<timeline> ImageSize = width:800 height:100 PlotArea = left:65 right:15 bottom:20 top:5 AlignBars = justify

Colors =

 id:red value:rgb(215,25,28)
 id:orange value:rgb(253,174,97)
 id:yellow value:rgb(255,255,191)
 id:sky value:rgb(171,217,233)
 id:slate value:rgb(44,123,182)
 id:black value:black
 id:white value:white

Period = from:1997 to:2022 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1997

Define $star = text:"*" textcolor:black shift:(0,3) fontsize:10

PlotData=

 align:center textcolor:black fontsize:8 mark:(line,black) width:25 shift:(0,-5)


 bar:ICANN CEO
 
 at: 2012 align:right $star
 at: 2016 align:right $star
 from:  1998 till: 2002     text:Mike Roberts color:sky   
 from: 2002 till: 2003  text:M. Stuart Lynn color:orange 
 from: 2003 till: 2009 text:Paul Twomey     color:slate  
 from: 2009 till: 2012 text:Rod Beckstrom     color:red 


</timeline>