GSDI Officers and Board of Directors

The multi-national Board of Directors includes representatives from all continents and all sectors, including government, commercial, non-profit, and academia. Elected by the delegates from full members, the current Board includes:

Officers

Position  Name
President Abbas Rajabifard
Past President Bas Kok
Executive Director Harlan Onsrud (appointed by Board)
Secretary Carmelle Terborgh (appointed by Board)
Treasurer vacant (appointed by Board)

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee consists of the President, President-elect, and Past President.

Board

Position Name & Institution Term Expires
President Abbas Rajabifard
  University of Melbourne		 GSDI 13
President-elect David Coleman
  University of New Brunswick		 GSDI 13
Past President Bas Kok
  Dutch Kadaster / Delft University of Technology		 GSDI 13
EUROGI Joao Geirinhas
  European Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information		 appointed by EUROGI
PAIGH Santiago Borrero
  Pan American Institute for Geography and History		 appointed by PAIGH
UNECA-CODI Geo Chukwudozie Ezigbalike
  U. N. Economic Commission for Africa,
  Committee on Development Information		 appointed by UNECA-CODI
GSDI Industry Advisory Council 1. Carmelle J. Terborgh
    Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)		 appointed by IAC -
one vote among all

 
  2. Johann Jessenk
    Intergraph Corporation
Government Jeff Labonte
  Natural Resources Canada		 Term:
GSDI 13
Academia Rolf de By
  ITC		 Term:
GSDI 12
Non-Profit Chris Holmes
  Open Planning Project		 Term:
GSDI 14
Region - Africa Hussein Farah
  Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)		 Term:
GSDI 14
Region - Asia/Pacific Li Weisen
  State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China		 Term:
GSDI 12
Region - Europe Dave Lovell
  EuroGeographics		 Term:
GSDI 13
Region - North America Ivan Deloatch
  US Federal Geographic Data Committee		 Term:
GSDI 14
Region - South America Colonel Juan Vidal Garcia Huidobro
  IGM, Chile		 Term:
GSDI 14
International Geographic Org. Joseph Strobl
  UNIGIS International Association 		Term:
GSDI 14
GSDI Related Global Initiative Greg Yetman
  CIESIN
  		Term:
GSDI 12
International Industry Org. Mark Reichardt
  Open Geospatial Consortium		 Term:
GSDI 13
     
Recording Secretaries: Al Stevens (FGDC) and Karen Levoleger (Dutch Kadastre)