2020 Technical Advisory Board Election: Meet the Candidates!

RDA is pleased to announce the candidates nominated for the 2020 Technical Advisory Board (TAB) election. For members not familiar with TAB, this RDA governance group provides technical expertise and advice to RDA Council, and assists in the development, review and promotion of RDA Working & Interest Groups.

For this election, five seats on TAB are open and the following individuals are candidates. Voting is now open, closing on 23 November 2020 (two weeks later). All RDA members are eligible and encouraged to vote.

TAB elections are subject to balancing criteria in order to ensure diversity across the criteria. For full information on the TAB election process and the balancing criteria, please visit see the TAB Responsibilities and Processes document (PDF).

Congratulations to the following 2020 candidates (listed by geographical region and are otherwise listed in alphabetical order of their surnames):

	Dr Karin Breitman Rio Tinto Region: Americas Discipline: Engineering and Technology
	Ms Gretchen Greene National Institute of Standards and Technology Region: Americas Discipline: Natural Sciences
	Ms Juliane Schneider Sage Bionetworks Region: Americas Discipline: Medical and Health Sciences
	Dr Mingfang Wu Australian Research Data Commons   Region: Asia and Oceania    Discipline: Engineering and Technology
	Dr Rossella Aversa KIT - SCC Region: Europe and Africa Discipline: Engineering and Technology
	Prof. Jesus Carretero University Carlos III of Madrid Region: Europe and Africa Discipline: Engineering and Technology
	Ms Sarah Jones GÉANT Region: Europe and Africa Discipline: Humanities
	Dr João Rocha da Silva Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto / INESC TEC Region: Europe and Africa Discipline: Engineering and Technology

All RDA members are encouraged to review the "Candidate Details" page and set some time aside next month to cast your vote when online voting opens.

For more information on the roles of TAB, please visit “TAB: What We Do and How We Do It”.