GNSO Council

Last Updated: 22 July 2020

The Structure of the GNSO Council

The 21 members of the Council govern policy development in the GNSO. Stakeholder Groups appoint 18 of its members. For voting purposes, the Council has two houses, like the US Congress or the British Parliament.

The Contracted Parties House (CPH) holds the Registries and Registrars Stakeholder Groups, while the Non-Contracted Parties House (NCPH) holds the Commercial and Non-Commercial Stakeholder Groups.

ICANN's Nominating Committee appoints three Council members, two of which are voting members assigned to each House. The third appointee is an advisor to the Council as a whole.

The Council also includes formally appointed but non-voting Liaisons and Observers from other groups within ICANN. This elaborate system provides checks and balances so no single interest group can dominate the Council.

GNSO Council Leadership
Pam Little Vice-Chair, CPH – AP (AGM 2021)	Keith Drazek Chair – NA (AGM 2020) ***		Rafik Dammak Vice-Chair, NCPH – AP (AGM 2020)
Contracted Party House {6+1}		Non-Contracted Party House {12+1}
Registries Stakeholder Group {3} Registries Keith Drazek NA End of term 2: AGM 2020 Years on Council: 4 Sebastien Ducos AP End of term 1: AGM 2021 Years on Council: 1 Maxim Alzoba EU End of term 1: AGM 2020 Years on Council: 2	Registrars Stakeholder Group {3} Registrars Pam Little AAPAC End of term 2: AGM 2021 Years on Council: 3 Greg DiBiase NA End of term 1: AGM 2021 Years on Council: 2¹ Michele Neylon EU End of term 2: AGM 2020 Years on Council:4	Commercial Stakeholder Group {6} Business Intellectual Property Internet Service Providers Commercial and Business Users Marie Pattullo EU End of term 1: AGM 2021 Years on Council: 3² Scott McCormick NA End of term 1: AGM 2020 Years on Council: 2 Intellectual Property Interests John McElwaine NA End of term 1: AGM 2021 Years on Council: 1 Flip Petillion EU End of term 1: AGM 2020 Years on Council: 2 Internet Service and Connection Providers Philippe Fouquart EU End of term 1: AGM 2020 Years on Council: 3³ Osvaldo Novoa LAC End of term 1: AGM 2021 Years on Council; 3⁴	Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group {6} Non-Commercial Users Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency Rafik Dammak AAPAC End of term 2: AGM 2020 Years on Council: 4 Elsa Saade NA End of Term 1: AGM 2020 Years on Council: 2 Tatiana Tropina EU End of term 2: AGM 2021 Years on Council: 3 Juan Manuel Rojas LAC End of term 1 AGM 2020 Years on Council: 1⁵ Farell Folly AF End of term 1: AGM 2021 Years on Council: 1 James Gannon EU End of term 1: AGM 2020 Years on Council: 1⁶
GNSO Council NomCom Appointees
Tom Dale NCA CPH- AP (AGM 2021)	Erika Mann NCA, non-voting – EU (AGM 2020)*		Carlton Samuels NCA NCPH – LAC (AGM 2021)

GNSO Council Liaisons/Observers
Maarten Simon ccNSO liaison – EU **	Julf Helsingius GNSO Liaison to the GAC – EU**		Cheryl Langdon-Orr ALAC Liaison – AAPAC **

¹ Completed Darcy Southwell's term

² Completed Philip Corwin's term

³ Completed Wolf-Ulrich Knoben's term

⁴ Completed Tony Harris' term

⁵ Completed Martin Valent's term

⁶ Completed Farzaneh Badii's term

Legend

{} Voting

[] Non-Voting

* Non-Voting Liaison – Counted as a Member

** Observer – Not Counted as a Member

*** The GNSO Council Chair is elected for a one year term

AGM = Annual General Meeting

Regions

AF = Africa
NA = North America
EU = Europe
LAC = Latin America/Caribbean
AAPAC = Asia/Australia/Pacific

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