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PIR is governed by a Board of Directors who are appointed by Internet Society. The Board is comprised of seven members, and its current Chairman is [[Saerin Cho]]. The current CEO and president of Public Interest Registry is Jon Nevett.<ref>https://pir.org/who-we-are/teams/</ref>  
PIR is governed by a Board of Directors who are appointed by Internet Society. The Board is comprised of seven members, and its current Chairman is [[Saerin Cho]]. The current CEO and president of Public Interest Registry is Jon Nevett.<ref>https://pir.org/who-we-are/teams/</ref>  


The Public Interest Registry leadership team comprises five senior members of the organization covering Legal, Policy, Operations and Finance. [[Alexa Raad]], the original CEO of PIR, stepped down from the position on September 24, 2010. Mr. Maarten Botterman served as interim CEO until [[Brian Cute]] was appointed to the position. The organization presently has twenty-six staff members on its payroll.
The Public Interest Registry leadership team comprises five senior members of the organization covering Legal, Policy, Operations and Finance. [[Alexa Raad]], the original CEO of PIR, stepped down from the position on September 24, 2010.<ref>[https://www.internetnews.com/blog/org-loses-ceo/ InternetNews: .ORG Loses CEO]</ref> Maarten Botterman served as interim CEO until [[Brian Cute]] was appointed to the position.  


Besides the board of directors, Public Interest Registry also has an advisory council, which was "created to advise on issues ranging from public policy to the introduction of new services." The council comprises members representing a broad spectrum of member organizations around the world. There are seven members in the .org Advisory Council, serving a term from 2015 – 2018. The .ngo and .ong Advisory Council has two members, serving until 2019.
Besides the board of directors, Public Interest Registry also has an advisory council, which was "created to advise on issues ranging from public policy to the introduction of new services." The council comprises members representing a broad spectrum of member organizations around the world.  


== Deployment of DNSSEC ==
== Deployment of DNSSEC ==
In April 2008, Public Interest Registry submitted a request to ICANN to amend the .org registry, specifically the function of the registry and the corresponding [https://icannwiki.org/Whois Whois] and [https://icannwiki.org/Domain_Name_System DNS] systems for the .org gTLD, in order to facilitate the use of "Domain Name System Security Extensions" ([https://icannwiki.org/DNSSEC DNSSEC]) as specified in RFCs 4033, 4034, 4035 and 5155.<ref>[[Public Interest Registry#cite ref-14|Jump up↑]] [https://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2017/papers/imc17-final53.pdf Understanding the Role of Registrars in DNSSEC Deployment], Conferences.SigComm.org.</ref> The ICANN board approved this proposal in June 2008.[[Public Interest Registry#cite note-15|<sup>[15]</sup>]]
In April 2008, Public Interest Registry submitted a request to ICANN to amend the .org registry, specifically the function of the registry and the corresponding [https://icannwiki.org/Whois Whois] and [https://icannwiki.org/Domain_Name_System DNS] systems for the .org gTLD, in order to facilitate the use of "Domain Name System Security Extensions" ([https://icannwiki.org/DNSSEC DNSSEC]) as specified in RFCs 4033, 4034, 4035 and 5155.<ref>[[Public Interest Registry#cite ref-14|Jump up↑]] [https://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2017/papers/imc17-final53.pdf Understanding the Role of Registrars in DNSSEC Deployment], Conferences.SigComm.org.</ref> The ICANN board approved this proposal in June 2008.[[Public Interest Registry#cite note-15|<sup>[15]</sup>]]