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Facility Advisory Committees

Advisory Committees provide community input to the SAGE and GAGE Facilities.

Data Products and Services Advisory Committee

The Data Products and Services Advisory Committee advises on data and metadata distribution, standards, and quality for all geophysical data and data products in EarthScope Consortium’s Data Services.

Member/OrganizationTerm Start/Term End
Angelyn Moore (Chair)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
January 2023/December 2024
Brendan Crowell
University of Washington
January 2024/December 2026
Frossie Economou
LSST (Vera C Rubin Observatory)
January 2023/December 2024
Mike Floyd
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
March 2023/December 2025
Noel Jackson
University of Kansas
January 2023/December 2024
Ved Lekić
University of Maryland
January 2024/December 2026
Eric Lindsey
University of New Mexico
January 2024/December 2026
Natalia Ruppert
Alaska Earthquake Center, UAF
March 2023/December 2025
Zack Spica
University of Michigan
March 2023/December 2025
Paul Lundgren (BoD Liaison)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
January 2024/December 2024

Engagement Activities Advisory Committee

The Engagement Advisory Committee advises the EarthScope Consortium Staff and Board of Directors on education, workforce development, outreach, community engagement, inclusion, and representation.

Name/OrganizationTerm Start/Term End
Mike Brudzinski (Chair)
Miami University of Ohio
January 2023/December 2024
Shannon Graham
The College of New Jersey
January 2024/December 2026
Aditya Kar
Fort Valley State University
March 2023/December 2025
Andrew Katumwehe
Midwestern State University
March 2023/December 2024
Franz Meyer
Alaska Satellite Facility, UAF
January 2024/December 2026
Susan Owen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
March 2023/December 2025
German Prieto
Departamento de Geociencias Universidad Nacional de Colombia
January 2024/December 2026
Liam Toney
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
March 2023/December 2024
Michael Wysession
Washington University
March 2023/December 2025
Andy Newman (BoD Liaison)
Georgia Tech
January 2024/December 2024

Network Instrumentation Advisory Committee

The Network Instrumentation Advisory Committee sets priorities for all aspects of network technology, including but not limited to instrumentation for geophysical measurements, geographic network configuration, communications, power, etc.

Name/OrganizationTerm Start/Term End
Bill Hammond (Chair)
University of Nevada, Reno
January 2023/December 2024
John Galetzka (Secretary)
National Geodetic Survey
March 2023/December 2025
Andy Barbour
United States Geological Survey
January 2024/December 2026
Ebru Bozdağ
Colorado School of Mines
January 2024/December 2026
John Braun
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
March 2023/December 2024
Sigrun Hreinsdóttir
GNS Science
March 2023/December 2025
Meredith Nettles
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
January 2023/December 2025
Justin Rubinstein
United States Geological Survey
March 2023/December 2024
Carl Tape (Liaison to the GSNAC)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
January 2024/December 2026
Colleen Dalton (BoD Liaison)
Brown University
January 2024/December 2024

Global Seismographic Network Advisory Committee

The Global Seismographic Network Advisory Committee (GSNAC) advises the SAGE facility (via the Network Instrumentation Advisory Committee) and the USGS on policies to deploy and operate the Global Seismographic Network (GSN), to ensure its integrity and long-term viability, to rapidly disseminate data collected by the GSN, and coordinate GSN linkages with other networks around the world.

Name/OrganizationTerm Start/Term End
Carl Tape (Chair)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
January 2024/December 2026
Caroline Beghein
University of California, Los Angeles
January 2024/December 2026
Ebru Bozdağ
Colorado School of Mines
January 2024/December 2025
Andrew Schaeffer
Natural Resources Canada
January 2023/December 2024
Cecily Wolfe
United States Geological Survey
Ex-Officio USGS Representative
William Yeck
United States Geological Survey
USGS Representative
Frederik Simons (BoD Liaison)
Princeton University
January 2024/December 2024

PI Instrumentation Advisory Committee

The PI Instrumentation Advisory Committee sets priorities and identifies leading practices for project instrumentation, including emerging sensor technologies and applications.

Name/OrganizationTerm Start/Term End
Samantha Hansen (Chair)
University of Alabama
January 2023/December 2024
Emily Brodsky
University of California, Santa Cruz
March 2023/December 2025
Ben Brooks
United States Geological Survey
January 2024/December 2026
Rob Evans
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
March 2023/December 2025
Heather Ford
University of California,Riverside
January 2023/December 2024
Yuning Fu
Bowling Green State University
March 2023/December 2025
Demian Gomez
Ohio State University
January 2023/December 2024
Mong-Han Huang
University of Maryland
January 2024/December 2026
Shawn Wei
Michigan State University
January 2024/December 2026
Lara Wagner (BoD Liaison)
Carnegie Institution for Science
January 2024/December 2024

Advisory Committee Nominations

The EarthScope Consortium Board of Directors is looking for volunteers to help guide and shape our new vision by serving on its Advisory Committees. The EarthScope Advisory Committees will provide valuable insight and guidance to the new EarthScope Board, and will serve as important liaisons between the Consortium and the facility user community.

While the duration of inaugural committee member commitments will vary, the typical Advisory Committee member is expected to serve a 3 year term, with three new members rotating onto the committee each year. Committee members are expected to participate in training related to onboarding, governance best practices, ethics, and implicit bias at the beginning of their terms.

Member Responsibilities:

  • Be Informed: Participate in Onboarding, Governance Best Practices Training, and Ethics and anti-Bias Training.
  • Be Visible: Actively solicit input from the broad stakeholder community.
  • Be Fair and Impartial: Faithfully represent broader community needs and perspectives.
  • Be Honest: Committee members should seek to meet the highest standards of transparency and ethics.
  • Be an Active Committee Member:
    • Prepare for and attend committee meetings (no more than two in-person meetings per year; Additional virtual meetings likely).
    • Review and edit meeting briefing materials in advance of the next meeting
    • Actively participate in committee discussions

Member/Committee Support to be provided by EarthScope:

  • Limited caregiver support for governance participation
  • Hybrid option available for all meetings
  • Access to online resources for communication and record-keeping
  • Administrative support including minutes-keeping at meetings
  • Training in committee purpose, governance leading practices, and past committee actions
  • Onboarding education describing responsibilities of governance members to represent broad interests
  • Bias and ethics training