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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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Name | Position | Country | |
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Alireza Khodaverdian | Switzerland | ||
Adam Podlaha | Member | United Kingdom | |
Markus Stowasser | Member | Germany | |
Nilesh Shome | Member | United States | |
Manuela Villani | Senior Hazard Scientist | Italy | |
Shreyasvi Chandrasekhar | Seismic Hazard Scientist | India | |
Maria Camila Hoyos Ramirez | Physical Risk Engineer | Colombia | |
Emmanuel de la Fosse | 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 | |
Thomas Chartier | Seismic Hazard Scientist | France | |
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 | |
Masayoshi Nakashima | Member | NA | |
Jenty Kirsch-Wood | Member | NA | |
John Handmer | Member | NA | |
Soichiro Yasukawa | Member | NA | |
Heidi Tremayne | Member | NA | |
Laurie Johnson | Member | United States | |
Luisa Corona | EUCENTRE collaborator | Italy | |
John Schneider | Secretary General | 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 | Physical Risk Engineer | India | |
Alejandro Calderon | Physical Risk Engineer | Costa Rica | |
Catarina Costa | Physical Risk Engineer | Portugal | |
Luis Martins | Physical Risk Engineer | 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 Holly | Member | New Zealand | |
Mark Edwards | Member | Australia | |
Daniela Di Bucci | Member | Italy | |
Hiroyuki Fujiwara | Member | Japan | |
Martin Kern | Member | Switzerland | |
Sonia Talwar | Member | Canada | |
Lindsay Davis | Member | United States | |
Bruce Shyu | Member | Taiwan | |
Iain Stewart | Member | United Kingdom |
Representative | Category | Country | |
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Alireza Khodaverdian | Private Sponsor | Switzerland | |
Adam Podlaha | Private Sponsor | United Kingdom | |
Markus Stowasser | Private Sponsor | Germany | |
Nilesh Shome | Private Sponsor | United States | |
Manuela Villani | Secretariat | Italy | |
Shreyasvi Chandrasekhar | Secretariat | India | |
Maria Camila Hoyos Ramirez | Secretariat | Colombia | |
Emmanuel de la Fosse | Private Sponsor | France | |
Letizia Rossano | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Boyd Zapatka | Private Sponsor | United States | |
Tso-Chien Pan | Public Sponsor | Singapore | |
Kishor Jaiswal | Associate Sponsor | United States | |
Andy Thompson | Private Sponsor | United States | |
Nicole Paul | Secretariat | United States | |
Antonio Ettorre | Secretariat | Italy | |
Thomas Chartier | Secretariat | France | |
Michael Ewald | Private Sponsor | Switzerland | |
Matthew Eagle | Private Sponsor | United Kindom | |
Surya Shrestha | Public Sponsor | Nepal | |
Hosam Ali | Private Sponsor | United States | |
Martin Käser | Private Sponsor | Germany | |
Barbara Borzi | Private Sponsor | Italy | |
Jayanta Guin | Private Sponsor | United States | |
Joerg Steffensen | Private Sponsor | Germany | |
Masayoshi Nakashima | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Jenty Kirsch-Wood | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
John Handmer | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Soichiro Yasukawa | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Heidi Tremayne | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Laurie Johnson | Dissolved | United States | |
Luisa Corona | Secretariat | Italy | |
John Schneider | Secretariat | United States | |
Paul Henshaw | Secretariat | United Kingdom | |
Marco Pagani | Secretariat | Italy | |
Vitor Silva | Secretariat | Portugal | |
Jephraim Oro | Secretariat | Philippines | |
Richard Styron | Secretariat | United States | |
Kendra Johnson | Secretariat | United States | |
Catalina Yepes | Secretariat | Colombia | |
Anirudh Rao | Secretariat | India | |
Alejandro Calderon | Secretariat | Costa Rica | |
Catarina Costa | Secretariat | Portugal | |
Luis Martins | Secretariat | Portugal | |
Matteo Nastasi | Secretariat | Italy | |
Michele Simionato | Secretariat | Italy | |
Paolo Tormene | Secretariat | Italy | |
Armando Scarpati | Secretariat | Italy | |
Simone Aliprandi | Secretariat | Italy | |
Chiara Pigoli | Secretariat | Italy | |
Paul Della Marta | Private Sponsor | Switzerland | |
Stuart Calam | Private Sponsor | United Kingdom | |
Gill Holly | Public Sponsor | New Zealand | |
Mark Edwards | Public Sponsor | Australia | |
Daniela Di Bucci | Public Sponsor | Italy | |
Hiroyuki Fujiwara | Public Sponsor | Japan | |
Martin Kern | Public Sponsor | Switzerland | |
Sonia Talwar | Public Sponsor | Canada | |
Lindsay Davis | Public Sponsor | United States | |
Bruce Shyu | Public Sponsor | Taiwan | |
Iain Stewart | Public Sponsor | United Kingdom |
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