Engagement

ICANN's Engagement Teams are responsible for leading outreach with stakeholders on ICANN and its mission around the world. The teams deliver on ICANN's commitments and core values.

GSE

The Global Stakeholder Engagement team raises awareness and understanding of ICANN’s role and remit, encourages participation in ICANN policy development and technical activities, and shares knowledge with ICANN stakeholders. GSE is comprised of 34 staff members in 21 countries. It encompasses Global Business Engagement and Global Civil Society Engagement and works closely with the GE team and other ICANN departments with community-facing roles. In FY20, there were 350 engagement events and 100 capacity development events around the world.

GSE Leadership

Name	Title
Sally Costerton	Sr. Advisor to the President & SVP, Global Stakeholder Engagement
Vice Presidents
Pierre Dandjinou	Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, Africa
Rodrigo de la Parra	Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Latin America and the Caribbean
Baher Esmat	Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Middle East
Jia-Rong Low	Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Veni Markovski	Vice President, Government Engagement (UN)
Christopher Mondini	Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Europe & Global Business Engagement
Elena Plexida	Vice President, Government & IGO Engagement
Naela Sarras	Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, North America
Savenaca Vocea	Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, Australasia/Pacific Islands
Regional Leaders
Mikhail Anisimov	Head of Global Stakeholder Engagement, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Yaovi Atohoun	Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Director, Africa
Fahd Batayneh	Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, Middle East
Andrea Beccalli	Stakeholder Engagement Senior Director, Europe (Southern)
Desiree Cabrera	Government Engagement Executive Assistant
Joe Catapano	Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, North America
Albert Daniels	Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, The Caribbean
Renate De Wulf	Global Stakeholder Engagement Operations Specialist and Executive Assistant
Daniel Fink	Stakeholder Engagement Director, Brazil
Samiran Gupta	Head of India
Magali Jean	Regional Office Administrator, EMEA
Patrick Jones	Senior Director, Global Stakeholder Engagement
Sabrina Lim	Global Stakeholder Engagement Programs Manager APAC
Celine Lioe	Regional Office Administrator, APAC
Bob Ochieng	Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, East Africa
Adam Peake	Global Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, Civil Society
Seher Sagiroglu	Global Stakeholder Engagement, Regional Specialist MEA
Rodrigo Saucedo	Senior Manager Strategic Initiatives, Latin America and The Caribbean
Gabriella Schittek	Global Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager – Nordic & Central Europe
Yien-Chin Tan	Global Stakeholder Engagement, Regional Specialist APAC
Jian-Chuan Zhang	Head of China

GE

ICANN’s Government and Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) engagement team (GE) develops and implements a global strategy to engage with governments and intergovernmental organizations. The GE team is comprised of political issue-based subject-matter experts who monitor and analyze government and IGO activities to ensure that ICANN has the necessary information and tools to address geopolitical issues impacting ICANN’s mission. The GE has been covering the discussions at the United Nations in New York since 2014. The GE also leads a multi-year educational effort, including regular workshops and seminars for diplomats as well as for relevant UN agencies, to provide factual information to the people negotiating Internet governance resolutions. The GE identifies potential avenues for collaboration on capacity-building activities for governments as part of a working plan with the ITU’s Development Sector (ITU-D); UNESCO on Universal Acceptance promotion; WIPO's Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and Geographic Indications; the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development; and OECD through the Internet Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC). Since its inception, the GE has been publishing papers on government and IGO deliberations on Internet governance.

GE Roles

• Government and IGO Engagement Manager
• VP, Government and IGO Engagement
• SVP, Government and Intergovernmental Organization Engagement (Mandy Carver)
• Government and IGO Engagement Senior Director
• VP, UN Engagement - New York

Learning and Development

ICANN also has staffers dedicated to running the programs aimed at strengthening the diversity of the multistakeholder model by fostering opportunities for individuals from underserved and underrepresented communities to become active participants in the ICANN community.

Outreach & Education Roles

• Learning and Development Director
• Sr. Manager, ERP Systems
• Fellowship Program Manager
• Next Generation Program Manager
• Civil Society Engagement Sr. Manager

International Telecommunication Union

World Intellectual Property Organization