{"id":938,"date":"2023-06-23T06:06:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T06:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newpirdev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=938"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:37:56","slug":"teams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pir.org\/who-we-are\/teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block_2d0fccca5954bbbe5f1b2ac6ae1ee18c_234\" class=\"hero-slider  animate-on-scroll\">\n  <div class=\"swiper hsSwiper\" data-hs-id=\"block_2d0fccca5954bbbe5f1b2ac6ae1ee18c_234\">\n    <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"swiper-slide left no-button\"><div class=\"hero2_item pad--xl \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PIR_Mission-Driven-Leadership-4-scaled.jpg);\"><div class=\"h2i_hozgrade\">&nbsp;<\/div><div class=\"h2i_left flex--grow\"><div class=\"h2i_left-box\"><div class=\"left-heading\"><h1 class=\"text--display-xxl\">Mission-Driven<br> Leadership<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"left-subheading text--xl\">We are dedicated to deliver on our mission. Discover our Executive Team, Board of Directors, and Advisory Council.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- outside controls -->\n  <div class=\"pir-controls\">\n    <button class=\"mdc-fab mdc-theme--outline-bg mdc-fab--touch\" id=\"hs-prev-block_2d0fccca5954bbbe5f1b2ac6ae1ee18c_234\">\n      <div class=\"mdc-fab__ripple\"><\/div>\n      <span class=\"material-icons notranslate mdc-fab__icon\">arrow_back<\/span>\n      <div class=\"mdc-fab__touch\"><\/div>\n    <\/button>\n    <button class=\"mdc-fab mdc-theme--outline-bg mdc-fab--touch\" id=\"hs-next-block_2d0fccca5954bbbe5f1b2ac6ae1ee18c_234\">\n      <div class=\"mdc-fab__ripple\"><\/div>\n      <span class=\"material-icons notranslate mdc-fab__icon\">arrow_forward<\/span>\n      <div class=\"mdc-fab__touch\"><\/div>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_a0cb8413abe98af22bcd0d8989bd8305_741\" class=\"team-grid team-grid-executive owl--l \">\n  <div class=\"team-grid__top col--10-center\">\n    <h2 class=\"text--display-l\">PIR Executive Management<\/h2><p class=\"text--xl text--300\">The PIR team features highly knowledgeable individuals making a significant impact in areas that matter to all of us, from Internet policy and DNS Abuse to responsible nonprofit practices. By sharing this knowledge and expertise, PIR fulfills its mission of empowering organizations online.<\/p>  <\/div>\n  <article id=\"ttcExecutive\" class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"team-cards grid--4 grid--m-2 grid--s-1\">\n      <div class=\"tc-box tc-box--exec\" data-slide-index=\"0\"><button class=\"trigger-executive-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man with short dark hair, wearing a purple button-down shirt, is looking at the camera with a neutral expression against a light background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res.jpg 327w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Jon Nevett<\/h3><p class=\"\">President and CEO<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--exec\" data-slide-index=\"1\"><button class=\"trigger-executive-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Brian_Cimbolic_hi-res.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man with short dark hair, a beard, and wearing a checkered shirt smiles directly at the camera against a plain background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Brian_Cimbolic_hi-res.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Brian_Cimbolic_hi-res-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Brian Cimbolic<\/h3><p class=\"\">Chief Legal and Policy Officer <\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--exec\" data-slide-index=\"2\"><button class=\"trigger-executive-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1206\" height=\"1435\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Judy_Headshot_2025-scaled-e1752062214922.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Judy_Headshot_2025-scaled-e1752062214922.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Judy_Headshot_2025-scaled-e1752062214922-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Judy_Headshot_2025-scaled-e1752062214922-861x1024.jpg 861w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Judy_Headshot_2025-scaled-e1752062214922-768x914.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1206px) 100vw, 1206px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Judy Song-Marshall<\/h3><p class=\"\">Chief Strategy Officer<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--exec\" data-slide-index=\"3\"><button class=\"trigger-executive-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Rick_Wilhelm_1_-gray.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man with short gray hair and blue eyes is wearing a navy suit jacket and a blue shirt, smiling at the camera against a plain gray background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Rick_Wilhelm_1_-gray.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Rick_Wilhelm_1_-gray-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Rick Wilhelm<\/h3><p class=\"\">Chief Technology Officer<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--exec\" data-slide-index=\"4\"><button class=\"trigger-executive-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Liz_hi-res_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing a red top and a beaded necklace, smiles against a plain background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Liz_hi-res_2.