it to now go beyond its original mandate by venturing into more lucrative commercial endeavours. In 2014, Mark Jeftovic, a former CIRA director, and co-founder of easyDNS Technologies Inc, an accredited ICANN domain name registrar, and CIRA certified, sent an open letter to Canada's Industry Minister, the Honorable James Moore. In his letter, he expressed his concerns about CIRA entering the business of managed DNS, while having a monopoly to operate the ccTLD .ca registry. He proposed the registry be opened to a competitive bidding process, in order to operate it under a fixed three to five-year term. Governance The CIRA board is composed of twelve elected directors and currently, three non-voting board advisors. The board members are elected annually by CIRA members through an online process. Board of Directors The current Board of Directors as of November 2022: Jill Kolwalchuck – Chair, Board of Directors Andrew Escobar – Vice-Chair Liza Aboud – Director Colleen Arnold – Director Gwen Beauchemin – Co-Chair, Community Investment Committee Don Bowman, Chair – Services Strategy Committee Anne Butler, Chair – Compensation and Review Committee Eric Hill, Chair – Governance Committee Matthew Gamble – Director Alourdes Sully – Chair, Finance, Audit, Investment and Risk Management Committee Samantha, Ventresca – Co-Chair, Community Investment Committee Michael Zahra – Director Board Advisors The current Board Advisors as of November 2022: Byron Holland – Board Advisor, President, CEO John Demco – Board Advisor Charles Noir – Board Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Leadership Team The current Leadership Team as of November 2022: Byron Holland – President and CEO Sanita Alias – Vice-president, People, Culture & Brand Adam Eisner – General Manager, Registry Services Marc Fares – General Manager, .CA John Furguson – General Manager, Cybersecurity and DNS Services Jane Fulford – Chief Operating Office Jacques Latour – Chief Technology and Security Officer Tanya O'Callaghan – Vice-president, Community Investment, Policy and Advocacy See also .ca .gc.ca References External links List of .ca registrars .ca whois Internet governance organizations Internet in Canada Domain name registries