Holly Given recently left her position as Executive Director of the IDA project at the University of California, San Diego, part of the Global Seismographic Network. She will join the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna, Austria. This new international organization has been created to monitor compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed by the United States and 14 other nations one year ago. Among her new responsibilities, Holly will be working to make the International Monitoring System (IMS) fully operational, and to certify that contributing seismic stations meet the treaty's technical specifications. Her more than ten years of experience building the modern IDA component of the IRIS GSN made her superbly qualified for the position. This is quite an honor for Holly, and we may all be proud of her achievement.
Pete Davis will take over as Executive Director of IDA. Pete came to IDA four years ago to run the Data Collection Center. He is well acquainted with the workings of the network, and hopes to build on the momentum Holly developed during her tenure.