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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
Secretariat
Management
Support
Hazard Team
Risk Team
SVR Team
I.T.
Governing Board
Name | Position | Country | |
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Markus Stowasser | Member | Germany | |
Kevin Dedieu | Member | France | |
Nilesh Shome | Member | United States | |
Manuela Villani | Senior Hazard Scientist | Italy | |
Yen-Shin Chen | Seismic Hazard Scientist | Taiwan | |
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 | |
Sandra Giacomini | Administration and Secretarial Officer | Italy | |
Surya Shrestha | Member | Nepal | |
Hosam Ali | Member | United States | |
Alexander Allmann | Member | Germany | |
Claudio Boettcher | Vice Chairperson | Switzerland | |
Barbara Borzi | Member | Italy | |
Gloria Maria Estrada | Member | Colombia | |
Matthew Free | Member | United Kingdom | |
Jayanta Guin | Member | United States | |
Toyama Nobuhiko | Member | Japan | |
Jaesung Park | Member | Bermuda | |
Joerg Steffensen | Chairperson | Germany | |
Edmund Booth | Member | NA | |
Catherine Gamper | Member | NA | |
Johannes Schweitzer | Member | NA | |
Masayoshi Nakashima | Member | NA | |
Jenty Kirsch-Wood | Member | NA | |
Richard McCarthy | Member | NA | |
John Handmer | Member | NA | |
Soichiro Yasukawa | Member | NA | |
Heidi Tremayne | Member | NA | |
Fabrice Cotton | Chairperson | Germany | |
Reginald DesRoches | Member | United States | |
Ken Xiansheng Hao | Member | Japan | |
Laurie Johnson | Member | United States | |
Alberto Monti | Member | Italy | |
Emily So | Member | United Kingdom | |
Pennung Warnitchai | Member | Thailand | |
Hugo Yepes | Member | Ecuador | |
Petros Kalakonas | Physical Risk Engineer | Greece | |
Anselm Smolka | Special Advisor | Germany | |
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 | |
Julio Garcia | Senior Seismic Hazard Scientist | Cuba | |
Valerio Poggi | Senior Hazard Scientist | Italy | |
Richard Styron | Active Faults Specialist | United States | |
Robin Gee | Seismic Hazard Scientist | United States | |
Kendra Johnson | Seismic Hazard Scientist | United States | |
Catalina Yepes | Physical Risk Engineer | Colombia | |
Anirudh Rao | Physical Risk Engineer | India | |
Desmond Amo-Oduro | Physical Risk Engineer | Ghana | |
Alejandro Calderon | Physical Risk Engineer | Costa Rica | |
Catarina Costa | Physical Risk Engineer | Portugal | |
Jamal Dabbeek | Physical Risk Engineer | Palestine | |
Venetia Despotaki | Physical Risk Engineer | Greece | |
Luis Martins | Physical Risk Engineer | Portugal | |
Mabe Villar | Physical Risk Engineer | Costa Rica | |
Cigdem Yilmaz | Physical Risk Engineer | Turkey | |
Michael Musori | Social Vulnerability Scientist | Zimbabwe | |
Miguel Toquica | Social Vulnerability Scientist | Colombia | |
Matteo Nastasi | Senior Software Developer | Italy | |
Michele Simionato | Senior Software Developer | Italy | |
Paolo Tormene | Senior Software Developer | Italy | |
Daniele Vigano' | System Engineer, IT Manager | Italy | |
Armando Scarpati | Frontend Developer | Italy | |
Marco Bernasocchi | GIS Specialist (Consultant) | Switzerland | |
Simone Aliprandi | Contracts and Licensing Advisor | Italy | |
Chiara Pigoli | Administration and Secretarial Officer | Italy | |
Giulia Musolino | Secretarial Officer and Communications Assistant | Italy | |
Rebecca Laberenne | Member | NA | |
Paul Della Marta | Member | Switzerland | |
Stuart Calam | Member | United Kingdom | |
Gill Holly | Member | New Zealand | |
Maria Jose Barrera Gutierrez de Piñeres | Member | Colombia | |
Mark Edwards | Member | Australia | |
Mauro Dolce | Member | Italy | |
Hiroyuki Fujiwara | Member | Japan | |
Martin Kern | Member | Switzerland | |
