Building together as a community

Our Board Committees

  • Executive Committee

    A committee of all Board Officers which regularly works with the Executive Director to set Board agendas and handle urgent matters as needed.

    2025 committee members include: Jennifer Kemp (Board Chair), John Lenahan (Board Treasurer), and Vivian Berghahn (Board Secretary).

  • Finance and Fundraising Committee

    A committee of Trustees that oversee the OAEBUDT financial sustainability model and budget implementation, and assist with grant development and funder cultivation.

    2025 committee members include: John Lenahan (Committee Chair), Jon Elwell, and John Sherer.

    Committee charter published here.

  • Policy and Governance Committee

    A committee of Trustees and community representatives that develop formal governance documentation by establishing, refining and maintaining board policy.

    2025 committee members include: Wendy Queen (Committee Chair), Jennifer Kemp, Tina Baich, and Vivian Berghahn.

    Committee charter published here.

  • Membership and Sustainability Committee

    A committee of Trustees and community representatives that guide the development of inclusive cost-recovery mechanisms to operate the community-governed Data Trust in a scalable, sustainable way.

    2025 committee members include: Jennifer Kemp (Committee Co-Chair), John Lenahan (Committee Co-Chair), Andrew Joseph, John Sherer, Mikala Narlock, Peter Potter, Philippa Grand, and Sherine Eid.

    Former committee members: Gillian Leslie, Jo Lambert, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, and Stephanie Veldman.

    Committee charter published here.

  • Technical Advisory Committee

    A committee of Trustees and community representatives that inform the technical development and implementation roadmap for the Data Trust’s International Data Space as it adapts the German DINS IDS-RAM standards (that are undergoing ISO certification) for scholarly communications usage and impact data.

    2025 committee members include: Charles Watkinson (Chair), Amanda Ramalho, Devin O’Hara, Francesco de Virgilio, Jen Slajus, Kathryn Napier, Matthew Goddard, Max Mosterd, Michelle Urberg, Paolo Manghi, Ronald Snijder, Sy Holsinger and Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei.

    Former committee members: Clive Herbert, Dominique Lechaudel, Jeff Edmunds, Ken Klingenstein, Kevin Moreno, Laurent Schmitt, Luca De Santis, Pablo Markin, Tasha Mellins-Cohen and Toby Steiner.

    Committee charter published here.