After four years in service, the eco Names & Numbers Steering Committee has now undergone the second change in its composition. Following on from the ICANN72 Virtual Annual General Meeting, the group now warmly welcomes five new incoming members:
- Elizabeth Bacon, Senior Director, Policy and Privacy, Public Interest Registry
- Samantha Demetriou, Senior Director – Policy, Verisign
- Kelly Hardy, Head of Registry Policy, CentralNic
- Gretchen Olive, Director of Policy and Global Domain Name Services, CSC
- Kristian Ørmen, Domain Specialist, one.com
The committee brings together 16 representatives from all areas of the domain industry. Together, these members represent the sector on a global level. The members include, for example, experts from Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs), traditional and new Generic Top-Level Domains (legacy and new gTLDs), as well as registrars, technical service providers, and consultants.
The eco Names & Numbers Forum working group established the steering committee in early 2017 to represent the interests of the domain industry within the eco Association. The members not only advise and steer the working group, but they also provide regular stimulus and feedback on current association work. They meet in person regularly in conjunction with ICANN meetings and, in between times, avail of telephone conferences to stay in cross-border and transcontinental contact.
The members of the reconstituted committee are:
- Elizabeth Bacon, Senior Director, Policy and Privacy, Public Interest Registry (PIR)
- Jasmine Begg, EMEA Business Development Manager, GoDaddy Registry
- Samantha Demetriou, Senior Director – Policy, Verisign
- Oliver Elste, CEO, Smart-NIC GmbH
- Kelly Hardy, Head of Registry Policy, CentralNic
- Dirk Krischenowski, CEO, dotBERLIN
- Martin Küchenthal, Founder / CEO, LEMARIT
- Reg Levy, Director of Compliance, Tucows
- Michele Neylon, CEO, Blacknight Internet Solutions
- Katrin Ohlmer, CEO, DOTZON
- Gretchen Olive, Director of Policy and Global Domain Name Services, CSC
- Kristian Ørmen, Domain Specialist, one.com
- Ulrich Retzlaff, Domain Name Expert & Partner Manager, IONOS
- Giovanni Seppia, External Relations Manager, EURid
- Richard Wein, CEO, nic.at
- Alan Woods, Senior Compliance & Policy Manager, Donuts
“eco’s members in the domain industry are offering a wide range of products and services. We are proud that this diversity is reflected in the composition of the steering committee. We would like to thank outgoing members and welcome new additions to this group, with this helping eco to optimally understand the wishes and requirements of its members around the globe and to precisely meet those needs,” says Attorney Thomas Rickert, Director Names and Numbers in eco – Association of the Internet Industry.
The eco Association would like to thank the respective outgoing members for their support and commitment throughout the last years: Gavin Brown, Paul Diaz, Jonathan Robinson, Michael Salazar, and Tobias Sattler.
Further information on the eco Names & Numbers Steering Committee is available here.
