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[Greg Shatan]

Elise Gerich is leaving ICANN/PTI/IANA.


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Date: Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 12:25 PM
Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Elise Gerich to Leave ICANN After Seven Years of
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https://www.icann.org/news/blog/elise-gerich-to-leave-
icann-after-seven-years-of-service



*Elise Gerich to Leave ICANN After Seven Years of Service*

I want to let you know that Elise Gerich has decided to step down from her
role at ICANN as Vice President, IANA Services and President, Public
Technical Identifiers (PTI) in October 2017.

Until she leaves, Gerich will continue to oversee the IANA department and
PTI, and has committed to working with ICANN and our various community
partners and their leadership teams to ensure an efficient and seamless
transition of duties. Gerich, Göran Marby, ICANN’s President and CEO, and I
are all fully committed to ensuring that the IANA functions continue to
operate smoothly and in service of our community.

Gerich has been with ICANN since May 2010, serving as VP, IANA Services,
before assuming the additional role of President, PTI, in October 2016.
During her tenure at ICANN, she has overseen several important
organizational milestones: receiving the EFQM Commitment to Excellence
recognition in 2013
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/iana-technical-operations-department-recognized-for-commitment-to-excellence>,
the allocation of the last blocks of unallocated IPv4 IP addresses to the
Regional Internet Registries, the launching of the Root Zone Management
System (RZMS), which provided a more automated system for handling root
zone requests, and, of course, managing the IANA functions during the
transition of the stewardship of the IANA functions contract. These are
just a few of the many achievements related to IANA under Gerich’s guidance
and direction. During her remaining time, she will be leading the IANA
functions through another major milestone, with the rollover of the root
zone Key Signing Key (KSK) scheduled to occur on 11 October 2017.

I know that Elise did not come to this decision lightly, but I also know
that she has great confidence in her team’s continuing ability to perform
the IANA functions seamlessly under a new team leader. While we will miss
her greatly, she is leaving behind a well-established and high performing
organization for which we are very grateful.

When I asked her about her time at ICANN, she said, “My decision to leave
was a difficult one, but this seems like a good time for a hand-off, as the
new affiliate PTI is established and stable. And in October, we will have
achieved a major milestone with the rollover of the root zone Key Signing
Key (KSK).” She added that, “It has been a privilege to work for ICANN and
I specifically want to commend my team for their constant commitment to
excellence and dedication to serving the community.”

I am grateful to Elise for her partnership and contributions over the last
seven years and for helping with a smooth handover. I hope you will also
join me in thanking her for her dedication and service too!

We will be posting a job description shortly and will conduct an open
search for her replacement.

In the meantime, I want to reiterate that we are committed to continuing
the high performing service of the IANA functions that everyone has come to
expect during this transition and beyond.







David A. Olive
Senior Vice President

Policy Development Support
Managing Director, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Direct Line: +90.212.999.6212
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