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Liz_hi-res_2-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Liz Szabo<\/h3><p class=\"\">Senior Vice President, Finance<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--exec\" data-slide-index=\"5\"><button class=\"trigger-executive-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Andr\u00e9a Moore<\/h3><p class=\"\">Vice President, Human Resources<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--exec\" data-slide-index=\"6\"><button class=\"trigger-executive-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2013\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-scaled.jpg 2013w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-1208x1536.jpg 1208w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-1611x2048.jpg 1611w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2013px) 100vw, 2013px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Tim Switzer<\/h3><p class=\"\">Vice President, Business Affairs<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div>    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n<\/section>\n\n<div id=\"hiddenExecutiveContent\">\n  <div class=\"bio-modal\">\n    <div class=\"swiper bmExecutiveSwiper\">\n      <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man with short dark hair, wearing a purple button-down shirt, is looking at the camera with a neutral expression against a light background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res.jpg 327w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"text--display-s text--display\">Jon Nevett<\/h4> <div class=\"position\">President and CEO<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jonathon Nevett is the President and CEO of Public Interest Registry (PIR). Jon is a veteran of the domain name industry, co-founding Donuts Inc. in 2010 and helping to raise in excess of $150M to form a registry of over 240 Internet domain extensions. Before PIR and Donuts, he served as Senior Vice President at Network Solutions, where he was responsible for policy, government affairs, registry relations, and the corporate ethics office.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jon also co-founded the Domain Name Association, an industry trade association, and has participated as a leader at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in various capacities. He has served on many boards, including Chair of the board of NameJet and Central Registry Solutions, two joint ventures in the domain name industry, and Vice-Chair of the board of the Green Acres School. During the Obama Administration, he was appointed to the Online Safety and Technology Working Group to help protect children on the Internet. Jon earned a BA in Political Science from Binghamton University and a JD from Harvard Law School.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Brian_Cimbolic_hi-res.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man with short dark hair, a beard, and wearing a checkered shirt smiles directly at the camera against a plain background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Brian_Cimbolic_hi-res.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Brian_Cimbolic_hi-res-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"text--display-s text--display\">Brian Cimbolic<\/h4> <div class=\"position\">Chief Legal and Policy Officer <\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brian is the Chief Legal and Policy Officer for Public Interest Registry (PIR) and oversees the company\u2019s legal affairs. \u00a0PIR is a nonprofit company based in Reston, Virginia and is the registry operator of the .ORG top-level domain. \u00a0Previously, Brian was Deputy General Counsel of PIR and before joining PIR in 2014, Brian was an Associate at Krooth &amp; Altman, LLP, working with clients in real estate finance and litigation matters. \u00a0Brian holds a B.A. from Catholic University, and a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law. \u00a0Brian currently lives in Ashburn, VA with his wonderful wife and three kids, but was born and raised in Maryland which explains why he is a huge Baltimore Ravens fan(atic).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1206\" height=\"1435\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Judy_Headshot_2025-scaled-e1752062214922.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Judy_Headshot_2025-scaled-e1752062214922.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Judy_Headshot_2025-scaled-e1752062214922-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Judy_Headshot_2025-scaled-e1752062214922-861x1024.jpg 861w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Judy_Headshot_2025-scaled-e1752062214922-768x914.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1206px) 100vw, 1206px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"text--display-s text--display\">Judy Song-Marshall<\/h4> <div class=\"position\">Chief Strategy Officer<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Judy is the Chief Strategy Officer of Public Interest Registry (PIR). Leading strategy, communications, and marketing for PIR, she has almost 30 years of marketing expertise and over fifteen years of domain name industry experience. Beginning her career as a marketing intern at the nonprofit People for the American Way, promoting free expression, she went on to work at Public Interest Data Incorporated helping nonprofits with their fundraising efforts in the 1990s. She worked at the marketing departments of MCI and AOL before joining Neustar, and the domain name industry. Over the course of her career at Neustar she managed marketing for several products, including Registry Services. She launched .NYC, and rebranded the .us ccTLD as well. Most recently she oversaw Neustar\u2019s Policy, Industry Affairs, and Compliance teams. She was the policy manager and contracting officer for the .us ccTLD and served as the Secretariat of the usTLD Stakeholder Council. She currently is a member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council, serves on the ICANNWIKI Board, sits on the .us ccTLD Stakeholder Council, and is the former Treasurer and board member of The Domain Name Association.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Rick_Wilhelm_1_-gray.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man with short gray hair and blue eyes is wearing a navy suit jacket and a blue shirt, smiling at the camera against a plain gray background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Rick_Wilhelm_1_-gray.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Rick_Wilhelm_1_-gray-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"text--display-s text--display\">Rick Wilhelm<\/h4> <div class=\"position\">Chief Technology Officer<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rick comes to PIR with an accomplished background in domain name infrastructure, cloud, and software-based platforms and services. Prior to joining PIR, Rick served as Verisign\u2019s Vice President of Platform Management. He also spent over a decade serving in executive positions for Network Solutions and Neustar, where he was the principal architect of the company\u2019s first gTLD registry. He has held leadership positions within the ICANN community, serving for nearly three years as a member of ICANN\u2019s Security and Stability Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Liz_hi-res_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing a red top and a beaded necklace, smiles against a plain background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Liz_hi-res_2.