[council] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Announces Senior Leader Transitions

["James M. Bladel" <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Councilors -

Please see announcement below.

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[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/>
News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-05-13-en

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ICANN Announces Senior Leader Transitions

13 May 2016

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced 
its Chief Contract Compliance Officer, Allen R. Grogan, and Nora Abusitta, 
Senior Vice President of Development and Public Responsibility Programs (DPRD), 
have notified the organization of their intent to leave ICANN later this year.

Grogan will transition to a part-time role beginning 1 August 2016 and continue 
to oversee Contractual Compliance and Consumer Safeguards until his departure 
at the end of December 2016. Abusitta will remain in her current capacity until 
1 June 2016, followed by a short part-time engagement period to ensure an 
efficient and seamless shift of duties.

"I want to extend my deep thanks to Allen and Nora for the significant 
contributions they have made in their respective areas, as well as their 
commitment to ensuring a smooth transition of responsibilities," said Akram 
Atallah, acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO). "Compliance, safeguards and 
public responsibility are areas of extreme importance to ICANN, to me 
personally, and to G?ran Marby, who will be taking the reins as CEO later this 
month. We will continue to build on the work that has been done in these 
critical areas."

Atallah further noted that "ICANN remains fully committed to enforcing its 
contracts and engaging with the community to help find creative ways to solve 
difficult issues in a manner consistent with ICANN's mission and remit."

Additional Information

Grogan has been with ICANN since May 2013, serving as Chief Contracting Counsel 
before assuming his current role as Chief Contract Compliance Officer in 
October 2014. ICANN is currently searching for a Consumer Safeguards 
Director<https://icann-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobInfo&version=1&jobid=213889>.

"My decision to leave was highly personal and difficult, but it will allow me 
to pursue other opportunities in my life," said Grogan. "It has been a 
privilege to work with the dedicated staff at ICANN and I specifically want to 
commend the Contractual Compliance team for their extraordinary work. My time 
at ICANN genuinely has been one of the most fascinating and remarkable 
experiences I've ever had."

Abusitta joined ICANN in January 2013 as Executive Director of International 
and Inter-Governmental Organizations and in June of that year was appointed 
Vice President of Public Responsibility.

"It has been an honor to work alongside dedicated and talented colleagues at 
ICANN, in particular the members of DPRD who were instrumental in building an 
infrastructure that empowers the community while ensuring participation within 
ICANN remains global and representative," said Abusitta. "This has not been an 
easy decision for me, but I am confident the ICANN staff will continue to focus 
on supporting current and new stakeholders' participation at ICANN."

ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. 
To reach another person on the Internet, you have to type an address into your 
computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know 
where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique 
identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit 
public-benefit corporation and a community with participants from all over the 
world. ICANN and its community help keep the Internet secure, stable and 
interoperable. It also promotes competition and develops policy for the 
top-level of the Internet's naming system and facilitates the use of other 
unique Internet identifiers.



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