Donna Austin

Country:	Australia
LinkedIn:	[donna austin Donna Austin]

Donna Austin is the Manager of Governmental Relations at ICANN, she acts as a GAC Liaison.

In 2005, Donna joined ICANN as the ccNSO policy officer and in 2007 she was made the Manager of Governmental Relations. She has also supported the Nominating Committee in 2005, 2006 and again in 2007, and is the project manager for Accountability Framework discussions with ccTLD managers.

Before she joined ICANN, she was worked at Australian Commonwealth Public Service in several position. In 2001/02 Donna represented the Australian Government as the Coordinator of the GAC.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Office Management and has also undertaken post graduate studies in public policy.

Governmental Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN's policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues (ICANN Bylaws).