RDA-US Leadership

Program Office

The Program Officers lead strategic direction, program management, communications, and RDA working group facilitation.

Beth Plale
Beth Plale, RDA-US Executive Director RDA-US CI/AI Area Expert Michael A. and Laurie Burns McRobbie Bicentennial Professor of Computer Engineering, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Executive Director, Pervasive Technology Institute Indiana University
Rob Quick
Rob Quick, RDA-US TIGRUS Program Manager
Yolanda Meleco
Yolanda Meleco, Global Communications
Robert Ping
Robert Ping RDA-US Program Manager Program Management Specialist, Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute

Area Experts

Area Experts connect RDA-US to areas of strategic importance including open science, software, and cybinfrastructure/artificial intelligence.

Sayeed Choudhury
Sayeed Choudhury RDA-US Open Software Area Expert Carnegie Mellon University
Zach Chandler
Zach Chandler RDA-US Open Science Area Expert Stanford University
Beth Plale
Beth Plale, RDA-US Executive Director RDA-US CI/AI Area Expert Michael A. and Laurie Burns McRobbie Bicentennial Professor of Computer Engineering, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Executive Director, Pervasive Technology Institute Indiana University

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee members advise RDA-US on strategy and direction while serving as ambassadors for RDA and RDA-US. The RDA-US Steering Committee includes the Program Officers and Area Experts.

Stuart Chalk
Stuart Chalk University of North Florida
Steve Diggs
Steve Diggs University of California
Erin Ellis
Erin Ellis Indiana University
Meredith Goins
Meredith Goins World Data System
Natalie Myers
Natalie Myers University of Notre Dame
Amy Nurnberger
Amy Nurnberger RDA Global Council MIT Libraries
Shelley Stall
Shelley Stall American Geophysical Union
Cynthia Vitale
Cynthia Vitale Association of Research Libraries
Michael Witt
Michael Witt Purdue University