Organisation – Groningen Declaration Network

Board of Directors

Board of Directors as of 19 October 2024

Melanie Gottlieb

President

Executive Director, AACRAO American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, USA

Term of office: Oct 2024 - Oct 2028

Charmaine Hack

Vice-President

Vice President, Global Strategy, Marketing and Enrolment, Centennial College, Canada

Term of office: Oct 2024 - Oct 2026

Jelger de Boer

Immediate Past-President

Accountmanager Registers, DUO, Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs, The Netherlands

Term of office expires at the Annual Meeting 2024

Meg Wenger

Treasurer

Senior Director of Information and Knowledge, ECE, Educational Credential Evaluators, USA

Term of office: Oct 2024 - Oct 2027

Anthony Manahan

Secretary

Director, Student Mobility, HES, Australia

Term of office expires at the Annual Meeting 2027

Directors

Koichi Nakasaki

Chief Research Officer, Institute for Future Engineering, Japan

Term of office expires at the Annual Meeting 2025

Julie Reddy

Professor of Practice in Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Term of office expires at the Annual Meeting 2027

Shelby Stanfield

Administration, Foreign Credentials Service of America (FCSA), USA

Term of office expires at the Annual Meeting 2027

Nadia Starr

CEO, SAQA, South African Qualifications Authority, South Africa

Term of office expires at the Annual Meeting 2027

Beka Tavartkiladze

Senior Director, Global Education and Knowledge, World Education Services (WES), Canada

Term of office expires at the Annual Meeting 2027

Chen Wenjun (Edward)

Assistant Manager, International Promotion Department, CSSD, Center for Student Services and Development, Ministry of Education, P.R. China

Term of office expires at the Annual Meeting 2025

Ayselin Yildiz

Professor, International Relations Istinye University , Turkiye

Term of office expires at the Annual Meeting 2027

Executive Director

Joanne Duklas

Executive Director

Duklas Cornerstone Consulting Inc., Canada

Election of Directors on the Board and Terms of Office

In the running up to an Annual GDN Meeting, the Immediate Past President will invite participants to submit nominations for upcoming vacant board positions. A sub-committee of the Board, chaired by the Immediate Past President will present candidates for appointment as director for approval by the Board. The Board will preferably consider Founders, Patrons and Signatories who contribute financially to the Foundation and who contribute to a diverse Board, taking into account: data providers (e.g. institutions); data custodians (e.g. depositories); data owners (e.g. representative student bodies); international membership associations active in the field of education; geographic spread across the continents; and diversity and inclusivity of Board membership as a whole.

Board membership is held in a personal capacity and not representative of any organisation, directors acting in the interests of the GDN alone. The Board consists of a minimum of seven and a maximum of twelve members, to be decided by the Board. Directors will serve from the date of appointment for a maximum of three years, after which they can be reappointed only once. The term of office for each board member is given in the listing above. Directors step down in accordance with a rotation schedule drawn up by the Board.

Registration

As of 20 December 2016, the GDN incorporated as a public benefit foundation with the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce under registration number 67518613
As of 21 February 2018, the GDN is listed in the European Transparency Register under registration number 238535130318-52