The Domains & Jurisdiction Program Contact Group engages a selected set of senior-level global key actors from governments, internet companies, technical operators, civil society, leading universities, and international organizations.
The Contact Group is tasked to enhance policy coherence and develop solutions for legal interoperability concerning cross-border DNS-level action to address abuses through the joint development of Norms, Criteria, Mechanisms.
The work is facilitated by the Secretariat of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network and guided by a neutral Coordinator and Working Group Facilitators, appointed by the Secretariat for their outstanding expertise and standing in the community. They serve in their personal capacity.
Meet the Members of the 2023/2024 Domains & Jurisdiction Program Contact Group.
Coordinator
Members
Benedict Addis
Chair
Registrar of Last Resort (RoLR)
Fiona Alexander
Distinguished Policy Strategist in Residence
American University
Jeffrey Bedser
Chief Executive Officer
Clean DNS
Tijani Ben Jemaa
Executive Director
Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (MFIA)
Pierre Bonis
Chief Executive Officer
AFNIC
Alternate
Lucien Castex
Representative for Public Affairs and Partnership Development
AFNIC
Graeme Bunton
Director
DNS Abuse Institute
Alternate
Rowena Schoo
Director of Programs and Policy
DNS Abuse Institute
Jordan Carter
Internet Governance & Policy Director
.au Domain Administration Limited (auDA)
Alternate
Sabina Fernando
Adviser, Internet Governance and Policy
.au Domain Administration Limited (auDA)
Susan Chalmers
Internet Policy Analyst
National Telecommunications and Information Administration United States, Department of Commerce
Matthew Crossman
Senior Corporate Counsel
Amazon Web Services
Rocío De La Fuente
Policy Officer
LACTLD
Keith Drazek
Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations
VeriSign
Heather Dryden
Senior Advisor
Canada, Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Alternate
Jeremiah de Sousa
Policy Analyst
Canada, Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Isobel Egerton
Domain Name Policy Lead
InternetNZ
Jothan Frakes
Executive Director
Domain Name Association (DNA)
Grace Githaiga
Associate
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET)
Hartmut Glaser
Executive Secretary
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br)
Alternate
Vinicius Santos
Technical Advisor
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br)
Ashley Heineman
Director, Global Policy
Go Daddy
Nigel Hickson
Senior Adviser on Data Protection
UK, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Byron Holland
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Internet Registry Authority (CIRA)
Alternate
Allan MacGillivray
Senior Policy Advisor to the President
Canadian Internet Registry Authority (CIRA)
Manal Ismail
Executive Director, International Technical Coordination
Egypt, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Peter Koch
Senior Policy Advisor
DENIC
Maciej Korczynski
Associate Professor
Grenoble Alps University, Grenoble Computer Science Laboratory
Joanna Kulesza
Co-Chair
ICANN At-Large Community
Alternate
Cheryl Langdon-Orr
Vice-Chair
ICANN At-Large Community
Reg Levy
Head of Compliance
Tucows
Prudence Malinki
Global Relationship Manager
MarkMonitor
Michele Neylon
Chief Executive Officer
Blacknight Internet Solutions
Crystal Ondo
Policy & Compliance Manager
Google Domains & Registry
Cole Quinn
Principal Technical Program Manager
Corporate Domains Services, Microsoft
Rod Ramussen
Principal
R2 Cyber
Thomas Rickert
Director Names & Numbers
eco
Alternate
Lars Steffen
Director
eco
Owen Smigelski
Head of ICANN Compliance & Relations
Namecheap
Tim Smith
Executive Director / General Manager
Canadian International Pharmacy Association
Alternate
Ron Andruff
President
ONR Consulting
Alissa Starzak
Vice President, Global Head of Public Policy
Cloudflare
Hilde Thunem
Chief Executive Officer
Norid
Geo Van Langenhove
Legal Manager and Data Protection Officer
European Registry of Internet Domain Names (EURid)
Alternate
Julie Michel
Legal Counsel
EURid
Peter Van Roste
General Manager
Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR)
Alternate
Polina Malaja
Policy Advisor
Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR)
Alan Woods
Director, Compliance & Policy
Identity Digital
Meet past Members of the Domains & Jurisdiction Program Contact Group
2021/2022 Domains & Jurisdiction Program Contact Group
2019/2020 Domains & Jurisdiction Program Contact Group
2018/2019 Domains & Jurisdiction Program Contact Group
2017 Domains & Jurisdiction Program Contact Group
