Board of Directors

The Board of Directors serves as the primary mechanism for SCEC core and participating institutional representation in the oversight and management of the Center. The Board is comprised of Institutional Directors from each core institution. In addition, two Institutional Directors-at-Large are nominated by the participating institutions to the Center Directors and approved by the Board to serve three-year terms. The Board also includes non-voting Liaison Members from the U.S. Geological Survey who help to coordinate Center and Survey activities.

	Harvard, Chair John Shaw		UCSC, Vice-Chair Emily Brodsky
	CGS Tim Dawson		SDSU Tom Rockwell		UCSB Chen Ji		Director-At-Large Rachel Abercrombie
	Caltech Jean-Philippe Avouac		Stanford Paul Segall		UCSD Peter Shearer		Director-At-Large Rowena Lohman
	Columbia Bruce Shaw		Texas A&M Benchun Duan		U Memphis Christos Kyriakopoulos
	LLNL Arthur Rogers		UCLA David Jackson		UNR Steven Wesnousky
	MIT Tom Herring		UCR David Oglesby		USC Sylvain Barbot
USGS Liaison Members
	Golden, CO Nico Luco		Menlo Park, CA Ruth Harris		Pasadena, CA Kate Scharer

Science Planning Committee

Standing Disciplinary Committees coordinate the principal data-gathering activities and the disciplinary infrastructure, as well as communal field equipment, experiments, and computational resources. Interdisciplinary research is organized by Focus Groups that are responsible for the development, verification, release, maintenance, and improvement of the SCEC Community Models.

The leaders of the Disciplinary Committees and Interdisciplinary Focus Groups serve on the Planning Committee (PC) for three-year terms. The PC develops the annual Science Collaboration Plan, coordinates activities relevant to SCEC science priorities, and is responsible for generating annual reports for the Center. Leaders of SCEC Special Projects (i.e. projects with funding outside the core science program) also serve on the Planning Committee. They ensure the activities of the special projects are built into the annual science plans. SCEC sponsors Technical Activity Groups (TAGs), which self-organize to develop and test critical methodologies for solving specific problems.

	PC Chairs Greg Beroza, Chair Judi Chester, Vice-Chair
Disciplinary Committees		Interdisciplinary Focus Groups
	Seismology Cliff Thurber Jamie Steidl		FARM Nadia Lapusta Nick Beeler		EEII Jon Stewart Farzin Zareian
	Tectonic Geodesy Gareth Funning Manoochehr Shirzaei		SDOT Roland Bürgmann Bridget Smith-Konter		SAFS Michele Cooke Ramon Arrowsmith
	Earthquake Geology Mike Oskin Ashley Griffith		EFP Max Werner Morgan Page		Special Projects Christine Goulet Phil Maechling
	Computational Science Ricardo Taborda Ahmed Elbanna		GM Domniki Asimaki Annemarie Baltay		CXM Liz Hearn Scott Marshall Laurent Montesi

Executive Committee and Center Staff

The *Executive Committee of the Center (ExCom) handles daily decision-making responsibilities for the Center. It currently comprises of the Center Director, the Co-Director, the Board Vice-Chair, the PC Vice-Chair, the Executive Director for Special Projects, the Associate Directors for Science Operations, Information Technology, and Communication, Education, and Outreach (CEO). The SCEC Director acts as Principal Investigator (PI) on most proposals submitted by the Center, retaining final authority to make and implement decisions on Center programs, budgets, and financial obligations. The Director oversees all Center activities and is the Center’s official liaison to the rest of the world, and specifically, to the funding agencies. The Director chairs the SCEC Board of Directors, and may appoint committees as needed to carry out Center business. The Board Chair and Vice-Chair coordinate program activities with the SCEC Board of Directors. The Co-Director and Executive Science Director for Special Projects (ED-SP) may serve as the Principal Investigator of SCEC special projects. The PC Chair serves as a liaison to SCEC science partners, chairs of the annual meeting, and oversees the annual science planning process. The PC Vice-Chair and the ED-SP provide added science leadership when formulating and implementing the annual science program. The ED-SP manages the science activities of applied science projects and coordinated these activities with the PC and Associate Directors for IT and Science Operations. The overall framework for data-integration and modeling effort, including the software standards for data structures and model interfaces, is responsibility of the Associate Director for Information Technology. The Associate Director for Science Operations manages all operational and financial aspects of the science planning process, and liaises with the funding agencies. The Associate Director for CEO is responsible for Center communication, education, and outreach activities.

	Yehuda Ben-Zion Director*		Greg Beroza Co-Director, PC Chair*		John Shaw Board Chair*		Judi Chester PC Vice-Chair*
Education & Outreach		Research Computing		Applied Science		Science Operations
	Mark Benthien Associate Director*		Phil Maechling Associate Director*		Christine Goulet Executive Director*		Tran Huynh Associate Director*
	Jason Ballmann Comm Manager		Scott Callaghan Computer Scientist		Kevin Milner Computer Scientist		Deborah Gormley Business Ops Specialist
	John Marquis Web Manager for CEO		Bill Savran Research Programmer		Xiaofeng Meng Postdoctoral Scholar		Mita Patel Operations Assistant
	Gabriela Noriega Manager of ELCA		Fabio Silva Computer Scientist		Yongfei Wang Postdoctoral Scholar		Edric Pauk Research Programmer
	Sharon Sandow Asst Dir of Strategic Partnerships for CEO		Mei-Hui Su Research Programmer		Yang Lu Postdoctoral Scholar

Advisory Council

An elected external Advisory Council (AC) serves as an experienced advisory body to the Center. The Council reports to the Center through its Chair. The AC comprises a diverse membership representing all aspects of Center activities, including basic and applied earthquake research and related technical disciplines (e.g., earthquake engineering, risk management, and information technology), formal and informal education, and public outreach. Members of the AC are drawn from academia, government, and the private sector; they are elected by the Board for three-year terms and may be re-elected. The Council meets annually to review Center programs and plans and prepares a report for the Center. The AC Chair is apprised on all major actions of the Center. Council members are informed of Center activities and invited to participate in all appropriate Center functions. Council reports are made available to NSF, the USGS, and other funding agencies.

	Arrietta Chakos Urban Resilience Strategies		Alan Levander Rice University		Francois Renard U of Oslo
	Tim Cockerill TACC		Ellen Rathje U of Texas		Heidi Tremayne EERI
	Jon Heintz Applied Technology Council		Gabriel Toro Lettis Consultants		Robert Woodward IRIS

Communication, Education, and Outreach Planning Committee

The Communication, Education, and Outreach Planning Committee (CEO PC) comprises SCEC Community stakeholders including key partners and represenatives of SCEC leadership groups. The CEO PC provides guidance for CEO programs, reviews reports and evaluations, and identifies synergies with other parts of SCEC and external organizations.

	Danielle Sumy, IRIS Chair		Kate Long, Dr. Lucy Jones Center Vice Chair		Timothy Dawson, CGS SCEC Board Representative
	Arrietta Chakos, Urban Resilience Strategies SCEC Advisory Council Representative		Sally McGill, CSUSB Experiential Learning & Career Advancement		Ricardo Taborda, EAFIT SCEC Science Planning Committee Representative