GEM Team

GEM is comprised of the Secretariat, a Governing Board from public, private, academic and non-government organizations worldwide, and an Advisory Board (to assume its duties by June 2019).

We work together to advance the state-of-the-art for disaster risk reduction by developing data, tools and information and conducting hazard and risk assessments for improving our understanding of earthquake hazard and risk globally.

The GEM Secretariat is located in Pavia, Italy and is hosted by the EUCENTRE. For more information on how to reach us, visit our Contact Us page.

Meet the Staff and Board Members

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Risk Team

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Governing Board

Name	Position	Location
Kirsty Bayliss	Seismic Hazard Scientist	United Kingdom
Christopher Brooks	Seismic Hazard Scientist	United Kingdom
Helen Crowley	Secretary General	United Kingdom
Anna Rood	Seismic Hazard Scientist	United States
Andres Abarca	Product Manager	Costa Rica
Zarin Karim Zadeh	Physical Risk Engineer	Iran
Martina Caruso	Physical Risk Engineer	Italy
Lana Todorovic	Physical Risk Engineer	Montenegro
Alireza Khodaverdian	Member	Switzerland
Marek Goldbach	Member	United Kingdom
Matthias Hackl	Member	Germany
Kevin Dedieu	Member	France
Nilesh Shome	Member	United States
Manuela Villani	Seismic Hazard Scientist	Italy
Aurelien Boiselet	Member	France
Letizia Rossano	Member	NA
Boyd Zapatka	Member	United States
Tso-Chien Pan	Member	Singapore
Kishor Jaiswal	Member	United States
Andy Thompson	Member	United States
Nicole Paul	Physical Risk Engineer	United States
Antonio Ettorre	System Administrator	Italy
Michael Ewald	Member	Switzerland
Matthew Eagle	Member	United Kindom
Surya Shrestha	Member	Nepal
Hosam Ali	Member	United States
Martin Käser	Member	Germany
Barbara Borzi	Member	Italy
Jayanta Guin	Member	United States
Joerg Steffensen	Chairperson	Germany
Stefano Parolai	Member	NA
Jenty Kirsch-Wood	Member	NA
John Handmer	Member	NA
Soichiro Yasukawa	Member	NA
Heidi Tremayne	Member	NA
John Schneider	Senior Advisor	United States
Paul Henshaw	Director of Technology & Development	United Kingdom
Marco Pagani	Hazard Team Coordinator	Italy
Vitor Silva	Risk Team Coordinator	Portugal
Jephraim Oro	Communications and Web Manager	Philippines
Richard Styron	Active Faults Specialist	United States
Kendra Johnson	Seismic Hazard Scientist	United States
Catalina Yepes	Physical Risk Engineer	Colombia
Anirudh Rao	Senior Seismic Risk Modeller	India
Alejandro Calderon	Physical Risk Engineer	Costa Rica
Catarina Costa	Physical Risk Engineer	Portugal
Luis Martins	Physical Vulnerability Specialist	Portugal
Matteo Nastasi	Senior Software Developer	Italy
Michele Simionato	Senior Software Developer	Italy
Paolo Tormene	Senior Software Developer	Italy
Armando Scarpati	Frontend Developer	Italy
Simone Aliprandi	Contracts and Licensing Advisor	Italy
Chiara Pigoli	Administration and Secretarial Officer	Italy
Paul Della Marta	Member	Switzerland
Stuart Calam	Member	United Kingdom
Gill Jolly	Member	New Zealand
Mark Edwards	Member	Australia
Daniela Di Bucci	Member	Italy
Asako Iwaki	Member	Japan
Martin Kern	Member	Switzerland
Sonia Talwar	Vice Chairperson	Canada
Lindsay Davis	Member	United States
Chung-Han Chan	Member	Taiwan
Iain Stewart	Member	United Kingdom

Representative	Category	Location
Kirsty Bayliss	Seismic Hazard Scientist	United Kingdom
Christopher Brooks	Seismic Hazard Scientist	United Kingdom
Helen Crowley	Secretary General	United Kingdom
Anna Rood	Seismic Hazard Scientist	United States
Andres Abarca	Product Manager	Costa Rica
Zarin Karim Zadeh	Physical Risk Engineer	Iran
Martina Caruso	Physical Risk Engineer	Italy
Lana Todorovic	Physical Risk Engineer	Montenegro
Alireza Khodaverdian	Member	Switzerland
Marek Goldbach	Member	United Kingdom
Matthias Hackl	Member	Germany
Kevin Dedieu	Member	France
Nilesh Shome	Member	United States
Manuela Villani	Seismic Hazard Scientist	Italy
Aurelien Boiselet	Member	France
Letizia Rossano	Member	NA
Boyd Zapatka	Member	United States
Tso-Chien Pan	Member	Singapore
Kishor Jaiswal	Member	United States
Andy Thompson	Member	United States
Nicole Paul	Physical Risk Engineer	United States
Antonio Ettorre	System Administrator	Italy
Michael Ewald	Member	Switzerland
Matthew Eagle	Member	United Kindom
Surya Shrestha	Member	Nepal
Hosam Ali	Member	United States
Martin Käser	Member	Germany
Barbara Borzi	Member	Italy
Jayanta Guin	Member	United States
Joerg Steffensen	Chairperson	Germany
Stefano Parolai	Member	NA
Jenty Kirsch-Wood	Member	NA
John Handmer	Member	NA
Soichiro Yasukawa	Member	NA
Heidi Tremayne	Member	NA
John Schneider	Senior Advisor	United States
Paul Henshaw	Director of Technology & Development	United Kingdom
Marco Pagani	Hazard Team Coordinator	Italy
Vitor Silva	Risk Team Coordinator	Portugal
Jephraim Oro	Communications and Web Manager	Philippines
Richard Styron	Active Faults Specialist	United States
Kendra Johnson	Seismic Hazard Scientist	United States
Catalina Yepes	Physical Risk Engineer	Colombia
Anirudh Rao	Senior Seismic Risk Modeller	India
Alejandro Calderon	Physical Risk Engineer	Costa Rica
Catarina Costa	Physical Risk Engineer	Portugal
Luis Martins	Physical Vulnerability Specialist	Portugal
Matteo Nastasi	Senior Software Developer	Italy
Michele Simionato	Senior Software Developer	Italy
Paolo Tormene	Senior Software Developer	Italy
Armando Scarpati	Frontend Developer	Italy
Simone Aliprandi	Contracts and Licensing Advisor	Italy
Chiara Pigoli	Administration and Secretarial Officer	Italy
Paul Della Marta	Member	Switzerland
Stuart Calam	Member	United Kingdom
Gill Jolly	Member	New Zealand
Mark Edwards	Member	Australia
Daniela Di Bucci	Member	Italy
Asako Iwaki	Member	Japan
Martin Kern	Member	Switzerland
Sonia Talwar	Vice Chairperson	Canada
Lindsay Davis	Member	United States
Chung-Han Chan	Member	Taiwan
Iain Stewart	Member	United Kingdom

