Erika Mann
Erika Mann is member of the ICANN Board of Directors appointed by the Nominating Committee on December 10, 2010. Her appointment will be until the Annual General Meeting on 2013. She is the current Executive Vice President of the Computer & Communications Industry Association and head of the Facebook Brussels Office. She also serves as a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council and a Trustee of Friends of Europe and a member of the Advisory Board of the European Policy Center. Mann is is a foreign policy expert with an extensive experience in transatlantic relations and international internet policy formation.[1] [2]
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| Country: | Germany |
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| LinkedIn: |  [Erika Mann Erika Mann]
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| Twitter: |  @erikammann
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Education
Mann received her Bachelors degree in Educational Science and Masters Degree in Philosophy from the University of Hannover.
Career History
In 1985, Mann founded of Philtech, an IT Consultancy firm providing solutions on data privacy, telecommunications regulation, e-commerce, internet regulation including ICANN issues and policies. She served as CEO of the company until 1994. In 1994, became Member of the European Parliament (MEP).She focused on policies concerning the World Trade Organization (WTO), transatlantic relations, digital economy, telecommunications and Internet, and research. She served as MEP for 15 years until 2009. While serving as Chairman of the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN), she was instrumental in the development of the idea for a Translantic Market between the United Stated and the European Union, which paved the way to the establishment of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) in 2007. She served as member of the TEC Advisory Board until 2009. She was founding member of the European Internet Foundation and served as chairman of the organization until 2009. [3] [4]
Organizational Membership
Mann is a active member and officer in different organizations including:[5]
- Atlantic Council- Non-resident Senior Fellow
- Atlantic Council Business and Economics Advisory Group- Member
- Salzburg Global Seminar- Member of the Board
- German Marshall Foundation- Member
- Internews- Member of the Board
- International Education and Encounter Network (IBB)- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Max-Planck-Institute for Aeronomics in Katlenburg- Lindau, Germany- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Kompetenzzentrum Technik e.V.-Co-chairperson of the board of trustees
- Women in Industrial Research (WIR) of the European Commission- Member of Expert Groups
- Europa Donna (womens’ initiative against breast cancer)-Member
- European Policy Centre (EPC)- Member Advisory Council
- European Policy Studies(CEPS)-Member
- Kangaroo Group- Member of the Board
- Friends of Europe- Trustee
Awards
- European-American Business Council Award- 2005
- Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande- 2001
- Academic of the International Informatization Academy of the United Nations (AC II A UN)- 2003
References