[LTER-mcm-pi] [SCAR-COs] Dr Jenny Baeseman appointed new SCAR Executive Director

[Michael Gooseff]

She was leading APECS and CliC in the past few years, so my guess is that she has matured into a recognized leader.  SCAR is a big step up.  It may be helpful to have had her be affiliated with our group in the Dry Valleys…




> On Jun 12, 2015, at 9:51 AM, Priscu, John <jpriscu at montana.edu> wrote:
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> I sure hope that she has matured since her deployment with Bess Ward in the valleys. She was pretty flaky!
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> JP
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> That is indeed news!  Thanks B. 
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> On Friday, June 12, 2015, Lyons, William <lyons.142 at osu.edu <mailto:lyons.142 at osu.edu>> wrote:
> FYI
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> From: "E. Griffin" < <>eg393 at cam.ac.uk <mailto:eg393 at cam.ac.uk>>
> Subject: [SCAR-COs] Dr Jenny Baeseman appointed new SCAR Executive Director
> Date: June 12, 2015 5:25:20 AM EDT
> To: < <>natcoms at lists.scar.org <mailto:natcoms at lists.scar.org>>, < <>delegates at lists.scar.org <mailto:delegates at lists.scar.org>>, < <>chiefofficers at lists.scar.org <mailto:chiefofficers at lists.scar.org>>
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> Dear colleagues and friends,
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> I would like to inform you that Dr. Jenny Baeseman is going to be the new
> SCAR Executive Director. She was selected in a process in which 27
> applications were received. Jenny has been Executive Director of the WCRP
> Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project since 2012 and previous to that was
> the Founding Director of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
> (APECS). She will start to work for SCAR part time from 1st July 2015 and
> full time from 1st September 2015. I look forward Jenny continuing the
> excellent trajectory marked by our previous executive directors, Colin
> Summerhayes and Mike Sparrow.
> 
> I use this opportunity to publically thank Mike Sparrow for his efficient
> work and important contribution to SCAR during the last years as
> Executive Director, and wish him all the best in his new job.
> 
> I would also like to thank Rosemary Nash and Eoghan Griffin for their
> excellent work and commitment, especially in these particularly busy
> times.
> 
> SCAR is in a very busy period, with the XXXVIII ATCM and XVIII CEP
> meetings (1-10 June 2015, Sofia, Bulgaria), the XII ISAES that will start
> shortly (13-17 July 2015, Goa, India), the EXCOM meeting, including the
> discussions about the revision of the SCAR structure and the next
> strategic plan in less than three months (26-29 August 2015, Tromso,
> Norway). The plans for the 2016 XXXIV SCAR Meeting and the Open Science
> Conference (19-31 August 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) are advancing
> well, and many other initiatives and workshops are going to take place in
> the coming times.
> 
> The projection of SCAR in different fora, like at the last ATCM, and our
> relationships with our partner organizations are excellent. Several
> countries have recently approached SCAR to become new members of our
> organization.
> 
> All this is thanks to the contribution and effort of the SCAR community,
> and I would like to thank all of you for this.
> 
> With best wishes,
> 
> Jeronimo Lopez-Martinez
> President of SCAR
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