Jennifer Chung
Jennifer Chung is the Vice President, Policy for DotAsia Organisation. She represents .Asia
Registry at Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and is a Generic
Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) councilor. She headed the IANA Stewardship
Transition Coordination Group (ICG) Secretariat that oversaw the IANA stewardship transfer
from the US government to the global multistakeholder community.
Ms. Chung is appointed to the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) in its 20th
anniversary year (2025, previously 2018-2020) progressing towards the WSIS+20 review and
future of the IGF mandate, and the 2022 Expert Working Group that developed
recommendations on strengthening the IGF. She heads the Internet Governance Forum Support
Association (IGFSA) Secretariat which provides support to the IGF and grants seed funding to
National, Regional and Youth Initiatives (NRIs). She has taught at the South School on Internet
Governance and Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance, and is a current faculty member
for the NetMission.asia Academy, and the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA)
since its inception, building up the next-generation leaders. She serves in the Asia Pacific
Regional IGF Secretariat and works towards amplifying Asia Pacific contributions on Internet
governance.
Ms. Chung is on the Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF.asia) Selection Committee that
awards grants for research and technical solutions supporting Internet development in Asia
Pacific. Representing DotAsia, she is part of the core Secretariat of the Technical Community
Coalition on Multistakeholderism (TCCM), a group of critical Internet infrastructure operators
dedicated to strengthening the multistakeholder approach to decisions about the Internet’s
future and its governance. She works on Internationalized Domain Names policies and supports
efforts to achieve Universal Acceptance, a foundational requirement for a multilingual Internet
and digital inclusion.