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Executive Board

The Executive Board is the policymaking and oversight body of the Alliance. The purposes of the Executive Board are to:

  1. Select a Host Institution to house the Executive Director and Secretariat and to assume financial and legal responsibility for the Alliance.
  2. Set overall policy and budget for the Alliance.
  3. Provide strategic guidance and review of the Alliance’s activities.
  4. Appoint an Executive Director for the Alliance for a five-year, renewable term.
  5. Oversee the management of the financial affairs of the Alliance on behalf of the Members.
  6. Set Alliance membership fees and length of membership term for each institutional classification of membership subject to the ratification by formal resolution at the Annual Meeting of Members.
  7. Set fees for use of Alliance registered trademarks, certification marks, and collective marks or copyright material and for Alliance‐sponsored activities and products.
  8. Make decisions on allocation of funds for innovative work and testing.
  9. Form Working Groups to perform specific duties.

Members of the Executive Board

The Executive Board is composed of seven voting members: six elected by the Designated Member representatives and one member appointed by the Host Institution. Members serve for a term of four years.  The Executive Director serves as an ex officio member, without vote.

The Chair and Vice Chair of the Executive Board are elected by the Board for a term of two years and each may serve no more than three consecutive terms.

Chair & Vice Chair

  • Jon Johnson (Chair), CLOSER, 2023-2027
  • Steve McEachern (Vice Chair), UK Data Service, 2013-2017, 2017-2021, 2021-2025, 2025-2029

Members

  • Alina Danciu, Sciences Po, Paris, 2025-2029
  • Johan Fihn Marberg, Swedish National Data Service (SND), 2023-2027
  • Katja Moilanen, Finnish Social Science Data Archive, 2025-2029
  • Bonnie Wolff-Boenisch, Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA), 2025-2027
  • Margaret Levenstein, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), representing the Host Institution, 2016-present
  • Jared Lyle, ICPSR, DDI Alliance Executive Director, ex officio, 2015-present

Past Members

  • Libby Bishop, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, 2022-2023, 2023-2024
  • William Block, Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER), 2015-2019, 2019-2023
  • Cory Chobanik, Statistics Canada, 2021-2025
  • Louise Corti, United Kingdom Data Archive (UKDA), 2015-2017
  • Catherine Fitch, Minnesota Population Center, 2017-2021, 2021-2025
  • Mari Kleemola, Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD), 2013-2015
  • Dana Müller, Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), 2017-2021
  • Ron Nakao, Stanford University -- Vice Chair, 2013-2015
  • Gillian Nicoll, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) -- Chair, 2013-2015
  • Barry Radler, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017-2021, 2021-2022
  • Anita Rocha, University of Washington, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology (CSDE), 2013-2015
  • David Schiller, Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), 2015-2016
  • Leanne Trimble, University of Toronto, Scholars Portal, 2013-2017
  • Joachim Wackerow, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, 2015-2019, 2019-2022
  • George Alter, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), representing the Host Institution, 2013-2016
  • Mary Vardigan, ICPSR, DDI Alliance Director, ex officio, 2013-2015

Executive Board Committee Minutes

Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

Before the establishment of the current Executive Board, the DDI Alliance was governed by a Steering Committee.

Original DDI Committee Meeting Minutes

Prior to the formation of the DDI Alliance, the DDI Committee guided early DDI development.