In October of 2007, Mark Linesch will end his three-year term and hand over the reins of OGF to
a new President. During its January meeting, the OGF Board established a search committee to
find candidates for this opening position. The Board invites you to play an important role in the
process of finding a new OGF President.
The search committee has delivered a
Position Description (PD) and has opened a call for nominees.
You may send nominations (including self-nominations) to
pres-nominations@ogf.org.
Submissions and the process for selecting a new President are entirely
confidential. The search committee will match the nominee's credentials against the PD and
work with the nominee to determine the nominee's availability for the position, including
obtaining his/her organizational support.
The call for nominations will remain open until the end of March. All qualifying nominees will
be asked to complete a brief "statement of intent" describing his/her perspectives on the current
state of OGF and a vision for its future. Upon review of these statements, the search committee
will determine a short-list of candidates who will be interviewed in the April via phone with face-
to-face interviews scheduled at OGF20 in early May. The committee hopes to have a
recommendation to the Board and other leadership committees in early summer so that the
individual can be approached well in advance of the October deadline.
The search committee is a collection of individuals representing a broad set of stakeholders in
OGF. The individuals and stakeholders they represent include:
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Paul Strong, eBay
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Vice-Chair of Board; Enterprise end-user
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Charlie Catlett, ANL
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Founding Chair, At-Large Board member, eScience
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Hiro Kishimoto, Fujitsu
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At-Large Board Member, GFSG, Asia-Pac community
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Fabrizio Gagliardi, Microsoft
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Advisory Committee, Vendor, European community
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Steve Crumb, OGF
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Executive Director of OGF, Inc., VP of Operations
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Mark Linesch, HP
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Current President
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