Elaine Pruis

Experience

1. Vice Chair, Customer Standing Committee Universal Acceptance Ambassador Delegate

   ICANN

   Jan 2005 — Present

   2003-present, Delegate Elaine actively participates in ICANN policy making. She has an excellent understanding of the unique ICANN consensus building environment, and regularly interacts with other lead policy makers. 2016-present, CSC As one of four members of the Customer Standing Committee, Elaine provides operational oversight of the IANA function. The main operative tasks are to review the IANA function against SLEs, address any breaches or indicators of poor performance, take remedial actions when suitable, escalate to the relevant parties when necessary, discuss opportunities for improvement as technology evolves, provide reports and updates to the appropriate ICANN SOs and ACs, and have an annual consultation with IANA operators to discuss performance. Elaine is also an active member of the CSC Charter Review team. 2018-present, UASG Ambassador Universal Acceptance Ambassador \"Universal Acceptance is the concept that all domain names should be treated equally. Domain names and e-mail addresses should be Accepted, Stored, Processed and Displayed in a consistent and effective manner.\" As an ambassador, Elaine evangelizes the UA message publicly and privately to her peers in the IT world.

Education

• Central Washington University

  International Business

• Michigan Technological University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Science, Technology & Society