[ALAC-Announce] Internet Governance Expert to Advise ICANN on Global Strategy

[At-Large Staff]

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> August 28, 2013
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> Internet Governance Expert to Advise ICANN on Global Strategy
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> Los Angeles, CaliforniaŠ Theresa Swinehart, a leading expert on international
> Internet governance and policy and a major force in ICANN¹s historical
> evolution, has been named Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy.
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> Most recently, Swinehart served as the Executive Director of Global Internet
> Policy for Verizon Communications, where she specialized in emerging issues
> and stakeholder and policy leader engagement.
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> ³As ICANN expands its global presence, it is critical that we bring on board
> someone who is capable of uniting the international community in pursuit of
> strategic matters.² said Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO. ³Theresa played an
> important role in ICANN's history and her institutional knowledge of the past
> will serve us well as we look to the future.²
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> Swinehart previously served as ICANN¹s Vice President of Global and Strategic
> Partnerships, leading an international team dedicated to expanding the
> organization¹s outreach around the world.  She was instrumental in the
> development of ICANN, and represented the organization¹s global presence in
> front of a wide and ranging audience, from technical organizations to the
> business community and beyond.
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> In her new role Swinehart will oversee a strategy team that has overarching
> responsibility for a range of strategic initiatives including ICANN¹s recently
> announced Strategy Panels
> <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15jul13-en.htm> , and
> the organization¹s five-year strategic plan.
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> ³As global Internet usage grows, all the issues surrounding ICANN¹s strategy
> and role become all the more important,² said Swinehart. ³I'm excited about
> helping ICANN form a future vision consistent with its mission and the needs
> of the global community.²
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> Swinehart assumes her new position on September 16.
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> She obtained her law degree from American University¹s Washington College of
> Law. Swinehart also holds a postgraduate degree in International Studies from
> the University of Vienna and a bachelor¹s degree in International Relations
> from the University of California, Davis.
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> To download a high-resolution photo of Theresa Swinehart, go here:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/9613166180.
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> MEDIA CONTACTS:      Brad White
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> ICANN Director of Global Media Affairs
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> Washington, D.C.
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> Tel. +1 (202) 570 7118
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> brad.white at icann.org
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> Andrew Robertson
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> Edelman Public Relations
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> London, U.K.
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> Tel. +44 (7811) 341 945
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> andrew.robertson at edelman.com
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> James Cole
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> ICANN Global Media Coordinator
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> Washington, D.C.
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> Tel. +1 (202) 570 7139
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> james.cole at icann.org
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> About ICANN: ICANN¹s mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global
> Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address
> into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so
> computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique
> identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one
> global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit
> public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated
> to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes
> competition and develops policy on the Internet¹s unique identifiers. ICANN
> doesn¹t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn¹t
> deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the
> Internet¹s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion
> and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit:
> www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org> .
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