Officers & Directors

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

VACANT

Regional Liaison - Africa

Claus Otto

Regional Liaison - Asia Pacific (Oceania)

Arunavo Mukerjee

Regional Liaison - Asia Pacific

Ashish Chitale

Regional Liaison - Asia Pacific

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

Regional Liaison - North America

Nadya Sheveleva

Regional Liaison - Russia

Ksenia (Arkhipova) O’Connor

Vice-Regional Liaison - Russia

DIRECTORS - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Theme Leaders

Babita Dubay

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

Co-Theme Leader - Energy System Transformation

OTHER LIAISONS

Standing Committee Liaisons

Cassandra Dewan

B&L Liaison

Lourdes Guinazu

D&I Committee Liaison

VACANT

Young Professionals

Technical Section Liaisons

Pierre-Edouard Vincent

Plug & Abandonment Liaison

George Koperna

CCUS Liaison

VACANT

DSEA Liaison

Babatunde Anifowose

Methane Liaison

César Patiño

R&D Liaison

Patricia Carreras

Water Liaison

Ardian Nengkoda

Hydrogen Liaison

Robert Gales

Geothermal Liaison

Hitesh Mohan

Management Liaison