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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Members of the IGS Community,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please join us in congratulating Dr. Rolf Dach, who was elected as the new Vice Chair of the Governing Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dr. Dach has been working on the Satellite Geodesy Research Group at AIUB since 1999, where he got involved in the activities and development of the Center for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE) Analysis
Center. In September 2006, he became the successor of Prof. Urs Hugentobler as the head of the group. He received the venia docendi (Habilitation) for fundal astronomy as Faculty of natural sciences of the University of Bern in 2011, and the title of Assoziierter
Professor in 2019. In the context of his scientific work at AIUB, he represents CODE in several IGS working groups, being elected in 2015 as an Analysis Center representative and member of the IGS Executive Committee. He also represents the IGS in the IERS
Directing Board. Dr. Dach term as Vice chair of the Governing Board is effective at the end of the IGS Workshop next week.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Similarly, we would like to acknowledge the appointments of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dr. Jianghui Geng (Wuhan University, China) as the new PPP-AR Working Group Chair. Dr. Geng takes over Dr. Simon Banville effective immediately, who
served in the PPP-AR position since 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ms. Ashley Santiago (Raytheon, USA), as the new Governing Board Executive Secretary. Ms. Santiago takes over Dr. Oyola-Merced effective immediately,
who served as GB Executive Secretary since 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dr. Mayra Oyola-Merced (NASA JPL, transitioning to the University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA) as the Chair of the newly created GNSS For Weather and
Climate Resiliency Pilot Project, effective immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Finally, we would like to thank the members of the Standing Election Committee for their hard work and support during this transition period, as well as Dr. Simon Banville for his dedication and service to
the PPP-AR WG and other multiple IGS committees. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hope to see many of you during our workshop next week.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On behalf of the Central Bureau,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mayra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(Former GB Executive Secretary)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Mayra I. Oyola-Merced, PhD
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(she/her)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Scientist, Ionospheric and Atmospheric Remote Sensing Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deputy Director, IGS Central Bureau<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">4800 Oak Grove Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Pasadena, CA 91109 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Phone: +1-818-354-0926<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Email: <a href="mailto:mayra.i.oyola@jpl.nasa.gov"><span style="color:black">mayra.i.oyola@jpl.nasa.gov</span></a>
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