3. Members and mailing list

Mailing List Archives: https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/gnso-spirt@icann.org/

The SPIRT is open to all interested parties.

The initial SPIRT should, at a minimum, include

at least one participant from the original PDP WG

at least one participant from the PDP IRT

at least half of the inaugural SPIRT members shall join for an initial term of three years

subsequent members shall serve a two-year term with the option to renew for up to two additional two-year terms

Note: A member who has served three consecutive terms must remain out of office for one full term prior to serving any subsequent term as a SPIRT member. The intention is to stagger member terms to provide for continuity and knowledge retention.

A ‘Call for Volunteers’ shall be carried out once per year.

**NOTE: As of 07 November 2025, any new enrollments will be observers only until next Call for Volunteers taking place in 2026

Per the Statements of Interest (SOI) in the SPIRT Charter, all members shall disclose whether they are in any way associated with an application for a new gTLD string in the current round. This includes being an employee, consultant, outside advisor (including legal), or any other association with the applicant, a back-end operator and/or any other service provider in the new gTLD Program. Prior to applications being revealed, the member must only disclose that it is working with one or more applications; provided, however, that after all applications are revealed to the public, the member must specify which applications it is associated with.

Per the Statement of Participation (SOP) in the the SPIRT Charter, SPIRT members agree to disclose, on a regular and ongoing basis, whether they are or will be employed by, under contract with, have a financial interest in, or will provide consulting, financial, legal or other services to any new gTLD applicant, objector, or commenter.

This information will be documented in the list below and updated whenever changes occur. Also, per the SPIRT Charter, the relevant information and any updates will be disclosed at the beginning of each meeting, verbally or otherwise, as necessary.

