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Now Published – ICANN's Draft Planning Prioritization Framework

2 March 2022
By
Becky Nash

Becky Nash

VP, Planning

Becky Nash is the vice president of planning at the ICANN organization (org). She is responsible for all processes and activities pertaining to strategic and operational planning, and organizational performance measurement. As leader of the ICANN org Planning function, Becky also manages the efforts of the Planning Prioritization Project.

Becky joined ICANN org in February 2015 as the vice president of finance where she managed the financial planning, analysis, reporting, global accounting, tax, and payroll functions. She has over 20 years of leadership experience in finance at ICANN org, as well as at global and privately held companies in the entertainment, food, and beverage sectors. Prior to joining ICANN org, Becky was the corporate controller at the Wonderful Company, a privately held food and beverage company. Previously, she held leadership positions in finance at Thomson Multimedia (now called Technicolor SA) over a ten-year period, ultimately serving as the vice president of finance for North America Film and Distribution. Her areas of expertise include strategic and operational business planning, budgeting, financial statement reporting, auditing, tax compliance, and financial systems implementations. Becky is a Certified Public Account (CPA) and worked for Deloitte in the audit practice in Orange County, California, and holds an MBA from University of California Irvine.

Planning at ICANN is one of the 15 operating initiatives included in ICANN's operating plan since FY21. A key goal of this operating initiative is to improve ICANN organization's (org) ability to prioritize during the annual planning process. As part of this initiative, the ICANN org Planning team led the creation of a Draft Planning Prioritization Framework to help the ICANN ecosystem prioritize its work within the planning cycle in a manner that is transparent, inclusive, and efficient.

From April 2021 through January 2022, the org held a total of 17 webinars and consultations with the community. During these consultations, ICANN org received community input on the proposed draft framework for developing a prioritization step in the planning process. The Draft Planning Prioritization Framework Version 1 is now published on the ICANN Planning and Finance workspace here.

The Draft Planning Prioritization Framework is intended to serve as a guide for the periodization step during the annual planning process. The framework describes and outlines what to prioritize, who will prioritize, when to prioritize, how to prioritize, etc., so that the community, org, and Board can collaborate efficiently and effectively during the planning process. ICANN org will hold a webinar about the Draft Planning Prioritization Framework following ICANN73.

As part of the initiative, the org is organizing a pilot with community members. The pilot will give ICANN org and the community an opportunity to test the processes and methodologies developed in the draft framework and identify gaps for further improvement. The org is expecting to conduct the pilot during the March-April 2022 timeframe and provide an update to the Board and community once the pilot has completed. The pilot will be conducted specifically on the implementation of Specific Reviews recommendations.

ICANN org is committed to continue working on the Planning Prioritization Framework, the Prioritization Pilot, and the subsequent implementation of the framework in FY24's planning process. Community participation is a critical step in the prioritization process, and we look forward to enhancing the overall planning process.

We appreciate the opportunity to engage with community members on the development of this framework and thank all community members for their input thus far. We look forward to your participation at the upcoming webinar. Please register here to receive detailed information.

Authors

Becky Nash

Becky Nash

VP, Planning
Becky Nash

Becky Nash

VP, Planning

Becky Nash is the vice president of planning at the ICANN organization (org). She is responsible for all processes and activities pertaining to strategic and operational planning, and organizational performance measurement. As leader of the ICANN org Planning function, Becky also manages the efforts of the Planning Prioritization Project.

Becky joined ICANN org in February 2015 as the vice president of finance where she managed the financial planning, analysis, reporting, global accounting, tax, and payroll functions. She has over 20 years of leadership experience in finance at ICANN org, as well as at global and privately held companies in the entertainment, food, and beverage sectors. Prior to joining ICANN org, Becky was the corporate controller at the Wonderful Company, a privately held food and beverage company. Previously, she held leadership positions in finance at Thomson Multimedia (now called Technicolor SA) over a ten-year period, ultimately serving as the vice president of finance for North America Film and Distribution. Her areas of expertise include strategic and operational business planning, budgeting, financial statement reporting, auditing, tax compliance, and financial systems implementations. Becky is a Certified Public Account (CPA) and worked for Deloitte in the audit practice in Orange County, California, and holds an MBA from University of California Irvine.

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