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Liz_hi-res_2-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"text--display-s text--display\">Liz Szabo<\/h4> <div class=\"position\">Senior Vice President, Finance<\/div><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Liz has over twenty years of finance and accounting experience in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. She began her career in public accounting and worked in the finance departments of several large multinational organizations including Sprint International and AOL, before transitioning to the nonprofit sector and eventually joining PIR in 2014. She is a licensed CPA and holds a B.A. in Accounting from Catholic University and an MBA in International Business from the University of South Carolina. Over the years, she has also served many .ORGs through her volunteer work with organizations including the Girl and Boy Scouts of America and Rise Against Hunger.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andrea-Moore-Headshot-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"text--display-s text--display\">Andr\u00e9a Moore<\/h4> <div class=\"position\">Vice President, Human Resources<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Andr\u00e9a Moore is Vice President of Human Resources at Public Interest Registry (PIR), where she leads the organization\u2019s people strategy and fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing culture. She oversees global HR operations, talent acquisition, workforce planning, employee engagement, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Andr\u00e9a brings 20 years of Human Resources leadership experience across nonprofit, corporate, and membership-based organizations. Prior to joining PIR, she served as Vice President of Human Resources at the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae, where she oversaw HR operations for the Washington, DC office while also advancing DEI, culture, and engagement programs that increased workforce diversity and strengthened employee retention. She has also held HR leadership roles with the National Council for Behavioral Health, Hyatt Corporation, and Target Corporation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Andr\u00e9a holds both the Society for Human Resources Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) credential and the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification from HRCI.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2013\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-scaled.jpg 2013w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-1208x1536.jpg 1208w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim_S_headshot-4-1611x2048.jpg 1611w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2013px) 100vw, 2013px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"text--display-s text--display\">Tim Switzer<\/h4> <div class=\"position\">Vice President, Business Affairs<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tim Switzer is the Vice President of Business Affairs at PIR, overseeing all revenue and growth initiatives, including global channel relations. As an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience, Tim has played a pivotal role in the growth and evolution of the domain name space. He began his tenure in the domain name industry at Neustar, and over his 10 years there in various roles, he managed the TLD Registry team, overseeing the business and operational functions. He played a key role in the launches of three TLDs &#8211; .biz, .us and .co. Tim then served as COO at Dot Green, a nTLD focused on environmental and sustainability issues, overseeing all aspects of the company\u2019s operations. As a founding member of ICANN\u2019s nTLD Application Group (NTAG), Tim also served as Chair during his tenure. Tim then shifted his focus to the .com and .net TLDs, where he managed key channel relations during his tenure at Verisign, focusing on the Americas region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Before entering the domain name industry, Tim spent 15 years at IBM in business operations roles and also in the early development of electronic banking at a Visa subsidiary. Tim supports the mission-driven .ORG Community, channeling his passion for biking to support causes like Bike to the Beach (<a href=\"https:\/\/biketothebeach.org\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"13512\">biketothebeach.org<\/a>), which advocates for autism and disabilities awareness.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"bm-actionbuttons grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\">\n      <div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"pir-controls pir-controls--outline-black bm-actions\">\n        <button class=\"mdc-fab mdc-theme--outline-bg mdc-fab--touch\" id=\"bmes-prev\">\n          <div class=\"mdc-fab__ripple\"><\/div>\n          <span class=\"material-icons notranslate mdc-fab__icon\">arrow_back<\/span>\n          <div class=\"mdc-fab__touch\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <button class=\"mdc-fab mdc-theme--outline-bg mdc-fab--touch\" id=\"bmes-next\">\n          <div class=\"mdc-fab__ripple\"><\/div>\n          <span class=\"material-icons notranslate mdc-fab__icon\">arrow_forward<\/span>\n          <div class=\"mdc-fab__touch\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div><!-- end bioModal -->\n<\/div> <!-- end hiddenExecutiveContent -->\n\n\n<section id=\"block_620e9c63857e52f5dcf791d90d8daf17_972\" class=\"team-grid team-grid-pirboard owl--l \">\n  <div class=\"team-grid__top col--10-center\">\n    <h2 class=\"text--display-l\">PIR Board of Directors<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"text--xl text--300\">Sharing their diverse perspectives from across multiple industries, PIR\u2019s Board of Directors shapes a holistic and global strategic vision for the organization. The Board draws on its wealth of nonprofit and corporate sector knowledge to provide best practices for planning, governance, and oversight.