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04/28/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 04/28/2025 19:36

ICANN 2030: Our New Strategic PlanTripti Sinha

The next five-year ICANN Strategic Plan will go into effect at the start of the new fiscal year on 1 July 2025, ushering in an exciting new phase for ICANN. I would like to encourage everyone to explore the new plan and learn how we intend to collectively realize our vision through 2030.

Strategic planning is an important aspect of ICANN's governance as it provides a clear path for long-term success. The ICANN Strategic Plan facilitates internal alignment, enhances decision-making, and improves resource allocation, allowing us to be proactive rather than reactive. The Board develops a new strategic plan every five years to define where we are now, where we are going, and how we will continue to fulfill our mission.

At the core of the ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2030 is a bold, forward-looking vision statement that encapsulates where we would like ICANN to be by 2030:

As the trusted steward of the Internet's unique identifier systems, ICANN is dedicated to strengthening the single, globally interoperable Internet for all.

The ICANN Strategic Plan belongs to all of us, and each of us has a part to play in bringing our vision to life. The Board will review the plan annually and update it as needed to enable ICANN to respond to evolving challenges and opportunities. For an overview of the plan, please watch this short video featuring my colleagues Maarten Botterman and Chris Chapman, the Co-Chairs of the Board Strategic Planning Committee.

Thank you to everyone in the ICANN community, organization, and Board who contributed to the development of the new Strategic Plan. As the global community comes together to consider the future of Internet governance, we must seize this opportunity to strengthen our commitment to authentic multistakeholder participation. Together, we can achieve One World, One Internet.

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Tripti Sinha

ICANN Board Chair
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Tripti Sinha

ICANN Board Chair

Tripti Sinha is Assistant Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at the University of Maryland (UMD) in the Division of Information Technology. She leads Advanced Cyber Infrastructure and Internet Global Services (ACIGS) and the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX). She has over three decades of progressive experience in Internet and Cyber-Infrastructure technologies. Her wide-ranging experience includes leadership positions in engineering, operations, finance, governance, advocacy, and policy. In her current role, she is the chief executive of the MAX, which operates a high-performance regional research and education (R&E) 100G network for advanced cyber-infrastructure services and research. She is also responsible for UMD's High Performance Computing service and strategy. Tripti is active internationally as the executive and operational head of UMD's global operation of DNS root services. She previously served as Co-Chair of ICANN's Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) from 2015-2018.

In the United States, she is very involved in the Internet2 community on activities related to the US national R&E Internet backbone. She is also Chair of the Board of Directors of The Quilt whose mission is to provide advocacy for research and education networking on the US national agenda. She has served on many other non-profit and private sector technology advisory boards.

Tripti has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and did graduate work in Computer Science at the University of Maryland. She was born in India and lives in the United States. As a child and young adult, she moved back-and-forth between the USA and India which gave her an appreciation for global pluralism. She is proficient in English and Hindi, and has an understanding of Punjabi, Urdu and the ancient Sanskrit language. Tripti has a keen interest in Information and Communication Technology innovation, entrepreneurship, governance and policy, and international affairs. Tripti was nominated to serve on the ICANN Board of Directors by the Nominating Committee in 2018. Her term will expire at the Annual General Meeting 2027.