Dr. Demi Getschko is the Director and President of NIC.br and a former member of the ICANN Board. Dr. Getschko has been involved in Internet development since 1987 and was the part of the team that created the first Internet connection in Brazil. He has been the administrative contact for .br since 1989, and a member of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee since 1995. He has been involved in ISOC since 1995 and is currently the Vice-President of the Brazil Chapter. He currently forms part of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group and has received an Internet Hall of Fame nomination in 2014 for his pioneering contributions to the Internet.