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Public
Interest Registry
(PIR), the nonprofit operator of the
.org domain, today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously selected
Jonathon Nevett as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective December 17, 2018.
The PIR announcement said Nevett,
who has a wealth of experience and
expertise in the domain name industry,
"will guide the growth of the .org domain while advancing the organization’s advocacy efforts in support of collaboration, safety and security on the internet."
Nevett co-founded the world's
largest operator of new gTLD
registries, Donuts
Inc., in 2010 and helped
to raise in excess of $150
million to form an administrator
of more than 240 top-level domains.
He served as Donuts' Executive Vice
President for corporate affairs and
on its Board of Directors. Nevett is
also a founding board member of the Domain
Name Association, a
widely supported industry trade
association. Previously, Nevett
served as senior vice president at Network
Solutions, where he was
responsible for policy, government
affairs, registry relations, and the
corporate ethics office. He
also served as chair of the board of
NameJet and Central
Registry Solutions.
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Jonathan
Nevett
New
President & CEO
Public Interest Registry (PIR)
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Lise
Fuhr, chair of the Public
Interest Registry Board of Directors,
said “Jon’s combination of
industry expertise, commercial
experience, ethical values and
commitment to our nonprofit mission
means we will continue our
leadership as an exemplary registry.
I would also like to thank fellow
board member Jay Daley for
acting as our interim CEO and laying
the foundation for an enhanced and
refocused strategy that ensures the
resilience of .org and its
continuing place as the go-to domain
for mission-driven organizations and
individuals.”
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"Nevett
will bring his proven
track-record of leadership
to Public Interest Registry
and reaffirm its continued
ambition to be an exemplary
registry. He will spearhead
the organization’s
strategy to expand the
reach of the .org domain,
strengthen security and
resiliency, and advance
outreach and education to
the millions of
forward-looking
organizations and
individuals that rely on
Public Interest Registry’s
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Nevett
said, “Over the course of my
career in the domain industry, I
have admired Public Interest
Registry and its dynamic team. I’m
incredibly humbled to be part of it.
PIR has a long history of ensuring
all who are committed to the public
interest have a voice online. I look
forward to working with the growing
PIR team and wider domain industry
to continue advancing that
mission.”
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(Posted
December 5, 2018) |
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