The Team
Colin Wallis
Executive Director
A contributor to Kantara from its inception in 2009, Colin relocated from New Zealand to the UK in 2016 to establish his consulting company with Kantara as its first client, reflecting Kantara’s global membership and the importance of Europe to its assurance program and emergent privacy-enabled suite of specifications and tools.
Ruth Puente
Director, Assurance Operations
Ruth has been involved in the Internet Technical Community (ICANN, RIRs and ccTLDs) for 15 years and she has broad experience on international and multi-stakeholder cooperation model, Internet governance policy and public affairs. She joined Kantara in 2014.
Isabella Mendoza
Membership Administrator
Should you have any membership related questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
Armin Kathrein
Senior IT Web Admin/maintenance
Armin is a Web/Application Developer working with a team on an application for iOS and Android for YWAM as well as freelance work. Armin was born in the Austria Alps and raised in the Netherlands. He is the father of two children and husband to his beloved wife. He has had a passion for everything technology since he was young.
Christopher Healy
Washington DC Ambassador
Chris is the Kantara Initiative Washington, DC Ambassador. Chris’ responsibility is to build awareness and broaden Kantara Initiative’s impact within the US Federal public sector.