Organization	Representative	Category	Location
GEM	Paul Henshaw	Secretariat	United Kingdom
GEM	Helen Crowley	Secretariat	United Kingdom
GEM	Simone Aliprandi	Secretariat	Italy
GEM	Lana Todorovic	Secretariat	Montenegro
GEM	Christopher Brooks	Secretariat	United Kingdom
GEM	Anirudh Rao	Secretariat	India
GEM	Anna Rood	Secretariat	United States
GEM	Paolo Tormene	Secretariat	Italy
GEM	Catarina Costa	Secretariat	Portugal
GEM	Zarin Karim Zadeh	Secretariat	Iran
GEM	Chiara Pigoli	Secretariat	Italy
GEM	Michele Simionato	Secretariat	Italy
GEM	John Schneider	Secretariat	United States
GEM	Luis Martins	Secretariat	Portugal
GEM	Kendra Johnson	Secretariat	United States
GEM	Nicole Paul	Secretariat	United States
GEM	Matteo Nastasi	Secretariat	Italy
GEM	Jephraim Oro	Secretariat	Philippines
GEM	Kirsty Bayliss	Secretariat	United Kingdom
GEM	Catalina Yepes	Secretariat	Colombia
GEM	Martina Caruso	Secretariat	Italy
GEM	Vitor Silva	Secretariat	Portugal
GEM	Armando Scarpati	Secretariat	Italy
GEM	Antonio Ettorre	Secretariat	Italy
GEM	Andres Abarca	Secretariat	Costa Rica
GEM	Manuela Villani	Secretariat	Italy
GEM	Marco Pagani	Secretariat	Italy
GEM	Richard Styron	Secretariat	United States
GEM	Alejandro Calderon	Secretariat	Costa Rica
Allianz	Matthias Hackl	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	Germany
Aon	Marek Goldbach	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	United Kingdom
APDIM	Letizia Rossano	Associate. Non-Voting Member	NA
AXA	Aurelien Boiselet	Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member	France
British Geological Survey -BGS / Natural Environment Research Council-NERC	Iain Stewart	Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	United Kingdom
CelsiusPro	Alireza Khodaverdian	Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member	Switzerland
Department of Civil Protection	Daniela Di Bucci	Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	Italy
Descartes Underwriting	Kevin Dedieu	Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member	France
EERI	Heidi Tremayne	Associate. Non-Voting Member	NA
EUCENTRE	Barbara Borzi	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	Italy
Factory Mutual Insurance -FM Global	Hosam Ali	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	United States
Geological Survey of Canada	Sonia Talwar	Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member and Vice-chair	Canada
GeoScience Australia	Mark Edwards	Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	Australia
GNS Science	Gill Jolly	Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	New Zealand
Hannover Re	Joerg Steffensen	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member and Chairperson	Germany
IASPEI	Stefano Parolai	Associate. Non-Voting Member	NA
IRDR	John Handmer	Associate. Non-Voting Member	NA
Marsh McLennan/Guy Carpenter	Matthew Eagle	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	United Kindom
Munich Re	Martin Käser	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	Germany
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Tso-Chien Pan	Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	Singapore
National Society for Earthquake Technology-NSET	Surya Shrestha	Public Sponsor. Non-Voting Member	Nepal
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience	Asako Iwaki	Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	Japan
One Concern	Boyd Zapatka	Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member	United States
Partner Re	Paul Della Marta	Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member	Switzerland
RMS	Nilesh Shome	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	United States
Safehub	Andy Thompson	Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member	United States
State Secretariat for Education and Research	Martin Kern	Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	Switzerland
Swiss Re	Michael Ewald	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	Switzerland
Taiwan Earthquake Model-TEM	Chung-Han Chan	Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	Taiwan
UNDRR	Jenty Kirsch-Wood	Associate. Non-Voting Member	NA
UNESCO	Soichiro Yasukawa	Associate. Non-Voting Member	NA
United States Agency for International Development-USAID	Lindsay Davis	Public Sponsor. Non-Voting Member	United States
United States Geological Survey (USGS)	Kishor Jaiswal	Associate. Non-Voting Member	United States
Verisk	Jayanta Guin	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	United States
Willis Towers Watson	Stuart Calam	Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member	United Kingdom

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