11 June 2024
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the results of its recent Board elections for the term beginning July 1, 2024. Robert Wheeler (Director, Publishing Technology, American Society of Mechanical Engineers) will transition to the role of Chair of the NISO Board, having served as Vice Chair for the past year. He is replaced as Vice Chair by Jonathan Clark (Principal, Consultant and Managing Agent, The DOI Foundation), who will assume the role of Chair for 2025–26 next July. Karim Boughida (Dean of University Libraries, Stony Brook) rotates to the position of Past Chair, having served as NISO Chair for 2023–24.
NISO Voting Members have also re-elected Trevor A. Dawes (Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris University Librarian, University of Delaware) and elected three new directors: Jenny Mathias (Global Marketing and Operations Director, Cambridge University Press and Assessment), Jill Morris (Executive Director, PALCI, the Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation), and Emily Singley (Vice President, North American Library Relations, Elsevier)
The new directors will serve on the Board for a three-year term from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027. Salwa Ismail, Alison Mudditt, and Maria Stanton are rotating off the Board this year, with our thanks and appreciation for their service.
Full information about the current NISO Board can be found at https://www.niso.org/what-we-do/directory/board-members. This page will be updated on July 1 to reflect the results of this year's election.
“I am honored to lead my fellow Board members as NISO’s Board Chair for 2024–25,” said Robert Wheeler. “With such an experienced and esteemed group of community leaders, the dedicated NISO team, and our engaged volunteer community, great things are in store for NISO in 2024–25.” Jonathan Clark added, “I feel very privileged to have been given this opportunity to contribute to the leadership of NISO. I very much look forward to working with the diverse stakeholders in NISO’s engaged, inclusive, and sustainable community. Together we are working towards a world where all benefit from the unfettered exchange of information.”
Todd Carpenter, NISO’s Executive Director, added, “We extend a warm welcome to Robert, Jonathan, and our newest Board members. We’re excited to work with them over the coming year to implement our new strategic plan and continue to pursue our mission of advancing authoritative standards in collaboration with the information community.”