	Name	Affiliation	SOI	Disclosure Statement	Term	Status

	Name	Affiliation	SOI	Disclosure Statement	Term	Status
1	Jeffrey Neuman (Chair)	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I have clients that intend to apply for one or more new gTLDs in the 2026 New gTLD round. In addition, I represent an entity that applied to ICANN to be an Auction provider for the Auctions of Last Resort in the new gTLD Program.	3 Years	September 2025
2	Nitin Walia	Independent	SOI	Email Disclosure- I hereby confirm that I have no commercial interests, contractual relationships, or financial benefits that could give rise to any actual or perceived conflict of interest in relation to SPIRT’s work.	3 Years	September 2025
3	Juan Manuel Rojas	NPOC	SOI	From SOI - I have no conflict on any kind to being part of SPIRT	3 years	September 2025
4	Roger Carney	RrSG	SOI	From SOI - I confirm that I have no commercial interests, contractual relationships, or financial benefits that would create a conflict of interest in relation to the SPIRT’s work.	2 years, confirmed	September 2025
5	Justine Chew	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I may participate in the ALAC’s bottom-up Application Comment & Objection process to develop an objection against one or more New gTLD applications	2. years	September 2025
6	Mike Rodenbaugh	IPC	SOI	From SOI - I am affiliated with a potential new gTLD applicant and have a financial, and/or legal interest in the New gTLD Program	3. years	September 2025
7	Elaine Pruis	RySG	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Elaine Pruis did indicate that VeriSign, her employer, may or may not become an applicant for the next round and further noted that this is not a forward-looking statement.	3 years	October 2025
8	Sasa Kovacevic	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I confirm that I have no commercial interests, contractual relationships, or financial benefits that would create a conflict of interest in relation to the SPIRT’s work.	2 years, confirmed	October 2025
9	Henry Chan	Independent	SOI	From SOI - My current employer are in discussion with different potential new gTLD applicants at Next Round for services they may offer.	3 years	October 2025
10	Selby Abraham	Independent	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Selby Abraham did not indicate that they had any financial interests, affiliations, or relationships with potential new gTLD applicants at that time.	3 years	October 2025
11	Kennedy Wabuge	Independent	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Kennedy Wabuge did not indicate that they had any financial interests, affiliations, or relationships with potential new gTLD applicants at that time.	2 years	October 2025
12	Maxim Alzoba	RySG	SOI	From SOI - I am not affiliated with any potential new gTLD applicant, do not have a financial, and/or legal interest in the New gTLD Program	3 years	October 2025
13	Anil Kumar Jain	ISPCP	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Anil Kumar Jain did not indicate that they had any financial interests, affiliations, or relationships with potential new gTLD applicants at that time.	3 years	October 2025
14	Chris Disspain	RySG	SOI	From SOI - My company, DNS Capital Ltd consults to Identity Digital INc, a gtld registry. I do not know whether Identity Digital Inc is a potential new gTLD applicant and I have no financial, and/or legal interest in the New gTLD Program	3 years	October 2025
15	Yuanmin Chen	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I confirm that I have no commercial interests, contractual relationships, or financial benefits that would create a conflict of interest in relation to the SPIRT’s work.	3 years	October 2025
16	Edmund Brahene	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I have no financial interests, affiliations, or relationships that would create a conflict of interest in my participation in the SPIRT program or any GNSO PDP/EPDP team	3 years	October 2025
17	Antonia Chu	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I confirm that I have no commercial interests, contractual relationships, or financial benefits that would create a conflict of interest in relation to the SPIRT’s work.	2 years	October 2025
18	Amina Ramallan	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I confirm that I have no commercial interests, contractual relationships, or financial benefits that would create a conflict of interest in relation to the SPIRT’s work.	2 years	October 2025
19	Fuping(Jacky) Yu	RrSG	SOI	From SOI - I am affiliated with a potential new gTLD applicant and have a financial, and/or legal interest in the New gTLD Program	2 years	October 2025
20	Sophia Feng	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I am affiliated with a potential new gTLD applicant and have a financial, and/or legal interest in the New gTLD Program.	2 years	October 2025
21	Mark Wilson	Independent	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Mark Wilson did not indicate that they had any financial interests, affiliations, or relationships with potential new gTLD applicants at that time.	3 years	October 2025
22	Jin Wang	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I am affiliated with a potential new gTLD applicant and have a financial, and/or legal interest in the New gTLD Program.	2 years	October 2025
23	Alan Greenberg	At-Large	SOI	From SOI - I have no involvement related to the application for or the use of New gTLDs.	3 years	November 2025
24	Malika Gazalieva	NCUC	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Malika Gazalieva indicated that their employer is a prospective new gTLD applicants.	2 years (confirmed)	November 2025
25	Gaurav Vedi	NomCom Appointee to GNSO Council CPH	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Gaurav Vedi did not indicate that they had any financial interests, affiliations, or relationships with potential new gTLD applicants at that time.	2 years (confirmed)	November 2025
26	Yenan Ji	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I confirm that I have no commercial interests, contractual relationships, or financial benefits that would create a conflict of interest in relation to the SPIRT’s work.	3 years	November 2025
27	Nefertiti Marquez	Independent	SOI	From SOI - I am not in any way, to my personal knowledge, associated with an application for a new gTLD string in the current round. This includes being an employee, consultant, outside advisor (including legal), or any other association with the applicant, a back-end TLD operator and/or any other service provider in the new gTLD Program.	3 Years	November 2025
28	Denise Hochbaum	Independent	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Denise Hochbaum did not indicate that they had any financial interests, affiliations, or relationships with potential new gTLD applicants at that time.	2 Years	November 2025
29	Cheryl Langdon-Orr (Vice- Chair)	At-Large	SOI	From SOI - At-Large may act in the capacity of an Objector in the new gTLD Process; if and When’ this does occur, I will note the action HERE to ensure ease of disclosure. I will not, however, whilst part of the SPIRT Leadership Team or as a Representative of the ALAC/At-Large, actively engage in such activities and processes.	2 Years	November 2025
30	Segunfunmi Olajide (Vice-Chair)	BC	SOI	Verbal disclosure on 15 January 2026 - Segunfunmi Olajide noted that they are serving as an ASP mentor to proposed or expected applicants.	3 Years	November 2025
31	Iqbal Ahmed	Independent	SOI	I confirm that I have no commercial interests, contractual relationships, or financial benefits that would create a conflict of interest in relation to the SPIRT’s work	3 Years	November 2025
32	Qiuming Shang	Independent	SOI	Disclosed in zoom chat on 15 January 2026. Qiuming Shang did not indicate that they will be involved in any applications at that time.	3 years	November 2025
33	Phil Buckingham	Independent	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Phil Buckingham indicated that they are associated with potential and prospective new gTLD applicants.	2 years	November 2025
34	Christabel Mebaghandu	NCSG	SOI	Disclosed in zoom chat on 15 January 2026. Christabel Mebaghandu will not be involved in any applications at that time.	3 Years	November 2025
35	Lawrence Olawale-Roberts	GNSO Council Liaison	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Lawrence Olawale-Roberts indicated that they are associated with potential and prospective new gTLD applicants.	2 years	November 2025
36	Heather Diaz	Independent	SOI	Verbal disclosed on 15 January 2026. Heather Diaz did not indicate that they had any financial interests, affiliations, or relationships with potential new gTLD applicants at that time.	2 years (confirmed)	November 2025
37	Gloria Frimpomaah Amofah- Adjekum	Independent	SOI	From SOI: I am not currently associated with any application for a new gTLD string, including as an employee, consultant, advisor, backend operator, or service provider in the New gTLD Program.	3 years	May 2026

ICANN Staff: Steve Chan, Saewon Lee, Lars Hoffmann, Elisa Busetto, Jared Erwin, Ariel Liang, Andrew Chen

**NOTE: As of 07 November 2025, any new enrollments will be observers only until next Call for Volunteers taking place in 2026

	Observer Name	Affiliation	Term	Status

	Observer Name	Affiliation	Term	Status
1	Rida Tahir	Independent	2 Years (confirmed)	November 2025
2	Avri Doria	Independent	2 Years	December 2025
3	Adebunmi Adeola Akinbo	NCUC	2 Years	February 2026
4	Evelyn Xu	Independent	3 Years	October 2025
5	Hongyu (Catherine) Liu	Independent	3 Years	October 2025
6	Marc Trachtenberg	Independent	2 Years	October 2025

Chair and Vice-Chair election found here 10 December 2025

Current roster:

Archived rosters:

No.	Volunteers: Chair

No.	Volunteers: Chair
1	Cheryl Langdon-Orr
2	Nitin Walia
3	Nefertiti Marquez
4	Jeff Neuman - Chair

No.	Volunteers: Vice-Chair

No.	Volunteers: Vice-Chair
1	Cheryl Langdon-Orr (Vice-Chair)
2	Segunfunmi Olajide (Vice-Chair)
3	Nitin Walia
4	Nefertiti Marquez
5	Anil Kumar Jain
6	Edmund Brahene
7	Jeff Neuman