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <article id=\"ttcPirBoard\" class=\"\">\n    <div class=\"team-cards grid--4 grid--m-2 grid--s-1\">\n      <div class=\"tc-box tc-box--pirboard\" data-slide-index=\"0\"><button class=\"trigger-pirboard-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1187\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/saerin_cropped.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/saerin_cropped.png 900w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/saerin_cropped-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/saerin_cropped-776x1024.png 776w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/saerin_cropped-768x1013.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Saerin Cho<\/h3><p class=\"\">Chair (N. America)<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--pirboard\" data-slide-index=\"1\"><button class=\"trigger-pirboard-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Eric_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man in a black suit, light blue dress shirt, and purple tie smiling at the camera against a light blue background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Eric_1.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Eric_1-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Eric Burger<\/h3><p class=\"\">Vice Chair (N. America)<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--pirboard\" data-slide-index=\"2\"><button class=\"trigger-pirboard-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lena-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a dark green button-up shirt, smiles at the camera.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lena-1.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lena-1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Lena Beck R\u00f8rvig<\/h3><p class=\"\">Treasurer (Europe)<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--pirboard\" data-slide-index=\"3\"><button class=\"trigger-pirboard-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Silber_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Silber_web.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Silber_web-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Michael Silber<\/h3><p class=\"\">Member (Africa)<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--pirboard\" data-slide-index=\"4\"><button class=\"trigger-pirboard-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3634\" height=\"5209\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george.png 3634w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george-714x1024.png 714w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george-768x1101.png 768w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george-1072x1536.png 1072w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george-1429x2048.png 1429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3634px) 100vw, 3634px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">George Sadowsky<\/h3><p class=\"\">Member (N. America)<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--pirboard\" data-slide-index=\"5\"><button class=\"trigger-pirboard-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kathy.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A woman with short dark hair, wearing glasses and a coral-colored shirt, smiles at the camera against a light peach background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kathy.jpeg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kathy-226x300.jpeg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Kathryn Kleiman<\/h3><p class=\"\">Member (N. America)<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--pirboard\" data-slide-index=\"6\"><button class=\"trigger-pirboard-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seun-2-e1751982753129.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seun-2-e1751982753129.png 466w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seun-2-e1751982753129-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Oluwaseun (Seun) Ojedeji<\/h3><p class=\"\">Member (Africa)<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--pirboard\" data-slide-index=\"7\"><button class=\"trigger-pirboard-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man with short dark hair, wearing a purple button-down shirt, is looking at the camera with a neutral expression against a light background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res.jpg 327w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Jon Nevett<\/h3><p class=\"\">Non-Voting Member (N. America)<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"tc-box tc-box--pirboard\" data-slide-index=\"8\"><button class=\"trigger-pirboard-modal\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"btn-read\">Read Bio <span class=\"material-icons\" role=\"img\">arrow_outward<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"desc\"><h3 class=\"text--xl\">Sally Wentworth<\/h3><p class=\"\">ISOC CEO &#038; Liaison<\/p><\/div><\/button><\/div>    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n<\/section>\n\n<div id=\"hiddenPirBoardContent\">\n  <div class=\"bio-modal\">\n    <div class=\"swiper bmPirBoardSwiper\">\n      <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1187\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/saerin_cropped.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/saerin_cropped.png 900w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/saerin_cropped-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/saerin_cropped-776x1024.png 776w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/saerin_cropped-768x1013.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"h--2\">Saerin Cho<\/h4> <div class=\"position text--s\">Chair (N. America)<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Term: 2021 \u2013 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Audit and Risk Committee <br>Compensation Committee<br>Finance and Investment Committee<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saerin Cho is an attorney with comprehensive experience in advising, researching, and representing mission-driven organizations and civil society worldwide. Saerin is currently the Chief Legal Officer at Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Previously, Saerin was the General Counsel of Digital Green Foundation, a global development organization that provides technology solutions for farmers to build prosperous communities.