Denise Michel named Vice President in charge of ICANN's policy development.
Prior to becoming VP, Denise Michel contributed to ICANN for over five years as a consultant and as Executive Director, At-Large.
As VP, Michel will promote the development and assessment of policy to coordinate the management of the technical elements of the Domain Name System, managing support for ICANN stakeholders' policy-related efforts, and encouraging diverse and international participation in ICANN's policy process.
She will be based in Brussels.
Before her work with ICANN, Michel founded and led a successful technology company that provided Internet-based merchandising and operational inventory systems, which she sold in 2000.
Prior to starting this company, she was appointed by U.S. President Clinton as the Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. During her tenure there she had broad responsibilities for creating and implementing that country's first comprehensive Internet initiative.
Prior to her administration service, she built a technology policy division for an alliance of 3000+ U.S. high-tech companies, managed policy and communications for a variety of international initiatives at the National Science Foundation, and was responsible for numerous policy projects while working in the U.S. Senate.