Géry - GNSO Secretariat
- Daniel E. Halloran - Deputy General Counsel
- Penny Hamilton - Executive Assistant to the President
- Anne-Rachel Inné - Policy Analyst
- John Jeffrey - General Counsel
- Melanie Keller - Chief Financial Officer
- Tanzanica King - Communications and Operations
- Alexander Kulik - Technical Support Engineer
- Karen Lentz - gTLD Registry Liaison
- Pearl Liang - IANA Project Assistant
- Tess Llamas - Financial Analyst
- Jacob Malthouse - Regional Liaison Canada and the Caribbean
- Denise Michel - Executive Director, At-Large
- Olof Nordling - Manager, Policy Development Coordination
- John Pancoast - Applications Developer
- Dave Piscitello - Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) Fellow
- Kurt Pritz - Vice President, Business Operations
- Barbara Roseman - IANA Operations Manager
- Peter Sanchez - Network Engineer
- Naela Sarras - IANA Project
- Andrew Savage - Head of Human Resources
- Diane R. Schroeder - General Manager, Conferences, Administration & Finance
- Ellen Sondheim - Registrar Liaison
- Angie Sukhdorj - Accountant
- Yan Sun - Webmaster
- Theresa Swinehart - General Manager, Global Partnerships
- Komaki Takekoshi - Accountant
- Sarah Trehern - IANA Project Assistant
- Paul Twomey - President and CEO
- D'nez Westmoreland - Executive Assistant to the VP of Operations
- Liz Williams - Senior Policy Counselor
- Mike Zupke - Registrar Liaison
- Paul Levins - Executive Officer and VP of corporate affairs
- Karla Valente - Director, (New) gTLD Program
[edit] ICANN Staff Gallery
[edit] Controversy
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