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The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association

 

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 Bas Kok
Past President Jarmo Ratia
Executive Director Harlan Onsrud (interim - appointed by Board)
Secretary Gabor Remetey-Fulopp (appointed by Board)
Treasurer Jeff Labonte (appointed by Board)

Executive Committee

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

Board

Position Name & Institution Term Expires
President Bas Kok
  Delft University of Technology / Dutch Kadaster
GSDI 11
President-elect Abbas Rajabifard
  University of Melbourne
GSDI 11
Past President Jarmo Ratia
  Land Survey of Finland
GSDI 11
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. Mark Doherty
    Intergraph Corporation
Government Chien Tai-lang
  Ministry of Interior, Taiwan
Term:
GSDI 13
Academia Yola Georgiadou
  ITC
Term:
GSDI 12
Non-Profit Gabor Remetey-Fulopp
  Hungarian Association for Geo-information
Term:
GSDI 11
Region - Africa Olajide Kufoniyi
  Regional Center for Training in Aerospace Surveys, Nigeria
Term:
GSDI 11
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 11
Region - South America Rodrigo Barriga
  Military Geographic Institute of Chile (IGM)
Term:
GSDI 12
International Geographic Org. Joseph Strobl
  UNIGIS

Term:
GSDI 11
GSDI Related Global Initiative Greg Yetman
  CIESIN
 
Term:
GSDI 12
International Industry Org. Mark Reichardt
  Open Geospatial Consortium
Term:
GSDI 13
     
Recording Secretaries: Karen Levoleger (Dutch Cadastre)

 

 

 

 

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