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Executive Committee (Excom)

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The Executive committee is made up of 4 officers who manage the Registrar Stakeholder Group (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer). The Executive Committee officers are selected from existing members, who are nominated and seconded by other members, and then a ballot taken where the successful candidate is selected by majority vote. The term for an Excom officer runs from from June 1st until May 31st and their duties are specified in the Bylaws.

Graham Chynoweth Executive Committee - Chair Graham is Vice President of Business Operations & General Counsel at Dynamic Network Services, Inc., and has been the Registrar Stakeholder Group Chair since November 22nd, 2011. The chair, in consultation with the executive committee and members, organizes the work of the Stakeholder Group and conducts Registrar Stakeholder Group meetings. The chair often confers with others in the ICANN community on registrar-related policy and business issues, and is the primary point of contact between the Registrar Stakeholder Group and ICANN staff.

	Matt Serlin Executive Committee - Vice-Chair/CTO Matt is Director of Operations and Product Management at MarkMonitor, Inc. Matt was elected Vice-Chairman and CTO of the Registrar Stakeholder Group in November 22nd, 2011, after having served two terms as secretary since June 1st 2009. The Vice-Chairman assumes leadership of the Registrar Stakeholder Group in the absence of the Chairman and monitors and reports on technical issues related to the domain name system. Serlin reports on activities of interest and importance to the Registrar Stakeholder Group.

Jeff Eckhaus Executive Committee - Treasurer Jeff Eckhaus is General Manager of eNom and SVP of Demand Media, and he has held the position of Registrar Stakeholder Group Treasurer since November 2008. Among other tasks, the treasurer is expected to manage Stakeholder Group bookkeeping and accounting; Report on the Stakeholder Group budget monthly; Make recommendations for and prepare an annual Stakeholder Group budget; Act as liaison with ICANN and Names Council budget staff and the Budget Committee; And collect dues and fees.

	Volker Greimann Executive Committee - Secretary Volker is General Counsel at Key-Systems GmbH, and has been the Registrar Stakeholder Group Secretary since December 28th 2011. The Secretary assists the Chair in conducting Stakeholder Group business. The Secretary's duties include recording proceedings of the Executive Committee and the full Stakeholder Group, managing the group's e-mail listservs, organizing Stakeholder Group meetings at ICANN events and conducting votes and elections.

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ICANN Representatives

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The Registrar Stakeholder Group elects 3 GNSO representatives and 1 Nominating Committee member.

The GNSO is ICANN's policy-making body for generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). It has a bicameral structure, with one house for those parties that have a direct contracted with ICANN and the other house for those that do not. The Registrar Stakeholder Group is one of two in the Contracted Parties House. There are also two Stakeholder Groups in the Non Contracted Parties House. The Registrar Stakeholder Group has 3 seats on the GNSO Council, which are filled by a representative from one of the 3 geographic regions: Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. These representatives are elected to represent the Registrar Stakeholder Group on the GNSO Council. Learn more about the GNSO HERE

The Nominating Committee (NomCom) member is responsible for selecting individuals to serve in key leadership positions within the ICANN structure. Although the Registrar Consituency elects a member of the Nominating Committee, that member is not actually a representative of the Stakeholder Group. Learn more about the NomCom HERE.

	Mason Cole GNSO Representative - North America Mason is principal of 5x5 Communications, a public relations and policy consulting firm in the United States. He was elected as the registrars' North American representative to the GNSO Council in October 2011, and his term expires at the end of the annual meeting in 2013. Mason served as Chair of the RrSG from June 2009 until his election to the GNSO Council.

Yoav Keren GNSO Representative - Asia Pacific Yoav is CEO of Domain The Net Technologies Ltd. and is an elected representative by the Registrar Stakeholder Group to the GNSO Council. Yoav was elected as the registrars' North American representative to the GNSO Council in October 2011, and his term expires at the end of the annual meeting in 2013.

	Stéphane Van Gelder GNSO Representative - Europe Stéphane is the General Manager of INDOM. He was elected to the post of Treasurer but stepped down at the end of 2008 to run for GNSO Councillor for the European region. He was elected to this position in November 2008 and his term will expire at the end of the ICANN annual meeting in 2011. Stéphane is currently serving as Chair of the GNSO Council.

Krista Papac Nominating Committee Member Krista is Chief Strategy Officer of AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd, and was elected by the Registrar Stakeholder Group in October 2011 to serve on the ICANN Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee members are responsible for selecting most of the ICANN board of directors as well as the independent members of the ALAC, the ccNSO Council and GNSO Council.

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Supporting Staff

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In addition to the Executive Committee and ICANN Representatives, the Registrar Stakeholder Group have several individuals who help in various regards as described below.

	Cristin Donahue Registrar Stakeholder Group Secretariat Cristin Donahue is administrative assistant with John B. Berryhill, LLC. She has been engaged by the Registrar Stakeholder Group since 2006. As Secretariat for the RrSG, Cristin assists the Excom with administrative tasks such as maintaining detailed records of registrar contact and payment information; providing transaction records and reports to the Treasurer; keeping email addresses up to date for the mailing lists; and attendance assistance at ICANN registrar meetings. She is available to assist registrars with RrSG membership payments and directing registrar inquiries about the RrSG to the appropriate Excom officer.

Paul Goldstone Registrar Stakeholder Group Website Administrator Paul is President and CEO of DomainIt, Inc, iGoldrush, and Website Administrator for the Registrar Stakeholder Group. As website administrator for the RrSG, Paul acts as technical contact and manages DNS for the Registrar Stakeholder Group domain names, designs and hosts the website, and takes care of required maintenance and updates.