Co-Chairs

Andrew Gonzalez
McGill University
Montreal, Canada

Maria Cecilia Londoño
Alexander von Humboldt Institute
Bogota, Colombia

Secretariat (hosted at McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

Adriana Radulovici
Executive Secretary

Katie Millette
Science Officer

Jean-Michel Lord
Developer and Scrum Master

Veronica Wrobel
Communications and Engagement Officer


Management Committee

Responsibilities
GEO BON operations; the MC meets monthly to discuss technical and substantive issues regarding GEO BON implementation and coordination.

Composition
Includes the members of the GEO BON Secretariat, the Co-Chairs, and other Officers; 3 year terms, renewable once.


Implementation Committee

Responsibilities
The IC implements the deliverables and the implementation plan of GEO BON. It approves the annual budget and has an executive function. The IC meets by phone quarterly and in person once a year.

Composition
Those actively engaged in implementing GEO BON including all members of Management Committee, WG Leads or Task Force Leads and Leads of BON’s. New members must be confirmed by the peers in the Implementation Committee.


Advisory Board

Responsibilities
The Advisory Board meets once a year, together with the Implementation Committee, to provide strategic direction and feedback on GEO BON and helps to find funding. Members of the Advisory Board are elected by GEO BON’s management committee every 3 years and are renewable once.

Composition
Advisory board members are representatives of organizations, governments, and experts, in a geographically balanced composition as well as other influential individuals with good ties to funding.

Members:

Name Institution Country
Tim Hirsch Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Denmark
Donald Hobern International Barcode of Life (iBOL) Australia
Anne Larigauderie Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Germany
Marc Paganini European Space Agency (ESA) Italy
Jon Paul Rodrigues IUCN Venezuela
Woody Turner US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) USA