The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the results of its recent Board elections for the term beginning July 1, 2021. Mary Sauer-Games, Vice President, Product Management, OCLC, Inc, will transition to the role of Chair of the NISO Board, having served as Vice Chair for the past year. She is replaced as Vice Chair by Maria Stanton, Director of Production, Atla, who will assume the role of Chair for 2022-23 next July. Peter Simon, Vice President, Product Management, NewsBank, Inc, rotates to the position of Past Chair, having served as NISO Chair for 2020-21. In addition, Wayne Strickland, Acting Associate Director for the Office of Program Management, NTIS will be appointed Treasurer as of July 1.
NISO Voting Members have also elected three new Directors: Jonathan Clark, Managing Agent, DOI Foundation; Trevor A. Dawes, Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris University Librarian, University of Delaware; and Salwa Ismael, Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Information Technology, University of California—Berkeley. They will serve on the Board for a three-year term from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024.
Three current members are rotating off the Board: Greg Grazevich, Associate Director, Bibliographic Information Services & Editor, MLA International Bibliography, Modern Language Association of America; Past Chair, Marian Hollingsworth, Director of Publisher Relations, Clarivate Analytics; and Treasurer, Jabin White, Vice President, Content Management for ITHAKA/JSTOR.
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