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The Executive Committee is responsible for strategic direction, the high-level management and coordination of standards efforts, and the oversight of day-to-day operations. This page shows the currently elected members of the Executive Committee, see the bottom of the page for previous compositions.</p> </div> <div class="tags"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption d-print-none"> Image by <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/ErO0E8wZaTA">Tim Graf</a> </div> </header> <div class="container content"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-10 col-lg-3 mx-auto"> <div class="toc"> <h6>On this page</h6> <ul><li><a href="#executive-responsibilities-and-elections">Executive responsibilities and elections</a></li><li><a href="#executive-committee-2025">Executive Committee 2025</a><ul><li><a href="#managing-officers">Managing officers</a></li><li><a href="#subcommittee-chairs">Subcommittee chairs</a></li><li><a href="#regional-representatives">Regional Representatives</a></li><li><a href="#regularly-invited-participants-non-voting">Regularly invited participants (non-voting)</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#previous-executive-committees">Previous Executive Committees</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-10 col-lg-8 order-lg-first mx-auto"> <h2 id="executive-responsibilities-and-elections">Executive responsibilities and elections</h2> <p>TDWG is led by an Executive Committee composed of officers elected by TDWG members. The Executive Committee is responsible for strategic direction, the high-level management and coordination of standards efforts, and the oversight of day-to-day operations. The roles and responsibilities of each officer are set forth in the <a href="/about/constitution/">Constitution</a> and further described <a href="/about/executive/responsibilities/">here</a>.</p> <p>The term of office for all roles is normally two calendar years, with terms staggered such that only half of the Executive Committee is replaced or re-elected in a given year. Elections of officers are usually held in the 3rd or 4th Quarter of the year. Nominations are typically opened a month before the annual meeting and closed near the end of the meeting. Ballots are then distributed to members by email and voting is closed in approximately 30 days. (Scheduling the annual conference late in the year requires this typical schedule to be altered so that elections are completed before the end of year.)</p> <h2 id="executive-committee-2025">Executive Committee 2025</h2> <p>Term of office shown as span of calendar years, inclusive.</p> <h3 id="managing-officers">Managing officers</h3> <div class="table-responsive"><table class="table"> <thead> <tr> <th>Role</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Affiliation</th> <th>Term of office</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="/about/constitution/#62-executive-committee-chair-and-deputy-chair">Chair</a></td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#chair">David Bloom</a> <a href="mailto:dbloom@vertnet.org">📧</a></td> <td>VertNet, Berkeley, CA, USA</td> <td>2025-2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/about/constitution/#62-executive-committee-chair-and-deputy-chair">Deputy Chair</a></td> <td>TBA</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/about/constitution/#63-secretary">Secretary</a></td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#secretary">Visotheary Ung</a> <a href="mailto:secretary@tdwg.org"></a></td> <td>Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France</td> <td>2025-2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/about/constitution/#64-treasurer">Treasurer</a></td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#treasurer">Chandra Earl</a> <a href="mailto:chandra.earl@asu.edu">📧</a></td> <td>NEON Biorepository, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ</td> <td>2025-2026</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <h3 id="subcommittee-chairs">Subcommittee chairs</h3> <div class="table-responsive"><table class="table"> <thead> <tr> <th>Functional Subcommittee</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Affiliation</th> <th>Term of office</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="/about/committees/tag/">Technical Architecture Group</a></td> <td><a href="/about/executive/backgrounds/#tag">Ben Norton</a> <a href="mailto:michaelnorton.ben@gmail.com">📧</a></td> <td>Ecosystem, Planning, and Restoration; Raleigh, NC, USA</td> <td>2024-2025</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/about/committees/fundraising/">Fundraising and Partnerships</a></td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#fundraising-and-partnerships">Patricia Mergen</a> <a href="mailto:mergen.patricia@gmail.com">📧</a></td> <td>Royal Museum for Central Africa and Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium</td> <td>2024-2025</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/about/committees/infrastructure/">Infrastructure</a></td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#infrastructure">Tim Robertson</a> <a href="mailto:trobertson@gbif.org">📧</a></td> <td>Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen, Denmark</td> <td>2024-2025</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/about/committees/outreach/">Outreach and Communications</a></td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#outreach-and-communications">Nicky Nicolson</a> <a href="mailto:n.nicolson@kew.org">📧</a></td> <td>Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK</td> <td>2025-2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/about/committees/tardis/">Time and Place</a></td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#time-and-place">Kristen “Kit” Lewers</a> <a href="mailto:tardis@tdwg.org">📧</a></td> <td>Information Science and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, and iDigBio, University of Florida, USA</td> <td>2024-2025</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <h3 id="regional-representatives">Regional Representatives</h3> <div class="table-responsive"><table class="table"> <thead> <tr> <th>Region</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Affiliation</th> <th>Term of office</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Africa</td> <td>TBA</td> <td> </td> <td>2025-2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Asia</td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#asia-representative">Daphne Hoh</a> <a href="mailto:daphnehohzhiwei@gmail.com">📧</a></td> <td>Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility, Taipei, Taiwan</td> <td>2025-2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Europe</td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#europe-representative">Laurence Livermore</a> <a href="mailto:laurence.livermore@nhm.ac.uk">📧</a></td> <td>Natural History Museum, London, UK</td> <td>2025-2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Latin America</td> <td><a href="https://www.tdwg.org/about/executive/backgrounds/#latin-america-representative">Juan Miguel Saez Hidalgo</a> <a href="mailto:jmsaez@ieb-chile.cl">📧</a></td> <td>Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), Santiago, Chile</td> <td>2025-2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td>North America</td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#north-america-representative">Erica Krimmel</a> <a href="mailto:ekrimmel@gmail.com">📧</a></td> <td>Independent Biodiversity Information Scientist, Sacramento, CA</td> <td>2025-2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oceania</td> <td><a href="./backgrounds/#oceania-representative">Shelley James</a> <a href="mailto:shelley.james@dbca.wa.gov.au">📧</a></td> <td>Western Australian Herbarium (PERTH), Keiran McNamara Conservation Science Centre, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions</td> <td>2024-2025</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <h3 id="regularly-invited-participants-non-voting">Regularly invited participants (non-voting)</h3> <div class="table-responsive"><table class="table"> <thead> <tr> <th>Role</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Affiliation</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Conference Program Committee Co-Chair</td> <td>Gail Kampmeier <a href="mailto:gkamp@illinois.edu">📧</a></td> <td>Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Administrator, TDWG Secretariat</td> <td>Stan Blum <a href="mailto:secretariat@tdwg.org">📧</a></td> <td>San Francisco, CA, USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Past Chair (2023-2024)</td> <td>Elycia (Ely) Wallis <a href="mailto:ely.wallis@csiro.au">📧</a></td> <td>CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Past Chair (2021-2022)</td> <td>Deb Paul <a href="mailto:dlpaul@illinois.edu">📧</a></td> <td>Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <h2 id="previous-executive-committees">Previous Executive Committees</h2>  <ul class="list-group list-group-flush mb-3"> <li class="list-group-item"> <a href="/about/executive/2024/">Executive Committee 2024</a> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> 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