Boards and Committees

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors manages the affairs of the organization.

Current Board of Directors:

Bonnie Neas, North Dakota State University, neas@badlands.nodak.edu

Claude Garelik, University of South Dakota, cgarelik@usd.edu

Kent Hendrickson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, reb@unlinfo.unl.edu

Elizabeth Unger, Kansas State University, beth@ksu.edu

J.L. Albert, Oklahoma State University, jla@okstate.edu

Bob Zimmerman, bobz@comp.uark.edu

Bill Mitchell, MORENET, bill@more.net

Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee is a team of nationally recognized experts who provide guidance to the members of the organization.

Current Advisory Committee:

Peter Arzberger, San Diego Supercomputer Center, parzberg@ucsd.edu

Polley McClure, University of Virginia, mcclure@virginia.edu

Robert Wilhelmson, NCSA, bw@ncsa.uiuc.edu

Janet Polley, ADEC, jpoley@unl.edu

Guy Almes, Internet2, almes@internet2.edu

Steve Wolfe, Cisco Systems, Inc., swolff@cisco.com

Doug Gale, OARnet, dgale@oar.net

Dan Van Belleghem, NSF (EPSCoR & NCRI), dvanbell@nsf.gov

Christine Falsetti, NASA, cfalsetti@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Budget Committee

The Budget Committee provides guidance to the Executive Director and the Board of Directors in making decisions on matters of the budget.

Current Budget Committee:

Jerry Niebaum, University of Kansas, niebaum@ukans.edu

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Policy Committee

The Policy Committee makes recommendations concerning the policy of the organization. In particular, this committee is charged with recommending Acceptable Use Policies.

Current Policy Committee:

Claude Garelik, University of South Dakota, cgarelik@usd.edu

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Applications Committee

The Applications Committee provides guidance to the Internet2 members concerning applications.

Current Applications Committee:

Michael Grobe, Char, University of Kansas, grobe@ukans.edu

Gordon Springer, University of Missouri, springer@cecs.missouri.edu

James Ross, North Dakota State University, ross@plains.nodak.edu

Rob Caffey, Kansas State University, caffey@dce.ksu.edu

Pam Wilcox, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, pwilcox@unl.edu

Dennis Helder, South Dakota State University, helderd@mg.sdstate.edu

Kelvin Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma, kdroege@ou.edu

Larry Scott, Oklahoma State University, hls@diamond.phy.okstate.edu

Doug Rand, University of North Dakota, rand@aero.und.edu

Rick Summerhill, Great Plains Network, rrsum@greatplains.net,

Royce Engstrom, University of South Dakota, rengstrom@charlie.usd.edu

Patrick Zimmerman, South Dakota SM&T, pzimmerm@msmailgw.sdsmt.edu

Sherry Farwell, South Dakota SM&T, sfarwell@silver.sdsmt.edu

Bruce Curtis, North Dakota State University, curtis@plains.nodak.edu

Linda Roos, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, lroos@unlinfo.unl.edu

Neal Hodges, South Dakota SM&T, nhodges@taz.sdsmt.edu

Science Committee

The Science Committee provides guidance concerning matters of science. Of particular importance is Earth Systems Science and the EPSCoR/NSF grant.

Current Science Committee:

Mario Biondini (North Dakota), biondini@plains.nodak.edu

Mark Hjelmfelt (South Dakota), hjelmfel@ias.sdsmt.edu

Jim Merchant (Nebraska), jm1000@burn.unl.edu

Kevin Price (Kansas), k-price@ukans.edu

Mark Jakubauskas (Oklahoma), jakubaus@ou.edu

Fred Limp (Arkansas), fred@cast.uark.edu

Michael Grobe (Kansas), grobe@raven.cc.ukans.edu

Ken Bishop (Kansas), kbishop@ukans.edu

John C. Dixon (Arkansas), jcdixon@comp.uark.edu

Technical Committee

The Technical Committee provides guidance concerning matters of engineering design and implementation.

Current Technical Committee:

Dale Finkelson, chair, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, dmf@unl.edu

Rick Summerhill, Great Plains Network, rrsum@greatplains.net,

Marc Johnson, University of Oklahoma, marcj@gslan.offsys.uoknor.edu

Bruce Curtis, North Dakota State University, curtis@plains.nodak.edu

David Merrifield (Arkansas), University of Arkansas, dlm@comp.uark.edu

Stu Doescher, EROS Data Center, doescher@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov

Ben Colley, University of Missouri / MORENET, ben@more.net

Terry Bobbie, EROS Data Center, bobbie@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov

Mike Rechtenbaugh, EROS Data Center, rech@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov

Dave Nordlund, KANREN, nordlund@kanren.net

Bill Klein, University of Kansas, klein@ukans.edu

James Alexander, Oklahoma State Unversity, jra@okstate.edu

Chris Petrof, ONENET, chris@onenet.net

Michael Grobe, University of Kansas, grobe@raven.cc.ukans.edu

John Grosen, North Dakota State University, grosen@plains.nodak.edu

Claude Garelik, University of South Dakota, cgarelik@usd.edu

Subcommittees that deal with individual topics include:

• OoS (Michael Grobe, Rick Summerhill)
• Measurement (Dale Finkelson, John Grosen, Mike Rechtenbaugh)
• Multicast (Bruce Curtis, Rick Summerhill)
• IPv6 (Dale Finkelson)
• ATM (Rick Summerhill)
• Routing (Rick Summerhill, Dave Nordlund, Claude Garelik)
• Caching (John Grosen)

Support Group

The Support Group consists of one person from each state. This group has full knowledge of the network and can be called upon to interact with the NOC to fix problems and make changes. The Support Group works closely with the Engineering staff.

Current Support Group:

Bruce Curtis, North Dakota State University, curtis@badlands.nodak.edu

Mike Rechtenbaugh, EROS Data Ceneter, rech@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov

Dale Finkelson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, dmf@unl.edu

Dave Nordlund, KANREN, nordlund@kanren.net

David Merrifield, University of Arkansas, dlm@comp.uark.edu

Training Committee

The training committee provides support for the membership in all areas of training.

Current Training Committee:

Terry Bobbie, chair, EROS Data Center, bobbie@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov

Staff and Personnel

Executive Director

The Executive Director is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the organization.

Current Executive Director:

Rick Summerhill, Great Plains Network, rrsum@greatplains.net

Network Engineers

The Network Engineers provide for the day-to-day engineering functions of required on the network. The Network Engineers report to the Executive Director.

Current Network Engineers:

Mike Rechtenbaugh, EROS Data Ceneter, rech@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov

David Hartzell, EROS Data Ceneter, hartzell@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov