Subject: ISOC CEO Search

From: IETF Chair <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 18:04:10 +0200

This announcement is of interest to the IETF community. If you have candidates or other feedback in mind, please work with Eva or Odgers Berndtson.

Jari Arkko
IETF Chair

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> From: Eva Frölich <[email-masked]>
> Subject: ISOC CEO Search
> Date: July 8, 2013 5:01:26 PM GMT+02:00
> To: [email-masked]
> Reply-To: [email-masked]
> 
> Dear Jari,
> The Internet Society Board of Trustees has retained the Executive Search firm of Odgers Berndtson to help us identify qualified candidates for the Internet Society's President &       CEO position. As announced earlier this year, Lynn St.Amour plans to step down as President & CEO in February 2014 at the conclusion of her contract.
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> Founded in 1965, Odgers Berndtson provides an extensive range of high level recruitment services and has more than 53 offices worldwide. We are extremely confident that Odgers Berndtson offers the breadth of experience and resources to help us find the absolute right candidate for the Internet Society and the broader Internet community.
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> Working with Odgers Berndtson, the Board's CEO Search Committee has finalized the position description, below. The position is being announced on the homepage of the Internet Society website and in messages to all ISOC member and stakeholder email lists and appropriate Internet community lists. Additionally, in the next two weeks, Odgers Berndtson will place an advertisement in The Economist magazine and publicize the opportunity through its global network.
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> We will continue to keep you updated on a very regular basis on our recruitment plans and the ongoing search. If you have any questions or referrals for this position, please contact Odgers Berndtson: [email-masked]
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> Eva Frölich
> Chair, ISOC Board of Trustees
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> Chief Executive Officer
> The Internet Society (ISOC)
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> “The Internet is for everyone”
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> www.internetsociety.org
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> ISOC invites candidates for this exceptional role who will demonstrate top level global service in the public and/or business sector, leadership in a multi-stakeholder environment, and familiarity with civil regulatory and business issues related to the Internet.
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> ISOC's mission is to promote the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of everyone in the world. Through its 65,000 individual members and supporters, 90 Chapters, and 145+ organizational members, ISOC plays a unique global role in championing policies, promoting open standards and implementing a plethora of actions to realize its mission. ISOC is also the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Internet’s premier technical standards body.
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> With offices in Virginia (USA) and Geneva (CH) and staff around the globe, ISOC collaborates with a variety of partners from all societal and activity sectors to ensure their engagement in the continued evolution of one of the greatest tools of our time.
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> ISOC is a not-for-profit organization for whom transparency, consensus, creative thinking and inclusiveness are key, and whose policy is developed by the Board of Trustees with input from staff, members, chapters and the broader community.
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> The CEO reports to, and is a member of, the Board of Trustees.
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> The Role
> • Lead the design, agreement and implementation of actions and programmes in support of the strategic policy set with the Board of Trustees and Community
> • Provide inspired leadership and motivation to staff, members, and ISOC partners around the world
> • Ensure effective long-term financial and organizational stewardship of ISOC, upholding its unique mission and reputation
> • Deliver a significant personal impact as ISOC's primary representative in the Internet space and beyond
> • Be unswerving in driving for the open development and use of the Internet, by and for all
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> The Candidate
> • Track record of excellence in global leadership and coaching within major organizations, at the intersection of public and private interests, with strong relevance to the Internet
> • Familiarity and comfort with a multi-stakeholder universe, where consensus prevails over hierarchy
> • Enthusiasm for and commitment to ISOC’s mission and operating values
> • An outstanding communicator and advocate, who engenders trust and who shows integrity and courage
> • Strategic and integrative thinker, open to innovation, who sees the big and the small picture, and is streetwise and politically astute
> • Genuinely multicultural, connects effectively with different cultures, value systems and business models
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> ISOC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, age or other protected characteristics and complies with all applicable laws and regulations. 
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> For further information and to apply, please contact: 
> Bernard Tobin, Partner, at [email-masked].
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> Eva Frölich
> Frobbit AB
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> Mail: [email-masked]
> www.frobbit.se
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