• by Val Brickates Kennedy , April 2, 2014

The Domain Name Association, or DNA, has elected five new directors to its board, the Internet trade association said Wednesday. 

The newly elected directors include Afilias Limited Chairman Philipp Grabensee; Web.com Senior Vice President Bob Weigand; Jeff Neuman, senior vice president for registry services at Neustar; Stacey King, senior corporate counsel at Amazon; and Vladimir Shadrunov, director of TLD projects at Asiamix Digital Ltd. 

DNA said its 12-member board will be responsible for "providing leadership and advancing the association's mission to educate the public about the expansion of domain names."