2018 Nominating Committee

The 2018 Nominating Committee (NomCom) was convened at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Meeting (AGM) at ICANN60 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The group selected eight leadership positions within ICANN.

Selections

The 2018 Nominating Committee announced its' selections of a total of eight leadership positions on 2 August 2018, including three Board Members, two ALAC representatives, two ccNSO Council members and one GNSO Council member.

ICANN Board of Directors

• Rafael Ibarra, Latin America / Caribbean Islands
• Tripti Sinha, North America
• Danko Jevtovich*, Europe

*The Nominating Committees original selections for the ICANN Board of Directors included Lousewies van der Laan. The committee announced its updated selection after Van Der Laan announced she would be unable to extend her tenure on the board due to unforeseen family obligations.

At-Large Advisory Committee

• Joanna Kulesza, Europe
• Javier Rúa-Jovet, North America

Council of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)

• Laura Margolis, Latin America / Caribbean Islands
• Ajay Data, Asia / Australia / Pacific Islands

Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)

• Erika Mann, Europe

Membership

2018 Leadership Members

• Zahid Jamil, Chair;
• Damon Ashcraft, Chair Elect;
• Hans Petter Holen, Associate Chair

Committee Members

• Alejandro Acosta (RSSAC)
• Nadira Al Araj (ALAC-AP)
• Alain Bidron (GNSO/ISPCP)
• Jonathan Cohen (IPC)
• Anriette Esterhuysen (NCUC)
• Theo Geurts (GNSO/Registrars SG)
• Aziz Hilali (ALAC-AF)
• Sandra Hoferichter (ALAC-EU)
• Ole Jacobsen (IETF)
• Brajesh Jain (ASO-AC)
• Cheryl Miller (GNSO/CBUC-Large)
• Jon Nevett (GNSO/Registries SG)
• Pablo Rodriguez (ccNSO)
• Jose Ovidio Salgueiro (ALAC-LAC)
• Danny McPherson (SSAC)
• Jason Sudowski (GNSO/CBUC-Small)
• Leah Symekher (ALAC-NA)

NomCom Support Staff

• Joette Youkhanna (Senior Project Manager)
• Jia Kimoto (Project Manager)
• Interim NomCom Staff Support: Christine Willett (Vice President, gTLD Operations), Deborah Owen (NomCom Office Coordinator), Adam Peake (Senior Manager for Civil Society Engagement) and Jared Erwin (Implementation Project Manager)

Nominating Committee

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

Country Code Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board global policies relating to country-code top-level domains (ICANN Bylaws).

Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).

Root Server System Advisory Committee. Advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Internet's Root Server System (ICANN Bylaws).

ISPs and Connectivity Providers Constituency

Intellectual Property Constituency

Non-Commercial Users Constituency

Internet Engineering Task Force

Address Supporting Organization. Advises the Board with respect to policy issues relating to the operation, assignment, and management of Internet addresses (ICANN Bylaws).

Security and Stability Advisory Committee. Advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the security and integrity of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems (ICANN Bylaws).