2025 DataCite Board Elections: Strengthening Global Representation and Governance

We are pleased to share the results of the 2025 DataCite Board Elections, confirmed during the recent Business Meeting of the General Assembly. These elections reflect our community's commitment to global representation and strong governance as we continue to grow and evolve as an open infrastructure organization serving 1600+ research organizations around the world.

We warmly welcome the following newly elected board members:

Owen Iyoha
Eko-Konnect

Ritsuko Nakajima
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Paola Carolina Bongiovani
Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) 

Joel Torres
eScire

Natasha Simons
Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

John Aspler
Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN)

In addition, we are pleased to confirm the ratification of the following midterm appointments:

• Rachel Kotarski, University of Chicago
• Madison Langseth, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
  

We look forward to working with our new and continuing board members as we further DataCite's mission to connect research and advance knowledge through persistent identifiers and open metadata.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing board members—Jennifer Gibson, Lynn Woolfrey, Adrian Burton, Torsten Reimer, Viv Hutchinson, and John Chodacki—for their invaluable service and dedication to DataCite. Their leadership has been instrumental in strengthening DataCite as a trusted and globally engaged provider of PID services. We are deeply grateful for the impact they have had on the organization and the broader research community.

We are excited about the year ahead and the continued collaboration with our community and board to build a more open and connected research ecosystem.