Heather Dryden
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| Country: | Canada |
| Email: | heather.dryden [at] ic.gc.ca |
| LinkedIn: |  [heather-dryden Heather Dryden]
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Heather Dryden currently serves as the Chair of ICANN's GAC. [1]
Ms. Dryden was also a Senior Policy Advisor at the International Telecommunications Policy and Coordination Directorate at the Canadian Department of Industry.
Ms. Dryden holds a BSc. (Hons) Degree in International Politics and Strategic Studies.
Governmental Work
Ms. Dryden has worked for the Department of Industry since 2002 where she is responsible for Internet governance and DNS policy matters. Ms. Dryden coordinates and develops Canadian government positions and policy, and represents Canada on the GAC; she also represents Industry Canada on the CIRA Board of Directors, and participates in the American Registry for Internet Numbers – Government Working Group (AGWG).
Ms. Dryden also has worked with the United Nations system on Internet-related matters, including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). She has been appointed to serve on the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) since 2008. Ms. Dryden was part of the Canadian delegation to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and its preparatory negotiations in 2004-2005.
Ms. Dryden’s worked at the NATO Information Office in Moscow before joining Industry Canada. She speaks English and French, and has a working understanding of Russian.[2]
ICANN
Ms. Dryden was selected by the Governmental Advisory Committee to serve as Interim Chair at the Brussels meeting until the conclusion of the first GAC meeting of 2011. Heather has now been elected to a full term as Chair of the GAC. This term will expire at the end of the first meeting of 2013.