# 2018 CIG Elections **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** elections\ **Created:** [October 15, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/2018-cig-elections/133 "2018-10-15T16:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ljhwang](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.geodynamics.org/ljhwang/32/8_2.png) [@ljhwang](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/ljhwang)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/2018-cig-elections/133/1 "2018-10-15T16:27:35Z")
15 October 2018 Dear CIG Community: The 2018 CIG Elections are now open. We have 4 candidates for 2 spots for the Executive Committee (EC) and 6 candidates for 3 spots on the Science Steering Committee (SSC). **Executive Committee:** - Susanne Buiter, Geol. Soc. of Norway & U. of Oslo - Katie Cooper, Washington State University - Margaret Jadamec, University at Buffalo, SUNY - Louis Moresi, University of Melbourne **Science Steering Committee, Position 1:** - Anna Kelbert, USGS - Krista Soderlund, University of Texas, Austin **Science Steering Committee, Position 2:** - Jacky Austermann, Columbia/LDEO - Ebru Bozdag, Colorado School of Mines **Science Steering Committee, Position 3:** - Cedric Thieulot, University of Utrecht - Cian Wilson, Carnegie DTM You can find more information on all 10 candidates by navigating to the election site: Home \> About \> Governance \> Elections [https://geodynamics.org/cig/about/governance/elections/](https://geodynamics.org/cig/about/governance/elections/) Your Member Representative will be casting 2 votes for the EC and 1 vote in each of the 3 pairs for the SSC. Please contact your Member Representative ([https://geodynamics.org/cig/about/membership/member-representatives/](https://geodynamics.org/cig/about/membership/member-representatives/)) to vote. Is your institution not a member? Apply here: [https://geodynamics.org/cig/about/membership/apply-membership/](https://geodynamics.org/cig/about/membership/apply-membership/) Many thanks to our Nominating Committee - Sabine Stanley (chair), Magali Billen, and Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni for presenting us with an excellent slate of candidates. Balloting closes **Friday November 16** before the Thanksgiving Holiday week.