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Prior to Digital Green, Saerin was the Chief Eligibility Counsel and Deputy General Counsel at TechSoup, a global social enterprise that connects technology resources with nonprofit organizations in 236 jurisdictions. Saerin is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Diego School of Law. Ms. Cho was re-appointed to serve a three-year term as of July 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Eric_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man in a black suit, light blue dress shirt, and purple tie smiling at the camera against a light blue background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Eric_1.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Eric_1-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"h--2\">Eric Burger<\/h4> <div class=\"position text--s\">Vice Chair (N. America)<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Term: 2021 \u2013 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Finance and Investment Committee<br>Compensation Committee<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eric Burger is Research Director of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative and Reserch Professor at Virginia Tech. His research and teaching covers cybersecurity, distributed computing, DLT, systems economics and risk, policy, and network governance. He returns to the PIR Board after serving on detail as Assistant Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and prior to that as the Chief Technology Officer of the Federal Communications Commission. Prior to Virginia Tech, he was a Professor at Georgetown University. Before academia, he was CTO of several network equipment and enterprise software companies. He currently serves on a number of advisory boards. He is also a member of the Industry Advisory Council of Medgar Evers College CUNY, designated a predominantly black institution \/ minority-serving institution (PBI\/MSI) and Illinois Institute of Technology\u2019s College of Computing Advisory Board.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Burger has published over 20 IETF, 3GPP, and W3C standards and holds over 20 issued U.S. patents. He is a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors. He has a SBEE, MBA, and CS PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mr. Burger was re-appointed to serve a three-year term as of July 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lena-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a dark green button-up shirt, smiles at the camera.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lena-1.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lena-1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"h--2\">Lena Beck R\u00f8rvig<\/h4> <div class=\"position text--s\">Treasurer (Europe)<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Term: 2022 \u2013 2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Finance and Investment Committee, Chair<br>Compensation Committee<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lena Beck R\u00f8rvig is an entrepreneur and executive coach unlocking global leaders\u2019 potential. Ms R\u00f8rvig lives and works internationally and has a diverse background as a stockbroker, Global HR executive, entrepreneur, and angel investor. Lena\u2019s board experience includes a range of non-profit and for-profit boards. She holds an M.Sc. (economics) for Copenhagen Business School and executive education from INSEAD and Henley Business School. Ms. Beck R\u00f8rvig was re-appointed to serve a three-year term as of July 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Silber_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Silber_web.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Silber_web-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"h--2\">Michael Silber<\/h4> <div class=\"position text--s\">Member (Africa)<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Term: 2022 \u2013 2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Audit and Risk Committee, Chair<br>Finance and Investment Committee<br>NetBeacon Institute Advisory Council Liaison<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Michael (Mike) Silber is an attorney and Group Executive Regulatory Affairs at MTN, Africa\u2019s largest mobile network operator that provides voice, data, fintech, digital, enterprise, wholesale and API services to 295 million customers in 19 markets. Mike previously served on the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and has served numerous Internet naming and numbering organizations as well as industry associations and academic and resource networks. Mr. Silber was re-appointed to serve a three-year term as of July 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3634\" height=\"5209\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george.png 3634w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george-714x1024.png 714w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george-768x1101.png 768w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george-1072x1536.png 1072w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/headshot_george-1429x2048.png 1429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3634px) 100vw, 3634px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"h--2\">George Sadowsky<\/h4> <div class=\"position text--s\">Member (N. America)<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Term: 2024 \u2013 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Compensation Committee, Chair<br>Finance and Investment Committee<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>George Sadowsky received an A.B. degree in mathematics from Harvard, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Yale.&nbsp; He has worked as an applied mathematician and a programmer, and has directed computing centers and networks at Yale University, the Brookings Institution, Northwestern University and New York University.