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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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Secretariat
Management
Support
Hazard Team
Risk Team
SVR Team
I.T.
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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