The GIAC is an advisory body organized exclusively for the GLOBE Program. Formed in 2006, the purpose of this advisory body is to provide GLOBE Regional Consortia a formal mechanism for community input in the overall implementation, enhancement, and sustainability of the GLOBE Program. The GIAC provides advice to the GLOBE Program Office (GPO) management team in order to assist the GPO in making progress toward program goals including student-teacher-scientist partnerships, regionalization, and issues surrounding programmatic sustainability around the world. The GIAC is an advisory committee and does not hold binding authority or fiduciary responsibility for activities of the GPO. GIAC is governed by a Charter, revised in July 2011.
GIAC Members
Contact information is available for each GIAC member on their respective partner contact pages. Additional information regarding regional governance and alternate representatives are listed on their respective region pages.
Africa (22 countries)
Mr. Mark Brettenny
2008-2013 South Africa
GIAC Chair 2010-2012
Alternate GIAC: Dr. Mekuria Argaw (Ethiopia)
2010-2013
Asia/Pacific (16 countries)
Mr. Binod Shrestha
2012-2013 Nepal
Europe-Eurasia (40 countries)
Mrs. Diana Garasic
2010-2012 Croatia
Alternate GIAC: Ms. Dana Votápková (Czech Republic)
2009-2012
Latin America/Caribbean (18 countries)
Lic. Andrea Ventoso
2011-2013 (Uruguay)
Alternate GIAC: Mr. Godfrey Burnside (Bahamas)
(In-coming GIAC Representative: 2013-2015)
Near East and North Africa (13 countries)
Mrs. Norah Ibrahim Al Nasser
2012-2013 (Saudi Arabia)
North America (2 countries)
Ms. Lynne Hehr Arkansas
2012-2013 Arkansas
Alternate GIAC: Dr. Jerry Cobbs Alabama
(In-coming GIAC Representative: 2014-2015)
Past GIAC Members
- Africa
- Mrs. Margaret Besong, 2006-2008, Cameroon
- Asia+Pacific
- Mr. Rajinder Mehta, 2006-2011 (Past GIAC Chair, 2008-2010), India
- Europe+Eurasia
- Dr. Andy Tasker, 2008-2010, United Kingdom
- Mr. Karl Torstein Hetland, 2006-2008, Norway
- Latin America+Caribbean
- Prof. Maria del Carmen Galloni, 2006-2010, Argentina
- Near East+North Africa
- Mrs. Zakeya Ahmed Ali Zada, 2006-2011 (Past GIAC Chair, 2006-2008), Bahrain
- North America
- Ms. Marsha Willis, 2010-2011, Texas
- Dr. Paul Ruscher, 2008-2009, Florida
- Dr. Michael Odell, 2006-2007 (Past Alternate GIAC Chair), Texas