<div dir="ltr">Dear DDI Community,<div><br></div><div>In their <a href="https://ddialliance.org/sites/default/files/20211117%20Executive%20Board%20minutes.pdf">November</a> meeting, the DDI <a href="https://ddialliance.org/executive-board">Executive Board</a> elected a new Chair (Bill Block, Cornell University) and Vice Chair (Barry Radler, University of Wisconsin-Madison).<br><br>The Chair and Vice Chair of the Executive Board serve two year terms. In addition to leading the Executive Board, which is the <span class="" id=":57n.1" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="">policymaking</span> and oversight body of the DDI Alliance, the Chair and Vice Chair also lead the Annual Meeting of the DDI Membership Representatives.<br><br>Special thanks to Steve McEachern, Australia Data Archive (ADA), who served the previous three consecutive terms as Chair of the Executive Board.<input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"enableNoauth":false,"persistentProtection":false,"expandedWatermarking":false,"expires":false,"isManaged":false},"attachments":{},"compose-id":"25","compose-window":{"secure":false}}"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH"><font color="#000000">Jared Lyle<br>Executive Director, <a href="https://ddialliance.org/" target="_blank"><span id="m_-6258220308803191488gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.5">DDI</span> Alliance</a><br><a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/" target="_blank"><span id="m_-6258220308803191488gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.6">ICPSR</span></a>, University of Michigan<br><a href="mailto:lyle@umich.edu" target="_blank"><span id="m_-6258220308803191488gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.7">lyle</span>@<span id="m_-6258220308803191488gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.8">umich</span>.<span id="m_-6258220308803191488gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.9">edu</span></a></font><br></span></p><div><font color="#999999"><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH"></span></p><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Follow the <span id="m_-6258220308803191488gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.10">DDI</span> Alliance on <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ddialliance" target="_blank">Twitter</a></i></font></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div><img src="cid:ii_17d49c47298e15954231" alt="DDI-tagline2.png" width="202" height="72"><br></div></div></div>
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