Elections at GÉANT Association

Charlie van Genuchten, Senior Product Manager Security at Dutch NREN SURF was elected chair of the GÉANT Community Committee (GCC) to lead the GÉANT community programme for the next three years. Charlie is a well-known member of the European NREN family as a leader in areas of security and community engagement. Charlie was the innovator behind the CLAW events, has been a leader and member of many community working groups (SIG-NOC, TF-RED, TF-DPR, and the TNC programme committee) and contributes as a task leader in the security area of the GÉANT project(s).

At NORDUnet we know Charlie as a great partner and inspiring collaborator. We have enjoyed Charlie’s leadership in establishing the new fora and formats the community needs (TF-DPR, CLAW), and we share her desire to identify and support collaborations emerging bottom-up. We welcome Charlie taking on the challenge of community governance, and look forward to working with Charlie in her dedication towards setting a new scene for the community programme. NORDUnet’s Erik Kikkenborg is a member of the GCC and recently committed to a second three-year term.

NORDUnet would like to thank Claudio Allocchio (Consortium GARR) for his efforts and dedication in leading the GCC in past three years.

For the GÉANT Board of Directors, Lars Fischer, Chief Relations Officer of NORDUnet and Janos Mohacsi, Chief International R&D Officer KIFÜ  were re-elected for a second term for a period of three years.  With a change of CEO and looking into major challenges ranging from new geopolitical and societal challenges for Europe to significant changes to funding programs for European research e-Infrastructures, NORDUnet welcomes stability of governance.