As you may be aware, the Consortium will be conducting a search in the next six to eight months for a new executive director.  I am chairing the search committee and am pleased to be joined by two other members of our board of directors, Yoshimi Fukuhara of Keio University/JOCW and Anka Mulder of TU Delft.

We would also like to include three members of the community at large on the search committee, and are inviting employees of member organizations to submit their names for consideration. Â Final selection of the three at-large members of the committee will be made by recommendation of Anka, Yoshimi and myself to the board of directors, and selections will be made to ensure a balance of perspectives from across the membership.

We look forward to rounding out our search committee and beginning the process of identifying a new executive director to propel the Consortium forward in the coming years. Â If you are interested in serving on the search committee, please send me an email at scarson@mit.edu.