[Chapter-delegates] CHAC Steering Committee Elections - Vote Now!

[Susannah Gray]

Dear Chapter Delegates,

I am honoured to be standing in this year’s Chapter Advisory Council 
Steering Committee Elections and hope that you will consider voting for me.

I have served as the San Francisco Bay Area Internet Society Chapter 
President since 2016. Further, as a strategic communications expert with 
a background in Internet governance and multi-stakeholder, 
community-driven processes, I have spent the last 15 years promoting and 
protecting the concept of an open, inclusive and sustainable Internet as 
part of the Internet technical community.

Currently based in the US, I grew up in the UK/Europe and have worked 
with Internet industry organisations across Europe, the US, Africa and 
Asia Pacific, which has given me an in-depth understanding of the global 
Internet ecosystem and the issues faced by Internet users around the world.

With a new CEO on board, we can expect to see changes to the Internet 
Society over the coming months. With a direct link to the Board of 
Trustees and to the CEO, the CHAC Steering Committee is in a unique 
position to guide some of these changes. It is therefore imperative that 
all Chapters make their ideas and concerns heard so that the Chapters’ 
needs are taken into consideration as the Internet Society evolves.

To ensure that this happens, I believe it is necessary to improve 
communication methods at all levels of the organisation and to 
facilitate more dialogue between the Chapters, the CHAC Steering 
Committee and the Board of Trustees/CEO. As part of the CHAC Steering 
Committee, I look forward to embracing the bottom-up ethos of the 
Internet Society by representing all Chapters and bringing the matters 
that concern them the most to the fore.

You can find out more about me and my background at:
- https://www.sfbayisoc.org/board/

and

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/susannahgray/

Kind regards,

Susannah


Susannah Gray
President
San Francisco Bay Area Internet Society Chapter
www.sfbayisoc.org