OFFICERS - BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Trey Shaffer
SDTS & Gaia Chair 2023-2025
Josh Etkind
SDTS & Gaia Past Chair 2021-2023
Farshid Mostowfi
SDTS & Gaia Chair Elect
Johana Dunlop
Treasurer, Gaia Founder
and Past Chair 2019-2021
VACANT
Program Chair - Gaia Events
Ksenia Arkhipova O'Connor
Administrative Chair
Cassandra Dewan
Vice Chair - Administration
Nicole Gustav
Membership Chair
Fabricio Venancio
Membership - Vice Chair
Ardian Nengkoda
Webmaster
Manish Narendra
Webmaster - Vice Chair
David Shackleton
Program Chair - Gaia Study Group & Master Classes
Flora Moon
Program Chair - Gaia Talks
Dwayne Purvis
Program Vice Chair - Gaia Talks &
Program Vice Chair - Publications
Karthik Mahadev
Program Chair - Publications
Sue Staley
SPEI Technical Director, HSES, 2022-2025
Greg Hickey
SPEI Manager, Technical & Professional Activities
DIRECTORS - BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Regional Liaisons
Regional Liaison - Africa
Claus Otto
Regional Liaison - Asia Pacific (Oceania)
Arunavo Mukerjee
Regional Liaison - Asia Pacific
Ashish Chitale
Maria Giulia del Donno
Regional Liaison - Europe
Neil Rimmer
Vice-Regional Liaison - Europe (UK)
Babita Dubay
Regional Liaison - Latin America & Caribbean
Maritza Vargas
Vice-Regional Liaison - Latin America & Caribbean
Dr. Aziz Rahman
Regional Liaison - Middle East & North Africa
Maan Alasfoor
Vice-Regional Liaison - Middle East & North Africa
Dan Burt
Regional Liaison - North America
Alex Kosmala
Nadya Sheveleva
Regional Liaison - Russia
Ksenia (Arkhipova) O’Connor
Vice-Regional Liaison - Russia
Theme Leaders
Theme Leader - Natural Capital & Regeneration
Nick Abrahams
Theme Leader - People-Centered Transition
Suhas Bodwadkar
Theme Leader - Measuring What Matters
Mohammad Islam
Co-Theme Leader - Energy System Transformation
Mike Etuhoko
OTHER LIAISONS
Standing Committee Liaisons
B&L Liaison
Lourdes Guinazu
D&I Committee Liaison
Young Professionals
Technical Section Liaisons
Pierre-Edouard Vincent
Plug & Abandonment Liaison
George Koperna
CCUS Liaison
DSEA Liaison
Babatunde Anifowose
Methane Liaison
César Patiño
R&D Liaison
Patricia Carreras
Water Liaison
Hydrogen Liaison
Robert Gales
Geothermal Liaison
Hitesh Mohan
Management Liaison