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IVS Organization: Directing Board


The Directing Board determines policies, standards, and goals. The Board is composed of elected, appointed, and ex officio members.

Position Term Name Affiliation Country
IAG Representative ex officio Alet de Witt SARAO South Africa
IAU Representative ex officio Patrick Charlot Bordeaux Observatory France
IERS Representative, Chair ex officio Rüdiger Haas Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology Sweden
Coordinating Center Director ex officio Dirk Behrend NVI, Inc./Goddard Space Flight Center USA
Office for Outreach and Communications ex officio Nancy Kotary Haystack Observatory USA
Analysis Coordinator permanent Benedikt Soja ETH Zurich Switzerland
Technology Coordinator permanent Gino Tuccari INAF/IRA Italy
Network Coordinator permanent Alexander Neidhardt TU Munich Germany
Networks Representative Feb 2023 to Feb 2027 Lucia McCallum University of Tasmania Australia
Networks Representative Feb 2021 to Feb 2025 Pablo de Vicente Instituto Geográfico Nacional Spain
Correlators and Operation Centers Representative Feb 2023 to Feb 2027 Phillip Haftings U.S. Naval Observatory USA
Analysis and Data Centers Representative Feb 2023 to Feb 2027 Minghui Xu GFZ Potsdam Germany
Analysis and Data Centers Representative Feb 2021 to Feb 2025 Oleg Titov Geoscience Australia Australia
Technology Development Centers Representative Feb 2023 to Feb 2027 Chet Ruszczyk Haystack Observatory USA
At Large Member Feb 2023 to Feb 2025 Hayo Hase Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, AGGO Argentina
At Large Member Feb 2023 to Feb 2025 Masafumi Ishigaki Geospatial Information Authority of Japan Japan
At Large Member Feb 2023 to Feb 2025 Fengchun Shu Shanghai Astronomical Observatory China

 

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