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Leonardo/ISAST Committees and Working Groups

Board Committees

ISAST Advisory Board:The International Advisory Board advises the Leonardo/ISAST Governing Board of Directors through periodic reports about the projects and publications of the organization. The Advisory Board also functions to keep project coordinators advised of Governing Board activities.

Advisory Board members: Beverly Reiser, chair; Christine Malina Maxwell, vice chair; Mark Beam, Annick Bureaud, Nicolas Collins, Sean Cubitt, Ricardo dal Farra, Ernest Edmonds, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Nisar Keshvani, Michael Naimark, Michael Punt, Mark Resch, Rick Rinehart, Sundar Sarukkai, Rejane Spitz, Li Zhenhua.

Executive Committee: The goal of the this committee is to make executive decisions regarding the actions and projects of the organization.

Compensation and Finance Committee: The goal of the this committee is to work on policies to retain high-quality, motivated employees for Leonardo/ISAST. Its duties include reviewing compensation issues and making recommendations to the Board toward this end. Recommendations must be a balance between fiscal limitations and the recognition that a high-quality, motivated staff is essential to producing both the quality and the quantity of Leonardo/ISAST projects.

Greg Harper

Jeff Babcock

Fundraising and Events Committee

Publications Committee

World Wide Web Committee: The committee considers issues such as coordination of Leonardo web sites, standards for web sites, short and long term strategies for supporting web sites, conceptualization of relationship of print and electronic publishing.

Book Series Committee: This committee has responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of the Leonardo Book Series at MIT Press. It is responsible for appointing members of the Editorial Committee for the Book Series and developing the book series publishing plan.

Awards Committee: As part of Leonardo's mission of encouraging the innovative presentation of technology-based arts, Leonardo/ISAST recognizes artists and organizations working with the use of contemporary artistic expression through cash awards given via the Leonardo Awards Program.

Lynn Hershman Leeson

Nominations Committee: This committee looks for potential board members who would make positive contributions to LEONARDO/ISAST. Committee members search to have many fields of expertise represented on the board: art, science, marketing, brokerage, business, law, education, history, writing and art criticism. Currently the committee is interested in adding a scientist or engineer to the board, a practicing artist, a skilled grant proposal writer, and philanthropists.

Sonya Rapoport, chair; Michael Grey, Christian Simm.

Leonardo HQ Committee: The mission of the Leonardo HQ committee is to develop the strategy and options for the new headquarters of Leonardo at the conclusion of the current lease.

Jeff Babcock

John Hearst

Meredith Tromble

Leonardo Project Working Groups

Leonardo hosts working groups on projects with topical focus:

Leonardo Scientists Working Group: Tami Spector, Chair

Leonardo Education Forum Committee: Edward Shanken, Chair; Andrea Polli, Co-Chair; Victoria Vesna, Co-Chair; Nina Czegley, Co-Chair; Mariah Klaneski, Student/Young Professional Co-Chair; Josh Levy, Student/Young Professional Co-Chair; Justin Cone, Student/Young Professional Co-Chair

Leonardo Space Arts Working Group: Annick Bureaud, Richard Clar, Nina Czegledy, Roger Malina, Jean-Luc Soret, Arthur Woods

Cultural Roots of Globalization (FCM) Editorial Committee: Mark Beam, Annick Bureaud, Steve Dietz, Marina Grzinic, Julien Knebusch, Roger Malina, Yukiko Shibata

Global Crossings Steering Committee: Julio Bermúdez, Hisham Bizri, Nisar Keshvani, Sundar Sarukkai, Rejane Spitz