[announce] Nominating Committee Announces New Board Members and Supporting Organisation Roles
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-25sep07.htm Nominating Committee Announces New Board Members and Supporting Organisation Roles ICANN BOARD Harald Alvestrand (Norway - Europe) Dennis Jennings (Ireland/UK - Europe) Jean-Jacques Subrenat (France - Europe) Term: Conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2007 until conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2010 ccNSO COUNCIL Nashwa Abdel-Baki (Egypt - Africa) Term: Conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2007 until conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2010 GNSO COUNCIL Olga Cavalli (Argentina - Latin America and the Caribbean) Avri Doria (USA - North America) Term: Conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2007 until conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2009 INTERIM AT LARGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Hue Nguyen (Vietnam - Asia) Vanda Scartezini (Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean) Fatimata Sylla (Senegal - Africa) Term: Conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2007 until conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2009
Avri Doria (USA, North America) Avri Doria is an adjunct professor at Lule University of Technology (LTU) in Sweden. She also works part time as a consultant to the IGF Secretariat at the UN, as an independent consultant and as an associate with Interisle consulting. Ms. Doria, has been an Internet technologist involved in the development of Internet protocols and architectures for over 25 years, an active participant in the IETF, past chair of the IRTF Routing Research group, and Senior Fellow and past Technical Committee Chair of the Multi Service Forum She has also been active in Internet Governance for the past 5 years, is currently chair of the ICANN GNSO council, was an active particpant in WSIS and post WSIS civil society, is a past chair of the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus and was a member of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) . Ms Doria is a also a member of the APC Women's Networking Support Program. Her current projects include research into methods of bringing the Internet into areas that are communication challenged and is working with the semi-nomadic Sámi population of Sapmi (aka Lapland) to develop an ICT infrastructure for the UNESCO heritage region of Laponia. Another current project innvolves creating a graduate curriculum in Internet Governance at LTU. Ms. Doria has one MA from the University of Chicago in Philosophy and one from Rhode Island College in Counseling Psychology and is allegedly trying to complete a trans disciplinary PhD dissertation at Blekinge University of Technology in Sweden on the nature of the relationship between technology and governance. Olga Cavalli (Argentina, Latin America & Caribbean) Olga Cavalli is a ICT and Internet specialist with large experience in project management, market research, competitive analysis, public policy and regulations. This experience has been developed in a multistakeholder environment. Ms. Cavalli is a professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires, at the Instituto Tecnológico Buenos Aires and at the Diplomacy Career of the Ministry of Foreing Affairs of Argentina. In these institutions she teaches subjects related with technology and public policy. She is also an invited teacher and speaker to several other institutions from Argentina and other countries. Ms. Cavalli is a member of the Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum. As an advisor of the Ministry of Foreing Affairs of Argentina, she has represented Argentina in the WSIS Second Phase held in Tunis, also in the GAC of ICANN (Governmental Advisor Committee). She is also involved in activities in the ccNSO of ICANN and in LAC TLD. Ms. Cavalli is the argentine focal point for the eLAC 2007 Regional Information Society Plan of Action, she is the coordinator of the Internet Governance Group in eLAC 2007 and was former coordinator of the Financing eLAC 207 working group. She has also been responsible for evaluating the argentine export offer in technology and for advising the Ministry in technology trends and public policy related with technology. She has published papers and articles in many magazines and newspapers from Argentina and South America, about Internet, telecommunications and IT regulations and market. In the private sector she has worked as a consultant for many companies and non governmental organizations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, USA, Canada and Germany. Graduated as Electronic and Electric Engineer at Universidad de Mendoza, she has completed her background with and MBA at the Universidad del CEMA and a Masters Degree in Telecommunication Regulation at Universidad de Buenos Aires. Today she is a PHD Candidate at the PHD in Business Administration program at the Universidad del CEMA. She is fluent in English, German and Portuguese, and she can read and understand Italian and French. She is a member of the Argentine Chapter of Internet Society (ISOC) and she is a Certified Engineer at the Consejo de Profesionales de Ingeniería Electrónica of Argentina, COPITEC. She is the mother of Juana (12) and Federico (18). -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org |