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the United Nations during 1973-1986, he supported numerous technical assistance projects in ICT including the Chinese Population Census of 1982, and has worked in more than 50 developing countries.&nbsp; During 2001-2006 he was Executive Director of the Global Internet Policy Initiative with Internet policy projects in 17 countries in transition. He has been a consultant to foundations, governments and international agencies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He was a Director of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) during 2009-2018.&nbsp; Previously he served on Boards of AppliedTheory Corporation, the Corporation for Research and Educational Networking, the New York State Educational and Research Network and the Internet Society.&nbsp; From 2005-2009 he was a Special Adviser to the chair of the Internet Governance Forum.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2013 he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame, and in 2022 he received ISOC\u2019s Jon Postel award for meritorious service for the Internet.&nbsp; He has written and lectured extensively on ICT and development (see&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/georgesadowsky.org\">georgesadowsky.org<\/a>\/&nbsp;for more information).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kathy.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A woman with short dark hair, wearing glasses and a coral-colored shirt, smiles at the camera against a light peach background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kathy.jpeg 321w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kathy-226x300.jpeg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"h--2\">Kathryn Kleiman<\/h4> <div class=\"position text--s\">Member (N. America)<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Term: 2023 \u2013 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Audit and Risk Committee<br>Compensation Committee<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kathryn Kleiman is a professor at the American University Washington College of Law. She previously worked at law firms where she specialized in Internet law and policy and has won various awards for her work with women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seun-2-e1751982753129.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seun-2-e1751982753129.png 466w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seun-2-e1751982753129-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"h--2\">Oluwaseun (Seun) Ojedeji<\/h4> <div class=\"position text--s\">Member (Africa)<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Term: 2025 &#8211; 2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Audit and Risk Committee<br>PIR Advisory Council Liaison<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Oluwaseun (Seun) Ojedeji, is a dynamic senior technology executive and board director with over a decade of experience in Internet governance, DNS operations, and nonprofit leadership. He has a proven track record of advancing strategic initiatives, fostering global stakeholder engagement, and providing governance oversight in the domain name ecosystem. Seun has previously served in leadership roles in various organizations within the internet ecosystem which includes Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and his regional internet registry.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man with short dark hair, wearing a purple button-down shirt, is looking at the camera with a neutral expression against a light background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res.jpg 327w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jon_2_hi-res-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"h--2\">Jon Nevett<\/h4> <div class=\"position text--s\">Non-Voting Member (N. America)<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jonathon Nevett is the President and CEO of Public Interest Registry (PIR). Jon is a veteran of the domain name industry, co-founding Donuts Inc. in 2010 and helping to raise in excess of $150M to form a registry of over 240 Internet domain extensions. Before PIR and Donuts, he served as Senior Vice President at Network Solutions, where he was responsible for policy, government affairs, registry relations, and the corporate ethics office.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jon also co-founded the Domain Name Association, an industry trade association, and has participated as a leader at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in various capacities. He has served on many boards, including Chair of the board of NameJet and Central Registry Solutions, two joint ventures in the domain name industry, and Vice-Chair of the board of the Green Acres School. During the Obama Administration, he was appointed to the Online Safety and Technology Working Group to help protect children on the Internet. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jon earned a BA in Political Science from Binghamton University and a JD from Harvard Law School. Jon serves as a non-voting member of the PIR Board.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"bm-data grid--auto-1-2 grid--m-1\"><div class=\"left\"><div class=\"media\"><figure role=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pir.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sally-new-Headshot2-2024-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"right\"><h4 class=\"h--2\">Sally Wentworth<\/h4> <div class=\"position text--s\">ISOC CEO &#038; Liaison<\/div><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sally Wentworth is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Society and Internet Society Foundation, leading both organizations in building and protecting an Internet for everyone. Passionate about the Internet as a resource for social and economic development, and with her people-first approach, she engages with the community on critical issues affecting the Internet and showcases the life-changing impact the organizations&#8217; work has on people across the world.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since joining the Internet Society in 2009, Sally has focused on building coalitions among developed and developing countries and Internet stakeholders and leading the Internet Society\u2019s work in the development, engagement, and promotion of global public policies that support and enable a globally connected Internet. Sally is particularly passionate about building bridges between Internet technical experts and policymakers.