[council] New Policy Staff

["Denise Michel" <denise.michel@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am pleased to announce that Margie Milam is joining ICANN's Policy
Department as a Senior Policy Counselor.  Starting in late January, she will
be working on key policy initiatives and helping to support the GNSO
community's policy development efforts.

Prior to joining ICANN, she served as the Vice President and General Counsel
of MarkMonitor Inc., an ICANN accredited registrar providing domain name
management and other services to multi-national corporations.  A key member
of MarkMonitor's executive team, Margie participated in its all of its
strategic initiatives, and assisted in the development of its services.
Margie spearheaded Markmonitor's policy and regulatory initiatives,
including its outreach efforts to educate the business community on Internet
developments such as cyber crime, counterfeits, consumer identity theft, and
cyber squatting.

Previous to her work with MarkMonitor, Margie was a partner in the Los
Angeles office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman LLP, in the corporate and
intellectual property departments, where she represented international
clients in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, venture capital financing,
strategic alliances, and product distribution. Margie earned her J.D. from
the University of Southern California and a B.A. in Business and Economics
from the University of California in Los Angeles.

Margie resides in Idaho and also will be working out of ICANN's Marina del
Rey office.  She reports to the VP for Policy, Denise Michel.  After 20
January 2009, Margie can be reached at
<policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx<Margie.milam@xxxxxxxxx>
>.

Regards,
Denise


Denise Michel
ICANN VP, Policy
policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx <denise.michel@xxxxxxxxx>