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Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)

The RSSAC is a group of root server operators and specialists that provides insights and advice to the ICANN Board and community about the management of the Internet’s Root Server System.

RSSAC Appointments

Learn more about the leadership and membership of the RSSAC, which advises the ICANN Board and community on matters relating to the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Root Server System.

The RSSAC includes representatives from each of the root server operators. It also has liaisons to and from various bodies within ICANN as well as from partner organizations in related fields.

Past RSSAC Leaders

Name Role Term
Jun Murai
Role: Chair
Term: January 1999 - December 2014
Chair January 1999 - December 2014
Matt Larson
Role: Vice Chair
Term: August 2006 - July 2013
Vice Chair August 2006 - July 2013
Lars-Johan Liman
Role: Co-Chair
Term: July 2013 - December 2015
Co-Chair July 2013 - December 2015
Tripti Sinha
Role: Co-Chair
Term: January 2015 - October 2018
Co-Chair January 2015 - October 2018
Brad Verd
Role: Co-Chair
Vice Chair
Term: January 2016 - October 2019
October 2019 - December 2021
Co-Chair
Vice Chair		 January 2016 - October 2019
October 2019 - December 2021
Fred Baker
Role: Co-Chair
Chair
Term: October 2018 - October 2019
October 2019 - December 2022
Co-Chair
Chair		 October 2018 - October 2019
October 2019 - December 2022

 

Liaisons

The RSSAC includes representatives from the organizations responsible for the management of the root zone and other partners in the Internet community.

Name Role
James Mitchell
Role: Liaison from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
Liaison from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
Duane Wessels
Role: Liaison Root Zone Maintainer (Verisign, Inc.)
Liaison Root Zone Maintainer (Verisign, Inc.)
Daniel Migault
Role: Liaison from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
Liaison from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
Russ Mundy
Role: Liaison from the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
Liaison from the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)

The RSSAC appoints liaisons to other groups to report on matters that need to be coordinated or communicated between them per the RSSAC Operational Procedures.

Name Role
Wes Hardaker
Role: Liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors
Liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors
Hiro Hotta
Role: Liaison to the Customer Standing Committee (CSC)
Liaison to the Customer Standing Committee (CSC)
Lars-Johan Liman
Role: Liaison to the Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC)
Liaison to the Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC)
Abdulkarim Oloyede
Role: Liaison to ICANN Nominating Committee
Liaison to ICANN Nominating Committee

Other Appointments

Upon request, the RSSAC also appoints representatives to specific review teams and other ICANN community groups or efforts.

Name Role
Gaurav Kansal
Role: Representative to the ICANN Fellowship Selection Committee
Representative to the ICANN Fellowship Selection Committee
James Kunle Olorundare
Role: Representative to the ICANN Fellowship Mentoring Committee
Representative to the ICANN Fellowship Mentoring Committee
Ali Hussain
Role: Representative to the NextGen@ICANN Selection Committee
Representative to the NextGen@ICANN Selection Committee
Naveed Bin Rais
Role: Representative to the NextGen@ICANN Mentoring Committee
Representative to the NextGen@ICANN Mentoring Committee
Erum Welling
Role: Participant on GNSO PDP on DNS Abuse Mitigation 1
Participant on GNSO PDP on DNS Abuse Mitigation 1