[council] Nominating Committee Announces New Board Members and Supporting Organisation Roles

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Nominating Committee Announces New Board Members and Supporting 
Organisation Roles

ICANN BOARD

Harald Alvestrand  (Norway - Europe)
Dennis Jennings  (Ireland/UK - Europe)
Jean-Jacques Subrenat  (France - Europe)

Term: Conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2007 until conclusion of 
ICANN Annual Meeting for 2010

ccNSO COUNCIL

Nashwa Abdel-Baki  (Egypt - Africa)

Term: Conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2007 until conclusion of 
ICANN Annual Meeting for 2010

GNSO COUNCIL

Olga Cavalli  (Argentina - Latin America and the Caribbean)
Avri Doria   (USA - North America)

Term: Conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2007 until conclusion of 
ICANN Annual Meeting for 2009

INTERIM AT LARGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Hue Nguyen  (Vietnam - Asia)
Vanda Scartezini (Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean)
Fatimata Sylla  (Senegal - Africa)

Term: Conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2007 until conclusion of 
ICANN Annual Meeting for 2009


GNSO Council

Avri Doria (USA, North America)

Avri Doria is an adjunct professor at Lule University of Technology 
(LTU) in Sweden. She also works part time as a consultant to the IGF 
Secretariat at the UN, as an independent consultant and as an associate 
with Interisle consulting.

Ms. Doria, has been an Internet technologist involved in the development 
of Internet protocols and architectures for over 25 years, an active 
participant in the IETF, past chair of the IRTF Routing Research group, 
and Senior Fellow and past Technical Committee Chair of the Multi 
Service Forum She has also been active in Internet Governance for the 
past 5 years, is currently chair of the ICANN GNSO council, was an 
active particpant in WSIS and post WSIS civil society, is a past chair 
of the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus and was a member of the 
Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) . Ms Doria is a also a 
member of the APC Women's Networking Support Program.

Her current projects include research into methods of bringing the 
Internet into areas that are communication challenged and is working 
with the semi-nomadic Sámi population of Sapmi (aka Lapland) to develop 
an ICT infrastructure for the UNESCO heritage region of Laponia. Another 
current project innvolves creating a graduate curriculum in Internet 
Governance at LTU. Ms. Doria has one MA from the University of Chicago 
in Philosophy and one from Rhode Island College in Counseling Psychology 
and is allegedly trying to complete a trans disciplinary PhD 
dissertation at Blekinge University of Technology in Sweden on the 
nature of the relationship between technology and governance.

Olga Cavalli (Argentina, Latin America & Caribbean)

Olga Cavalli is a ICT and Internet specialist with large experience in 
project management, market research, competitive analysis, public policy 
and regulations. This experience has been developed in a 
multistakeholder environment.

Ms. Cavalli is a professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires, at the 
Instituto Tecnológico Buenos Aires and at the Diplomacy Career of the 
Ministry of Foreing Affairs of Argentina. In these institutions she 
teaches subjects related with technology and public policy. She is also 
an invited teacher and speaker to several other institutions from 
Argentina and other countries. Ms. Cavalli is a member of the Advisory 
Group for the Internet Governance Forum.

As an advisor of the Ministry of Foreing Affairs of Argentina, she has 
represented Argentina in the WSIS Second Phase held in Tunis, also in 
the GAC of ICANN (Governmental Advisor Committee). She is also involved 
in activities in the ccNSO of ICANN and in LAC TLD. Ms. Cavalli is the 
argentine focal point for the eLAC 2007 Regional Information Society 
Plan of Action, she is the coordinator of the Internet Governance Group 
in eLAC 2007 and was former coordinator of the Financing eLAC 207 
working group. She has also been responsible for evaluating the 
argentine export offer in technology and for advising the Ministry in 
technology trends and public policy related with technology.

She has published papers and articles in many magazines and newspapers 
from Argentina and South America, about Internet, telecommunications and 
IT regulations and market. In the private sector she has worked as a 
consultant for many companies and non governmental organizations from 
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, USA, Canada and Germany.

Graduated as Electronic and Electric Engineer at Universidad de Mendoza, 
she has completed her background with and MBA at the Universidad del 
CEMA and a Masters Degree in Telecommunication Regulation at Universidad 
de Buenos Aires. Today she is a PHD Candidate at the PHD in Business 
Administration program at the Universidad del CEMA.

She is fluent in English, German and Portuguese, and she can read and 
understand Italian and French. She is a member of the Argentine Chapter 
of Internet Society (ISOC) and she is a Certified Engineer at the 
Consejo de Profesionales de Ingeniería Electrónica of Argentina, 
COPITEC. She is the mother of Juana (12) and Federico (18).
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