COGE Board

SANDRA VILLACORTA
ChairCSIRO/Charles Darwin University
Peru

Elvaene James
General SecretaryUniversiti Malaysia Kelantan
Malaysia

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: Marian Selorm Sapah, Young-Shin Park, Monica Guzman
Focused on enhancing our engagement with the public and communicating the value of geoscience education to a broader audience.
Responsible: Kholoud Mohamed
Members: Roberto Greco, Daniela Mateus, Agogo Abraham
Supervise initiatives for ensuring the diverse voices and perspectives within the geoscience community.
Responsible: Liliana Corona
Members: Susanna Occhipinti, Sandra Villacorta, Daniela Mateus, Tiago Ribeiro
Oversee agreements of cooperation with international bodies and try to search for external funding
Responsible: Sharon Locke
Members: Miguel Cerna Cano, Jorge Gomez Tapias
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, Elvaene James
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, 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
Members: Romina Celabe (Facebook & Instagram Champion), Liliana Corona (X Champion and Webmaster), Enas Ahmed (LinkedIn Champion), Jorge Gomez, Scott Miller (on leave)
To everseeing the membership matters
Responsible: Elvaene James
Members:
Ian Clark, Sandra Villacorta