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sally came to the Internet Society from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she served as Assistant Director for Telecommunications and Information Policy from 2007-2009. There, she represented and advised senior officials and built multi-agency consensus around complex technical and regulatory Internet policies. She had responsibility for the government-wide coordination and implementation of policies related to Internet governance, cybersecurity, telecommunications policy, intellectual property and patent reform, privacy, and other information technology policies.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From 1999-2007, Sally served as the Economic Bureau Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State. As a policy advisor on Internet policy issues, she organized international public diplomacy campaigns and advised senior diplomats on complex negotiations on technology issues. She represented the U.S. on a wide range of foreign policy and technology issues in dozens of international negotiations, including for the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Sally joined the State Department in 1999 as a Presidential Management Fellow.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sally holds an M.A. in International Political Economy from the Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, California) and a B.A. in Political Science from Westmont College (Santa Barbara, California). 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-->\n\n\n<section id=\"block_89ef16ae5e83e9d79e25e13ea669602a_483\" class=\"team-past-pirboard \">\n  <article class=\"content-width owl--m\">\n    <div class=\"team-past-pirboard__top\">\n      <h2 class=\"text--display-l\">Past PIR Board Directors<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"team-past-pirboard__content grid--4 grid--m-2 grid--s-1\">\n      <div class=\"tpp-box\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Gerry Bara\u00f1ano<\/h3><p>(2002-2003)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Larry Landweber<\/h3><p>(2002-2003)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Alan Levin<\/h3><p>(2002-2003)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Andy Linton<\/h3><p>(2002-2003)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Marc Rotenberg<\/h3><p>(2002-2006)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Frode Greisen<\/h3><p>(2002-2004)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">David Maher<\/h3><p>(2002-2004)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Lynn St. Amour <\/h3><p>(2002-2013)(ISOC Liaison)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Geoff Houston <\/h3><p>(2003-2005)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Kenny Huang <\/h3><p>(2003-2004)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Amadeu Abril i Abril <\/h3><p>(2003-2005)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Susan Estrada <\/h3><p>(2004-2007)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Barbara Fraser <\/h3><p>(2004, 2005-2007, 2008-2011)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Eva Frolich<\/h3><p> (2004-2007)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Glenn Ricart <\/h3><p>(2004-2006, 2007-2010, 2010-2011)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Pindar Wong<\/h3><p> (2006)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Kuo-Wei Wu <\/h3><p>(2008-2009)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Raimundo Beca <\/h3><p>(2011-2014)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Erik Huizer <\/h3><p>(2007-2015)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Maarten Botterman <\/h3><p>(2008-2016)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Alexa Raad<\/h3><p>(2009-2010)  (non-voting)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Amitabh Singhal <\/h3><p>(2010-2016, 2019-2021)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Art Reilly <\/h3><p>(2011-2017)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Eric Burger <\/h3><p>(2015-2017)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Ingrid Srinath <\/h3><p>(2013-2018)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Hartmut Glaser <\/h3><p>(2014-2018)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Kathryn Brown <\/h3><p>(2013-2018)(ISOC Liaison)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Roberto Gaetano <\/h3><p>(2013-2019)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken <\/h3><p>(2016-2019)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Suzanne Woolf <\/h3><p>(2018-2019)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Jay Daley <\/h3><p>(2018-2020)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Greg Kapfer <\/h3><p>(2019-2022)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Lise Fuhr <\/h3><p>(2016-2022)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Narelle Clark<\/h3><p>(2018-2023)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Jeffrey Bedser <\/h3><p>(2017-2023)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Andrew Sullivan <\/h3><p>(2018-2024)(ISOC Liaison)<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tpp-box tpp-box--hidden-elm tpp-box--hidden\"><h3 class=\"text--xxl text--600\">Keith Davidson<\/h3><p>(2019-2025)<\/p><\/div>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"team-past-pirboard__actions text--center\">\n      <button\n        class=\"mdc-button mdc-button--l mdc-theme--white-bg mdc-ripple-upgraded trigger-show-past-board trigger-show-past-board--more\">\n        <span class=\"mdc-button__ripple\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"mdc-button__focus-ring\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"mdc-button__label mdc-button__label--more\">View More<\/span>\n        <span class=\"mdc-button__label mdc-button__label--less\">View Less<\/span>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/article>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n<\/br>\n<br>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-pir-advisory-council\">PIR Advisory Council<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Advisory Council helps PIR in its mission to create more and stronger