Member	Role	Country
	Hernan Garcia NOAA NESDIS National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)	Chair	United States of America
	Frank Muller-Karger University of South Florida, College of Marine Science		United States of America
	Pauline Simpson UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	Mika ODIDO		Kenya
	Peter Pissierssens UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	Serge Scory Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Belgian Marine Data Centre		Belgium
	Eduardo Klein Universidad Simon Bolivar		Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
	Ward Appeltans UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	HASSAN MOUSTAHFID NOAA/US Integrated Ocean Observing System		United States of America
	Lucy Scott UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	Leen Vandepitte Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee		Belgium
	Andrea Cristiani Universidad de la República		Uruguay
	Benjamin Pfeil Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research		Norway
	Taco De Bruin Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee		Netherlands
	Alessandra Giorgetti Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste		Italy
	Reiner Schlitzer Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)		Germany
	Sergey Belov All-Russian Research Institute Hydrometeorological Information - World Data Center, Obninsk		Russian Federation
	Elizabeth Tirpak U.S. Department of State		United States of America
	Michele Fichaut Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne		France
	Neil Holdsworth International Council for the Exploration of the Sea		Denmark
	Tim Boyer NOAA, National Oceanographic Data Centre, Silver Spring		United States of America
	Champika Gallage World Meteorological Organization - Observing System and Information Department		Switzerland
	Toru Suzuki Marine Information Research Center		Japan
	Lenore Bajona		Canada
	Jan-Bart Calewaert UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	Simona Simoncelli Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna		Italy
	Anton Van de Putte Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen		Belgium
	Rorie Edmunds World Data System of the International Science Council		Japan
	Dan Lear The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
	Paula Sierra-Correa Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de Andreis		Colombia
	Francisco Arias-Isaza Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de Andreis		Colombia
	Kevin O'Brien University of Washington		United States of America
	Kirsten Isensee Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO		France
	Yulong Liu National Marine Data and Information Service		China
	Sky Bristol United States Geological Survey		United States of America
	Pieter Provoost UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	Fangfang Wan National Marine Data and Information Service		China
	Gabrielle Canonico National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring		United States of America
	Hanieh Saeedi Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung		Germany
	Sheldon Carter International Seabed Authority		Jamaica
	Pier Luigi Buttigieg Alfred Wegener Institut		Germany
	Arno Lambert UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	Katie Geddes National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research		United States of America
	Sérgio Bryton European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology		Portugal
	Alison Clausen Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO		France
	Luciana Genio International Seabed Authority		Jamaica
	Jeanette Gann National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Alaska Fisheries Science Center		United States of America
	Zac Flamig Amazon Web Services		United States of America
	Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb International Council of Environmental Law		Spain
	Ge Peng North Carolina State University		United States of America