[council] New Policy Staff

["Denise Michel" <denise.michel@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am pleased to announce that Margie Milam is joining ICANN's Policy Department as a Senior Policy Counselor.  Starting in late January, she will be working on key policy initiatives and helping to support the GNSO community's policy development efforts.



Prior to joining ICANN, she served as the Vice President and General
Counsel of MarkMonitor Inc., an ICANN accredited registrar providing domain name management and other services to multi-national corporations.  A key
member of MarkMonitor's executive team, Margie participated in its all
of its strategic initiatives, and assisted in the development of its
services.   Margie spearheaded Markmonitor's policy and regulatory
initiatives, including its outreach efforts to educate the business
community on Internet developments such as cyber crime, counterfeits,
consumer identity theft, and cyber squatting. 

Previous to her work with MarkMonitor, Margie was a partner in the Los
Angeles office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman LLP, in the corporate
and intellectual property departments, where she represented
international clients in the areas of mergers & acquisitions,
venture capital financing, strategic alliances, and product
distribution. Margie earned her J.D. from the University of Southern
California and a B.A. in Business and Economics from the University of
California in Los Angeles.      

Margie resides in Idaho and also will be working out of ICANN's Marina
del Rey office.  She reports to the VP for Policy, Denise Michel. 
After 20 January 2009, Margie can be reached at <policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx>.

Regards,
Denise


Denise Michel
ICANN VP, Policy 
policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx