In advance of an official notice, I wish to let you know that our
competitive search to fill the Senior Policy Director position has been
completed. Mary Wong will be joining the policy team on 1 July
2013. She will be working under the direction of Marika in support
of the policy work of the GNSO Council and SG/C groups.
As many of you know, Mary served as Professor
of Law, Faculty Chair for Global Intellectual Property Partnerships and
Chair of Graduate Intellectual Property Programs, University of
New Hampshire School of Law.
She has been active within ICANN for many years as elected
representative to the GNSO Council for the Non-Commercial Stakeholder
Group (NCSG); active in various GNSO working
groups and drafting teams; Chair of the NCSG Policy Council; and member of the 2009 Implementation Recommendations Team
(IRT) at ICANN.
A formal announcement to ICANN staff will
be coming shortly.