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Subject: Welcome New Internet Society CEO, Kathryn C. Brown
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:08:24 -0500
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Forwarding on behalf of Bob Hinden, Chair of the Internet Society Board =
of Trustees.

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On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I am very pleased to announce that =
we have chosen Kathy Brown as the next Chief Executive Officer of the =
Internet Society.

The ISOC Board conducted a very thorough search over 10 months to find =
the best candidate to lead the Internet Society. Through our search =
process, we identified and met with talented people from around the =
globe representing leaders from our broad Internet community and across =
a large number of industries.=20

The Internet is facing many new challenges ranging from the NSA =
pervasive surveillance, how the governance of the Internet should be =
structured, and if the current open Internet model is sustainable.  The =
Board looked for a person who can lead the Internet Society to meet =
these challenges and decided that Kathy Brown is the person to do that.  =
She is a proven leader with in-depth knowledge of global Internet =
governance policy; well acquainted with the community, commercial, =
technical, government, and non-government organizations that are =
stakeholders in the debate around the future of the Internet; and a =
strong manager.  She has all of the qualities we were looking for in the =
next CEO of the Internet Society.

Kathy joins the Internet Society from global strategy firm Albright =
Stonebridge Group, where she was a senior advisor.  For more than a =
decade prior, Kathy was Senior Vice President for Policy Development and =
Corporate Responsibility at Verizon.  In that role, she helped Verizon =
identify and navigate emerging digital issues and led its global =
corporate responsibility initiatives, overseeing an investment of more =
than $60 million a year in programs and grants that helped support =
Internet development. In 2010 she partnered with ISOC to launch a highly =
successful forum on the Internet and higher education in East Africa.  =
In addition, she served on Verizon's corporate councils for the =
development of the company's online privacy and content policies and =
promoted Verizon's Human Rights Statement and Supplier Code of Conduct.

In her policy role at Verizon, she led the company's international =
public policy engagement through a period of dynamic change.  She =
represented the company in the successful adoption by the OECD of =
principles for Internet policy making and was a member of the U.S. =
delegation to the ITU World Conference on International =
Telecommunications treaty negotiations.  Kathy joined Verizon from =
Washington D.C. law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where she was a =
partner specializing in legal and regulatory communications policy.

Earlier in her career, Kathy served in U.S. President Clinton=92s =
Administration where she was deeply involved in policy development that =
was instrumental to the deployment and adoption of the global Internet.  =
She served as Head of the Office of Policy and Development at the =
National Telecommunications Information Administration and then as Chief =
of Staff to Federal Communications Commission Chairman William E. =
Kennard.  At the FCC, she managed the staff supporting Chairman =
Kennard's historic decision to keep the Internet unregulated, to fund =
the E-rate, and to increase radio spectrum availability to fuel wireless =
technology innovation. Before moving to Washington D.C., Kathy held =
senior roles for 15 years in government service in New York.

Kathy will start on January 1 and be based in the Internet Society=92s =
Reston office.

In February 2013, Internet Society CEO Lynn St. Amour announced her =
decision to step down at the end of her contract. Since joining the =
Internet Society in 1998 and at the helm since 2001, Lynn has worked =
tirelessly and passionately to establish the Internet Society as an =
internationally respected expert on Internet governance, and technical, =
development, and policy issues.  She has made ISOC what it is today.  =
The Board and I greatly appreciate all her hard work and wish her the =
very best in her future endeavors.  Lynn will continue to work with =
Kathy through the end of January to ensure a smooth transition.

The press release, Kathy Brown's bio, and related material can be found =
at:

  http://www.internetsociety.org

Thanks,

Bob Hinden
Chair of the Internet Society Board of Trustees