mission-driven organizations and provides input and recommendations on issues affecting the broader .ORG Community, including noncommercial Internet users, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations. Council members reflect diverse subject matter interests, including, but not limited to, educational, artistic, cultural, human rights, political, religious, and scientific sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-andrea-abramowitz-usa-nbsp-2023-2025-nbsp\"><strong>Andrea Abramowitz, USA&nbsp;(2023-2025)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrea Abramowitz is from the United States and currently lives in Frisco, Texas. Andrea is CEO of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaylacares4kids.org\/\">Kayla Cares 4 Kids<\/a>, a Florida-based 501(c)(3) twice honored as a .ORG Impact Awards finalist, including one for Kayla Abramowitz (Andrea\u2019s daughter) as the 2020 Outstanding Volunteer winner. A Telly Award winning journalist, Ms. Abramowitz also actively advocates for a number of influential health organizations, including the Arthritis Foundation and Crohn\u2019s &amp; Colitis Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Babatunde Bale, Nigeria<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;(2023-<\/strong><strong>2025<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Babatunde Bale is from Nigeria and currently lives in Lagos, Nigeria. Dr. Bale is an optometrist with over three years of experience in Nigeria-based social entrepreneurship and health advocacy organizations. He has earned international accolades for his work on visual impairment projects, including a 2022 .ORG Impact Award finalist for for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theretinainitiative.org\/\">The R.E.T.I.N.A. Initiative<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tijani Ben Jemaa, Tunisia<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;(2023-<\/strong><strong>2025<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Tijani Ben Jemaa is from Tunisia and currently lives in Tunis, Tunisia. With over fifteen years of experience in ICANN\u2019s At-Large structures, including as Vice Chair of ALAC and Vice Chair of AFRALO, Tijani brings a wealth of end-user advocacy experience. In addition to numerous Internet Governance activities, Mr. Ben Jemaa, a retired telecommunications engineer, served many years in broadcasting and networking senior roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lianna-galstyan-armenia-nbsp-2021-2025-nbsp\"><strong>Lianna Galstyan, Armenia&nbsp;(2021-2025)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Lianna Galstyan is from Armenia and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. Lianna has been instrumental in leading numerous projects to enhance the Internet and local language content in Armenia. Lianna has worked at Armenia\u2019s country code top-level domain (ccTLD) operator for over 20 years and currently serves as a Vice Chair of the Board. She also is the Board Chair of the Internet Society Armenia Chapter, has served as the UN Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) member for three years, and is the Coordinator of the national IGF. Lianna also participates in ICANN\u2019s At-Large community and has served as the Vice Chair of APRALO for the past four years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-diane-lebson-usa-nbsp-2021-2025-nbsp\"><strong>Diane Lebson, USA&nbsp;(2021-2025)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Diane Lebson is from the United States and currently lives in Camden, Maine. Diane is a published author and noted speaker that has decades of experience in small and large mission-driven organizations. Diane is the founder and CEO of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreenphilanthropy.com\/\">Evergreen Philanthropic Solutions<\/a>, which works with non-profit organizations around the world to empower people to do good.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prudence Malinki, UK<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>(2023-<\/strong><strong>2025<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Prudence Malinki is from the United Kingdom and currently lives in London, United Kingdom. Ms. Malinki has spent over five years at MarkMonitor specializing in Global Corporate Domain Name Portfolio management and Strategic Relationship Development, and is active in ICANN\u2019s Registrar Stakeholder Group and various Policy Advisory Councils across the globe including Ireland (.ie), Belgium (DNS.be) and New Zealand (Internet NZ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shreedeep-rayamajhi-nepal-2025-2027\"><strong>Shreedeep Rayamajhi, Nepal (2025-2027)<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Shreedeep Rayamajhi is a journalist and global internet governance advocate from the Global South. He co-founded ISOC Nepal in 2009 and has played key roles in IGF and APSIG. As an Internet Society Ambassador (2014\u20132015), he contributed to regional and global IGF events. His work focuses on promoting a free, open internet and building capacity for future internet leaders through active engagement in APSIG and various governance platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-may-wang-usa-2025-2027\"><strong>May Wang, USA (2025-2027)<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>May is the founder of Linens N Love, a global nonprofit repurposing hotel linens to support shelters and animal rescues in 15 countries. With 70,000+ linens donated, her work advances ESG goals through scalable, sustainable impact. Raised in California and educated in Singapore, May brings a global, cross-cultural perspective to public interest and nonprofit innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-david-hessekiel-usa-2025-2027\"><strong>David Hessekiel, USA (2025-2027)<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last 25 years, David Hessekiel has created conferences and digital communities designed to bring together nonprofit and business professionals passionate about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peertopeerforum.com\">peer-to-peer fundraising<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com\/s\/cD7PCADgR1H5QD9h8hviGbNmt?domain=engageforgood.com\">cross-sector collaboration<\/a>. 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