Working Committees & Chairs
Committee membership is open to any AOTA member in good standing.  To join a committee, email commitee@aotalliance.org and include the Committee name in the subject line.  Join today!

• Authentication Committee
  Mission - To provide education to the membership on the latest technology advancements in the area of email, web and domain authentication, including process management and implementation for marketing, IT and security decision makers.
  
  Chair Pat Peterson, vice president of technology, Cisco Systems
  Co-chair Erik Johnson, vice president, Bank of America

• Brand/Domain Protection
  Mission - To work collaboratively with other organizations to promote and educate members on the importance of domain/brand protection and the proactive steps organizations can take to protect themselves from attacks and remediation techniques including working with registrars, hosters and internet stakeholders.
  
  Chair, Rod Rasmussen, president and chief technology officer, Internet Identity

• Communications
  Mission - To communicate with AOTA membership, media, influential’s and governmental agencies, AOTA activities and initiatives, which includes management of external marketing, PR and press relations.  Specifically, the committee will ensure that members are fully briefed regarding best practices to enhance online trust, confidence, and protection and empowered to be active in the community.
  
  Chair Erin Ickes, director of marketing, Messaging Systems
  Co-chair David Atlas, senior vice president, Goodmail Systems

• Education/Events
  Mission - To develop educational priorities and strategies to provide actionable and prescriptive advise to members, business and industry through collaborative efforts with other AOTA committees as well as AOTA member organizations.
  
  Chair ,Lana McGilvray, vice president, Datran Media
  Co-chair Erin Ickes, director of marketing, Message Systems

• International
  Mission - To broaden the work of the AOTA and provide it with international context and international exposure. Online trust is an international issue (i.e. not isolated to North America) and the International committee will provide a voice for those who are from outside the region.
  
  Chair Manish Goel, chief executive officer, Box Sentry
  Co-chair Chuck Swenberg, vice president of business development, Habeas

• Membership
  Mission -
  
  Chair, Ken Takahashi, Vice President, Corporate & International Development, Return Path

• Privacy & Data Governance
  Mission -
  
  Chair, Ray Everett Church, Esq., director of policy and privacy, Habeas

• Public Policy & Governmental Affairs
  Mission - As the advocacy arm of the AOTA, the Public Policy Committee works with industry, government, and consumer groups to promote the global adoption of legislation, regulation, self-regulation, technologies and best practices designed to enhance online safety and trust.  Building on the AOTA’s founding mission and unique membership, the committee facilitates mutual respect, and effective communication and collaboration between all online stakeholders.
  
  Chair, Mike Zanies, vice president of public policy, Interactive Advertising Bureau
  Co-chair, Jordan Cohen, Sr. Director, Corporate Communications and Industry Relations, Epsilon

• Reputation
  Mission - To promote the use of reputation (in conjunction with email and web authentication) to increase trust and security of email and web users.
  
  Chair, George Bilbrey, VP General Manager, Return Path Inc.

• Technical Committee
  Mission - To identify, evaluate, and advocate technological solutions to fight email and internet fraud, abuse, and data intrusions. 
  
  Chair, Alec Peterson, director technical service, Message Systems
  Co-chair, Scott Chasin, chief technology officer, MX Logic