Director of Government and Industry Affairs at GoDaddy
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Ashley Heineman has been a leader in technical and public policy associated with the Domain Name System for over 15 years.
She is the Director of Global Policy at GoDaddy where she focuses on matters pertaining to the global DNS and registrar operations.
Prior to GoDaddy, Heineman worked at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) at the US Department of Commerce where she was the program lead for DNSSEC development and implementation at the DNS Root and the IANA Stewardship Transition.
Heineman is currently Chair of the ICANN Registrar Stakeholder Group and she served as the US government representative on ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee from 2016 to 2019.
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As Chairs of ICANN's Registries and Registrar Stakeholder Groups, we are proud to announce that we have initiated a new practice for the Contracted Parties Summits: the publication of our Contracted Parties Summit Statement. As you may (or may not) know, Contracted Parties get together periodically to interact and work together on issues that we care about, and which impact our businesses as registries and registrars. more
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