Departure of Alexa Raad from PIR

[Kathy Kleiman]

* <http://www.pir.org/>*

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

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.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 
<http://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.



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