Sonia Talwar | Member | Canada | |
Fabrice Cotton | Member | Germany | |
Dominik Lang | Member | Norway | |
Lindsay Davis | Member | United States | |
Bruce Shyu | Member | Taiwan | |
Iain Stewart | Member | United Kingdom |
Representative | Category | Country | |
---|---|---|---|
Markus Stowasser | Private Sponsor | Germany | |
Kevin Dedieu | Private Sponsor | France | |
Nilesh Shome | Private Sponsor | United States | |
Manuela Villani | Secretariat | Italy | |
Yen-Shin Chen | Secretariat | Taiwan | |
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 | |
Sandra Giacomini | Resigned as of May 1 2022 | Italy | |
Surya Shrestha | Public Sponsor | Nepal | |
Hosam Ali | Private Sponsor | United States | |
Alexander Allmann | Private Sponsor | Germany | |
Claudio Boettcher | NA | Switzerland | |
Barbara Borzi | Private Sponsor | Italy | |
Gloria Maria Estrada | NA | Colombia | |
Matthew Free | NA | United Kingdom | |
Jayanta Guin | Private Sponsor | United States | |
Toyama Nobuhiko | NA | Japan | |
Jaesung Park | NA | Bermuda | |
Joerg Steffensen | Private Sponsor | Germany | |
Edmund Booth | NA | NA | |
Catherine Gamper | NA | NA | |
Johannes Schweitzer | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Masayoshi Nakashima | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Jenty Kirsch-Wood | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Richard McCarthy | NA | NA | |
John Handmer | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Soichiro Yasukawa | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Heidi Tremayne | Associate Sponsor | NA | |
Fabrice Cotton | Dissolved | Germany | |
Reginald DesRoches | Dissolved | United States | |
Ken Xiansheng Hao | Dissolved | Japan | |
Laurie Johnson | Dissolved | United States | |
Alberto Monti | Dissolved | Italy | |
Emily So | Dissolved | United Kingdom | |
Pennung Warnitchai | Dissolved | Thailand | |
Hugo Yepes | Dissolved | Ecuador | |
Petros Kalakonas | Secretariat | Greece | |
Anselm Smolka | Retired | Germany | |
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 | |
Julio Garcia | NA | Cuba | |
Valerio Poggi | NA | Italy | |
Richard Styron | Secretariat | United States | |
Robin Gee | NA | United States | |
Kendra Johnson | Secretariat | United States | |
Catalina Yepes | Secretariat | Colombia | |
Anirudh Rao | Secretariat | India | |
Desmond Amo-Oduro | NA | Ghana | |
Alejandro Calderon | Secretariat | Costa Rica | |
Catarina Costa | Secretariat | Portugal | |
Jamal Dabbeek | NA | Palestine | |
Venetia Despotaki | NA | Greece | |
Luis Martins | Secretariat | Portugal | |
Mabe Villar | NA | Costa Rica | |
Cigdem Yilmaz | NA | Turkey | |
Michael Musori | NA | Zimbabwe | |
Miguel Toquica | NA | Colombia | |
Matteo Nastasi | Secretariat | Italy | |
Michele Simionato | Secretariat | Italy | |
Paolo Tormene | Secretariat | Italy | |
Daniele Vigano' | NA | Italy | |
Armando Scarpati | Secretariat | Italy | |
Marco Bernasocchi | NA | Switzerland | |
Simone Aliprandi | Secretariat | Italy | |
Chiara Pigoli | Secretariat | Italy | |
Giulia Musolino | NA | Italy | |
Rebecca Laberenne | NA | NA | |
Paul Della Marta | Private Sponsor | Switzerland | |
Stuart Calam | Private Sponsor | United Kingdom | |
Gill Holly | Public Sponsor | New Zealand | |
Maria Jose Barrera Gutierrez de Piñeres | NA | Colombia | |
Mark Edwards | Public Sponsor | Australia | |
Mauro Dolce | Public Sponsor | Italy | |
Hiroyuki Fujiwara | Public Sponsor | Japan | |
Martin Kern | Public Sponsor | Switzerland | |
Sonia Talwar | Public Sponsor | Canada | |
Fabrice Cotton | NA | Germany | |
Dominik Lang | NA | Norway | |
Lindsay Davis | Public Sponsor | United States | |
Bruce Shyu | Public Sponsor | Taiwan | |
Iain Stewart | Public Sponsor | United Kingdom |