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Jeff Neuman SOI

Jeff Neuman SOI

  1. Your Name

Jeffrey J. Neuman

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  1. Stakeholder Group: (please select one)

Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG)
Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG)
Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG)
Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG)

  1. Constituency: (if CSG or NCSG is selected in #2, please select one)

Business Constituency (BC)
Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC)
Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency (ISPCP)
Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC)
Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns (NPOC)

  1. ICANN Affiliation (if not covered by item 2 or 3, please select one):

Independent
At-Large / RALO
Address Supporting Organization (ASO)
Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)
Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)
Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)

  1. Please identify your current employer(s):

JJN Solutions, LLC

  1. Please identify your current position(s):

Founder & CEO

  1. Please identify the type(s) of work performed:

JJN Solutions provides legal and policy consulting services in the fields of Intellectual Property, Internet Governance, domain name services, cybersecurity, privacy, identity management, and other corporate transactional issues. We may provide such consulting services to Contracted Parties as well as other organizations within the ICANN ecosystem. I am also an accredited dispute resolution panelist at THE FORUM.

  1. Please identify your declared country of primary residence (e.g., country to which you pay taxes):

USA

  1. Please list any financial relationship beyond de minimis stock ownership you may have with any company that to your knowledge has a financial relationship or contract with ICANN:

I am the Chief Legal Officer and minority owner of Dot Hip Hop, LLC the Registry Operator for the .hiphop TLD.

  1. Do you believe you are participating in the GNSO policy process as a representative of any individual or entity, whether paid or unpaid?

Yes
No

If the answer is “Yes,” please provide the name of the represented individual or entity. (If professional ethical obligations prevent you from disclosing this information, please enter "Private"):

 

  1. Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or benefits as requested in the following two questions:

 

a. Do you have any type of material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes?

Yes
No

If the answer is “yes,” please describe the material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes:

I am an officer of a gTLD Registry and am the Vice Chair of Administration of the RySG. Other than that, I sometimes participate in the At-Large and policy working groups in my personal capacity.

b. Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team member?

Yes
No

If the answer is “yes,” please describe the arrangements/agreements and the name of the group, constituency, or person(s):

I may provide legal and consulting services to various entities within the ICANN ecosystem, but I am not officially representing any one organization in any PDP or ICANN working group.

  1. Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable):

In July 2024 I was elected as the Vice Chair of Administration of the gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group.

I previously served on the SubPro IRT, and as the ODP Liaison for SubPro in 2022. In connection with that, I participated in the small team of GNSO Councilors on SubPro issues and participated in the Closed Generics discussion in that capacity.  Prior to that I was one of the co-chairs of the SubPro PDP which ran from 2016-2021.  I also previously served in a number of positions in the ICANN community including,  as Chair of the RySG, member and Vice Chair of the GNSO Council (2 terms), Chair of the PDP Working Group (PDP 2.0), a co-chair of the New gTLDs Discussion Group, RySG member of the legal negotiating team for the Registry Agreement, the Intellectual Property IRT (2009), and a number of other ICANN committees and working groups involving rights protection mechanisms, reserved names, the policy-development process, transfers, whois, domain name abuse, and ICANN accountability.

  1. Additional Information (optional):

I am the Chair of the SPIRT and disclose that I have clients that intend to apply for one or more new gTLDs in the 2026 New gTLD round. However, as of January 15, 2026, I am not being paid by any of those clients for the work that I am doing for those clients.

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