COGE Board
SANDRA VILLACORTA
ChairCSIRO/Charles Darwin University
Peru
Elvaene James
General SecretaryUniversiti Malaysia Kelantan
Malaysia
Scott Miller
Social Media CoordinatorFlorida Department of Environmental Protection
Susanna Occhipinti
Vice ChairUNICAM - Camerino University, Italy- Education committee of National Association of Geologists- Italy
Ian Clark
TreasurerUniversity of South Australia
Australia
Subcommisions
Supervises development and co-ordination of the GEFO Program in coordination with EGU Education team.
Responsible: Susana Occhipinti
Members: Young-Shin Park, Marian Selorm Sapah, Tiago Ribeiro
Focused on enhancing our engagement with the public and communicating the value of geoscience education to a broader audience.
Responsible: Agogo Abraham
Members: Roberto Greco, Kholoud Mohamed
Supervise initiatives for ensuring the diverse voices and perspectives within the geoscience community.
Responsible: Liliana Corona
Members: Susanna Occhipinti, Sandra Villacorta
Oversee agreements of cooperation with international bodies and try to search for external funding
Responsible: Jorge Gomez Tapias
Members: Sharon Locke, Miguel Cerna Cano
Committees
Prepares an annual budgetary proposal to be submitted to IUGS
based on the proposed annual work plan of the Commission.
Responsible: Ian Clark
Members: Sandra Villacorta, Susana Occhipinti
Supervises development and co-ordination of COGE publications and contents (COGE journal on geoscience education, books, academic articles, abstracts and others).
Responsible: Susana Alaniz-Alvarez
Members: Sandra Villacorta, Nicanor Prendes, Clara Vasconcelos, Rajib Kumar
Is responsible for the nomination and selection process for the Chris King Medal and other awards planned to recognize achievements and contributions in the field of geoscience education.
Responsible: Roberto Greco
Members: Ian Clark, Ashvin Wickramasooriya
Advertises and promotes the aims, objectives and achievements of COGE and manages COGE’s presence across various social media platforms.
Responsible: Enas Ahmed (Acting Lead)
Members: Romina Celabe (Facebook & Instagram Champion), Liliana Corona (X Champion and Acting Webmaster), Enas Ahmed (LinkedIn Champion), Scott Miller (on leave)
To everseeing the membership matters
Responsible: Elvaene James
Members:
Ian Clark, Sandra Villacorta