Dr. N. Sudha Bhuvaneswari’s contributions have earned significant accolades, including recognition in Marquis Who’s Who in the World and the Women Lifetime Achievement Award by Genesis. She has served in leadership roles such as programme committee chair, fellowship committee chair, and jury member for the EU’s NGI Zero Project. Nationally, she engages with IIGF and MeitY on digital policy and governance. An accomplished author, she has published books on cybersecurity, threat intelligence, SOAP, 5G networks, and related …

… domains, along with numerous peer-reviewed research papers. She is also an instructor with the Internet Society Foundation.

Jordi Domingo-Pascual

Jordi Domingo-Pascual is a full professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC BarcelonaTECH), where he specialises in computer networks, new network architecture and management, and ethics in research and innovation. Jordi has been an Internet Society member since 2002, an Internet Society Catalan Chapter member since 2004, and a Catalan Chapter delegate since 2015. He joined the Catalan Chapter board in 2017 and served as president from March 2020 to March 2024. He is volunteering as a member of the …

… Chapter Advisory Council because he thinks the role of the chapters is of utmost importance for the Internet Society. He considers that the recommendations made by the council are a valuable contribution to the board and the whole community of members.

Maud Adjeley Ashong Elliot

Maud Adjeley Ashong Elliot is a lecturer and the first female president of the Internet Society Ghana Chapter, where she provides strategic leadership on Internet resilience, digital rights, cybersecurity capacity building, and multistakeholder engagement. Her academic work focuses on digital governance and the digitalisation of justice systems, contributing to national conversations on institutional reform and emerging technologies. Through Internet Society Ghana, she has led high-impact initiatives, including …

… the CHRAJ Digital Rights Academy, national encryption awareness campaigns, and digital literacy programmes that strengthen technical skills across communities. She is a strong advocate for women’s participation in digital policy and has championed platforms that elevate the contributions of women researchers and practitioners. Distinguished by her integrity, analytical depth, and commitment to public-interest technology, Maud works at the intersection of research, policy, and community empowerment.

Katarina Gevorgyan

Katarina Gevorgyan finds the fields of Internet development and governance to be the most significant and interesting. In 2015, the domain name industry brought her into the IT sector. Engaging in many initiatives, she became a member of the Internet Society NGO in 2016, which also serves as the registrant for the .am ccTLD. She currently works for the NGO as a manager of external relations. The Internet Society Armenia Chapter was established in 2018, and she has been on the board since 2020. She was also selected to serve on …

… the Chapters Advisory Council this year.

She attended training sessions hosted by the Internet Society and was twice elected as an ICANN fellow during these years. In addition, she actively participates in organizing teams for regional events like the Girls in ICT, the Armenian School of Internet Governance, and the Armenian IGF, among others.

She believes the Internet is a big opportunity for everyone on the planet, and we need to work hard to make it safer and available to everyone while spreading to every corner of the globe.

Thilina Dhanushka Kalahe Pathirana

Thilina Pathirana serves on the Internet Society Norway Chapter Committee. He is a doctoral researcher and R&D engineer focused on the dependability and security of networks, including 5G/MEC and edge systems. An active network operator group (NOG) community builder, he connects operators, researchers, and policymakers across Norway, Sri Lanka, and the wider region. With over a decade in network engineering and security operations, Thilina leads programs that turn …

… community priorities into measurable outcomes—designing trainings and toolkits, coordinating grants and fellowships, and setting clear roadmaps, budgets, and KPIs. His work blends hands-on operational insight with evidence-based methods, helping chapters strengthen resilience, share practical practices, and engage effectively in policy. He is committed to transparent reporting and collaboration, ensuring chapter voices shape initiatives from start to finish.

Dr. Heba Sayed

Dr. Sayed has 18 years of international executive experience in business development, strategic planning, consultancy management, and commercial strategies in ICT through addressing innovation, entrepreneurship, and policy governance in telecommunications and HE. She is a regional consultant addressing organizational digital transformation and ICT management strategy. Based on her project management expertise, she champions major restructuring ICT projects accomplished by adopting a multi-tier thematic approach on …

national and regional levels. She spearheaded the development of the Egyptian IT Export Plan for MCIT. She won global awards, including the Network Middle East Regional Award, the ITP.ae Award, and the UNESCO Memory of the World Award. Dr. Sayed is the vice president of Internet Masr, the Internet Society Egypt Chapter, where she managed the rejuvenation of the chapter’s activities. She has a PhD in digital transformation, a master’s in management business information technology from Middlesex University, and a BA in business administration from the AUC.

Alejandra Stolk

Alejandra Stolk is a software engineer and network security specialist with over 20 years of experience dedicated to a secure, open, and reliable Internet. She is the president of the Internet Society Venezuela Chapter and head of networks and connectivity at the Universidad de Los Andes (ULA), where she manages the infrastructure of one of the country’s most prestigious universities. A leader in the technical community, Alejandra serves on the Board of Directors of VENOG and the LACNIC Technical Forum (FTL) Organizing …

… Committee, representing technical interests across the LAC region. Her educational impact includes lecturing at ULA’s Engineering Faculty and instructing for the Internet Society Foundation. An alumna of the Internet Society Mid Career Fellowship and the DiploFoundation AI Apprenticeship, she blends technical rigor with a passion for community building. Beyond technology, she is the communications director for the Venezuelan Orchid Society, overseeing information management and education.

Joel Templeman

Joel Templeman is an experienced independent consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the professional training and coaching industry. He is skilled in leadership, project management, requirements analysis, IT and network security, and IT management. He is a strong consulting professional with a bachelor of education from the University of Manitoba, a master of public administration (MPA) focused on information technology project management from the Royal Military College of Canada, and a …

… master of education from the University of Calgary. Currently a doctoral student in the learning sciences at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada, his research interests are in digital equity with a focus on heutagogy, community informatics, open educational resources/practices, and community-based participatory action research.

Flávio Rech Wagner

Flávio Rech Wagner holds a BSc in electrical engineering from UFRGS, Brazil, 1975, and a PhD in computer engineering from Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1983. He is an emeritus professor in computer science and engineering at UFRGS, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He has been the president of the Brazil Chapter of the Internet Society since 2018 and a chair of the Programme Committee of the Brazilian IGF since 2017. He was also a board member of CGI.br—Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, for three terms from 2008 to 2017, and a member of the …

… MAG, Multistakeholder Advisory Group from 2015 to 2017. He was also the president of SBC—Brazilian Computer Society from 1999 to 2003.

He serves as a technical consultant at CGI.br and NIC.br.