About

Executive Committee

Overview

Informatic's leadership positions are elected positions. Nominations are collected in the spring and elections take place during the summer.

President Position Description

Serves 2 years as President-elect, 2 as President, and 2 as past-President. During their term as President-elect and President they have a seat on the AGU council.

The Informatic's President is Responsible for:

  • Running the Informatic's Executive committee meeting at the fall AGU meeting
  • Helping to develop processes for filling the Informatic's executive committee positions
  • Ensuring that Informatic's members have a seat on various AGU committees and task forces (e.g., program committee)
  • Communicating AGU events, news, etc. to Informatic's membership as appropriate
  • Representing AGU in a variety of venues

Secretary position description

This position only serves a 2 year term but is a good way to find out how AGU and Informatic's works and to assess whether AGU leadership is a good fit.

The Secretary is responsible for:

  • Documenting the annual Informatic's Executive Committee meeting and any interim meetings
  • Ensuring the Informatic's website is updated
  • See AGU’s official guidelines for more information on Section leadership roles and responsibilities.

Current Members

President-elect

Sudhir Shrestha
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Secretary

Vasco Mantas

University of Coimbra


President
Krisa Arzayus
U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Office
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Awards Chairs
Informatics Fellows Committee
David Tarboton

Leptoukh Lecture Award Committee

Erin Robinson
Charles Zender
Rahul Ramachandran
Wenwen Li

Foreign Liaisons
Australian Representative
Rebecca Farrington

EGU Representative

Martina Stockhause

JpGU Representative
Yasuhiro Murayama


Past President
Danie Kinkade
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution


Fellows Committee
Christine Kirkpatrick
Nagendra Singh
Binita KC

Canvassing Committee
Alexey Shiklomanov
Mahesh Jampani
Brianna Pagán

Student and Early Career Committee
Ogonna Eli
Sam Kratman
Reyna ML Carillo
Miranda Mundt
Shailaja Sampat
Sae Choe

Past Leadership

Past President

  • 2009 - 2010: Peter Fox
  • 2011 - 2012: Karen Moe
  • 2013 - 2014: Micheal Piasecki
  • 2015 - 2016: Kerstin Lehnert
  • 2017 - 2019: Ruth Duerr
  • 2019 - 2020: Denise Hills
  • 2021 - 2022: Jeff de La Beaujardiere
  • 2023 - present: Danie Kinkade

Current president: Krisa Arzayus

President-elect

  • 2009 - 2010: Karen Moe
  • 2011 - 2012: Micheal Piasecki
  • 2013 - 2014: Kerstin Lehnert
  • 2015 - 2016: Ruth Duerr
  • 2017 - 2019: Denise Hills
  • 2019 - 2020: Jeff De La Beaujardiere
  • 2021 - 2022: Danie Kinkade
  • 2023 - 2024: Kriza Arzayus
  • 2025 - present: Sudhir Shrestha

Secretary

  • 2009 - 2010: None
  • 2011 - 2012: Tom Narock
  • 2013 - 2014: Ruth Duerr
  • 2015 - 2016: Anne Wilson
  • 2018 - 2022: Sarah Ramdeen
  • 2023 - 2024: Madison Langseth
  • 2025: Stephanie Jarmak
  • 2025 - present: Vasco Mantas