Christopher Mondini is Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement, for ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ICANN coordinates the addressing systems, such as the Domain Name System, that allow the Internet to scale and expand as a global, unitary network. Christopher leads ICANN’s outreach efforts to the business sector worldwide. He is also Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, for North America.
From the halls of Washington to the start-ups of Silicon Valley, he has dedicated his career to bridging communications gaps that occur among diverse sectors -- public, private and nonprofit – and across international borders.
Christopher began his professional life as a United States diplomat and later became a corporate investigator with Deloitte. He has investigated the world’s largest corporate corruption cases, while working with NGOs and business organizations on ways to mitigate corruption risks. He also led grant-making teams for the Full Circle Fund, an engaged philanthropy organization addressing economic development challenges.
Christopher holds degrees from Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities. His work with ICANN is focused on broadening participation among a variety of Internet stakeholders, while improving the quality of their experience.