Dear All,
I wanted to share some news from .ORG The Public Interest Registry.
Alexa Raad,
our CEO, has tendered her resignation as CEO. We will miss her vision,
passion
and dedication. Our press release is below. Given our close
relationship with the NCSG-NCUC, I wanted to let you know
personally.
All the best,
Kathy
Director
of Policy
.ORG the Public Interest Registry Announced Today That Alexa Raad Has
Resigned
As President And CEO
Reston, Va — 25th August 2010 — The Board of Directors of .ORG the
Public
Interest Registry announced today that Alexa Raad, the President and
Chief
Executive Officer of PIR, has decided to resign from her positions with
the
company effective on September 24th, 2010. Her resignation concludes 3
1/2 years of service and leadership at PIR.
Under
Ms. Raad’s
leadership, PIR’s .ORG base grew by 42%, from 5.5 million to over
8.5 million registrations of .ORG domains. As a result of that
growth, .ORG now also leads the industry in terms of the numbers of
users that
retain .ORG domains after the first and subsequent years. Moreover,
during Ms. Raad's tenure, PIR pioneered efforts in internet security,
such as
PIR’s launch of DNSSEC.ORG and initiated and led industry
collaboration
efforts such as the DNSSEC Coalition and Registry Infrastructure
Security Group
(www.RISGgroup.org) to make the
domain
name space a safer and more secure place.
“I
have
been fortunate to work with an extraordinary team and lead PIR through
a period
of change to tremendous achievement. While I remain personally
committed
to .ORG and its core mission, the time has come for me to seek new
challenges
and opportunities in the private sector,” said Alexa Raad.
“We
are
grateful to Ms. Raad for all she achieved with her team over the years,
renovating and growing the company from a young start-up to leading in
the
industry. She was the right candidate to provide a positive and
focused
leadership, which served PIR well. We wish her well in her future
endeavors,” said Maarten Botterman, Chairman of the Board.
The
Board has initiated a search committee
for the next CEO. In the meanwhile, Mr. Botterman will step in as
Interim CEO
following Ms. Raad's departure.
About
Interim CEO
Maarten Botterman is an expert in Information Society policy issues
with extensive
international experience, with emphasis on the impact of technology on
society
and governance issues, and global information security and privacy
issues. He
has been on the PIR Board since January 1, 2008 and is actively
involved in
Internet governance development. He is founder of GNKS Consult, and has
an
advanced degree in Business Economics.