06/28/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/28/2024 08:15
As part of our ongoing efforts to acknowledge and celebrate the vital contributions made by our ICANN community volunteers, the ICANN Board of Directors hosted the inaugural ICANN Working Group Chairs Recognition Reception during the ICANN80 Policy Forum on Tuesday, 11 June 2024. At the event, we recognized the dedication, leadership, and tireless efforts of the 19 chairs of the current ICANN working groups that were chartered to develop policy or advice.
Leading a working group demands a considerable amount of time, energy, and patience. From managing complex project timelines to fostering trust and collaboration among a diverse group of stakeholders, the role of a working group chair is both challenging and crucial to the success of our multistakeholder model.
On behalf of the ICANN Board, I thank the ICANN working group chairs for their hard work and commitment to ICANN's mission. Their dedication and ability to navigate the complexities of policy and advice development are truly commendable.
Please join me in congratulating our working group chairs:
The strength of ICANN lies in our collective knowledge and diversity of experiences. By working together, we can overcome challenges and help ensure a secure, stable, and interoperable Internet for all.
Tripti Sinha is Assistant Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at the University of Maryland (UMD) in the Division of Information Technology. She leads Advanced Cyber Infrastructure and Internet Global Services (ACIGS) and the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX). She has over three decades of progressive experience in Internet and Cyber-Infrastructure technologies. Her wide-ranging experience includes leadership positions in engineering, operations, finance, governance, advocacy and policy. In her current role, she is the chief executive of the MAX, which operates a high-performance regional research and education (R&E) 100G network for advanced cyber-infrastructure services and research. She is also responsible for UMD's High Performance Computing service and strategy. Tripti is active internationally as the executive and operational head of UMD's global operation of DNS root services. She previously served as Co-Chair of ICANN's Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) from 2015-2018.
In the United States, she is very involved in the Internet2 community on activities related to the US national R&E Internet backbone. She is also Chair of the Board of Directors of The Quilt whose mission is to provide advocacy for research and education networking on the US national agenda. She has served on many other non-profit and private sector technology advisory boards.
Tripti has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and did graduate work in Computer Science at the University of Maryland. She was born in India and lives in the United States. As a child and young adult, she moved back-and-forth between the USA and India which gave her an appreciation for global pluralism. She is proficient in English and Hindi, and has an understanding of Punjabi, Urdu and the ancient Sanskrit language. Tripti has a keen interest in Information and Communication Technology innovation, entrepreneurship, governance and policy, and international affairs. Tripti was nominated to serve on the ICANN Board of Directors by the Nominating Committee in 2018. Her term will expire at the Annual General Meeting 2024.