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'''George Sadowsky''' is an American computer scientist who has worked in a variety of positions related to the international promotion of the Internet. He was a Member of the [[ICANN Board]] from 2009 to 2018. He served as the head of the [[CEO Search Committee]]. He served on [[ICANN]]'s [[NomCom]] from 2005-2007 and was an adviser to [[NomCom]]'s chair in 2008. He has also been heavily involved with [[ISOC]].
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George Sadowsky, who was born in Russia, is an American computer scientist who has worked in a variety of positions related to the international promotion of the Internet. He is a current Director of [[ICANN]], elected in 2009 and serving until 2012. He served on [[ICANN]]'s [[NomCom]] from 2005-2007, and was an adviser to [[NomCom]]'s chair in 2008.
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George Sadowsky received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale and later studied and taught mathematics at Harvard.
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George Sadowsky received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale, he later studied and taught mathematics at Harvard.
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At the United Nations, he supported technical assistance projects and has worked in more than 50 developing countries. He has been a consultant to the U.S. Treasury, UNDP, USAID, W3C, the Swiss Government, and World Bank. He has served on Boards of AppliedTheory Corporation, educational networks CREN and NYSERNet, and [[ISOC]] where he directed its Developing Country Network Training Workshops. More recently, he was Executive Director of [[GIPI]], the Global Internet Policy Initiative. He has written and lectured extensively on ICT and Internet development, and his presentations are listed on his [http://pws.prserv.net/sadowsky/#involvement website].<ref>[http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28aug09-en.htm ICANN]</ref>
 
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At the United Nations, he supported technical assistance projects and has worked in more than 50 developing countries. He has been a consultant to the U.S. Treasury, UNDP, USAID, W3C, the Swiss Government, and World Bank. He has served on Boards of AppliedTheory Corporation, educational networks CREN and NYSERNet, and [[ISOC]] where he directed its Developing Country Network Training Workshops. More recently, he was Executive Director of [[GIPI]], the Global Internet Policy Initiative. He has written and lectured extensively on ICT and Internet development, his presentations are listed [http://pws.prserv.net/sadowsky/#involvement here], on his website.<ref>[http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28aug09-en.htm ICANN]</ref>
   
==Current Endeavours==
 
==Current Endeavours==
 
George Sadowsky lists his current positions on his website, and they are:<ref>[http://pws.prserv.net/sadowsky/#involvement Sadowsky Homepage]</ref>
 
George Sadowsky lists his current positions on his website, and they are:<ref>[http://pws.prserv.net/sadowsky/#involvement Sadowsky Homepage]</ref>
* Member, Board of Directors, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), 2009-2012
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* Member, Board of Directors, ICANN, 2009-2012
* Consultant, WF (World Wide Web Foundation) program on use of the mobile web for society
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* Consultant, WF (World Wide Web Foundation) program on the use of the mobile web for society
 
* Adjunct staff member, Center for Democracy and Technology
 
* Adjunct staff member, Center for Democracy and Technology
 
* Participant, United Nations Advisory Group on the Use of the Internet for Terrorism
 
* Participant, United Nations Advisory Group on the Use of the Internet for Terrorism
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* Member, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Internet Society.
 
* Member, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Internet Society.
 
* Reviewer for project and fellowship proposals for various organizations.
 
* Reviewer for project and fellowship proposals for various organizations.
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==Career History==
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George Sadowsky also lists an extensive list of his past career engagements on his website, some of which include:
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* Organizer and chair, "Issues Regarding the Mobile Internet," Internet Governance Forum, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, December 2009.
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* Member, Public Interest Registry Advisory Council, 2008-2009.
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* Vice-Chair, Economic Opportunities Commission, World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) 2009.
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* Member, Panel of Advisers, U.N. Global Alliance for ICT and Development (G@ID), 2006-2009.
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* Member, Board of Directors, [[PEOPLink]], 2003-2008.
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* Member of the Board of Trustees of the [[ISOC]], 1996-1999 and 2000-2004. Member, Elections Committee 2001-2003, Audit Committee 2002-2003, Chair, Nominations Committee 1997-1998 and 2003-2004. Chair, Elections Committee, 2004-2005.
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* Member, Steering Committee, Markle Foundation and UNDP's Global Digital Opportunity Initiative.
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* Vice President for Education, [[ISOC]], 1998-2001.
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* Vice President for Conferences, [[ISOC]], 1995-1998.
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* Member, Program Committee, 1997 Telecomm Asia, International Telecommunications Union.
    
==References==
 
==References==
 
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