Internet Governance

Suzanne Taylor

Suzanne Taylor is a Public Policy & Internet Governance Consultant. In her work with the RIPE NCC, she engages with a broad range of Internet stakeholders including the RIPE NCC membership, governments, law enforcement and intergovernmental organisations. From 2012 to 2016, she worked in communications at the RIPE NCC and has previously worked as a journalist and in media relations and science communications.

Gergana Petrova

Gergana Petrova is the Community Development Manager at RIPE NCC. She helps lead the RIPE NCC's engagement with a broad range of stakeholders, including the RIPE NCC membership, the RIPE community, government, academia, civil society and other Internet stakeholders. Gergana has been working for the RIPE NCC since 2013. Originally from Bulgaria, Gergana studied in Germany before relocating to the Netherlands. Gergana has a Masters in Business Research.

Farzaneh Badiei

Based in USA, NYC

Dr. Farzaneh Badiei is the founder of Digital Medusa, an initiative that focuses on protecting the core values of our global digital space with sound governance. For the past decade, Dr Badiei has directed and led projects about Internet and social media governance.She has undertaken research at Yale Law School, Georgia Institute of Technology and the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin. Her focus is on governance issues related to Internet infrastructure and social media platforms.

Chris Buckridge

Based in Amsterdam

Chris Buckridge is an Advisor to the RIPE NCC Managing Director on issues of Global Strategic Engagement. He has worked for the RIPE NCC since 2006.

Maarten Aertsen

Based in Amsterdam

Maarten work as senior internet technologist at NLnet Labs. NLnet Labs is a not-for-profit foundation with the mission to develop open source software and open standards for the benefit of the Internet, particularly in the area of DNS and (BGP) routing. Maarten's role is to bring Labs' expertise to policy making bodies, including governments, regulators and multi-stakeholder forums.

Anastasiya Pak

Based in Amsterdam

Anastasiya Pak is the Marketing & Communications officer at RIPE NCC. Prior to joining the RIPE NCC, Anastasiya led the communications department at an international NGO. She started her career as a TV journalist in Uzbekistan, where she authored several programmes and documentaries, including “Women’s success”, a series which aimed at promoting gender equality and women empowerment in Uzbekistan.