DuraSpace Board of Directors

James Hilton
President, DuraSpace Board of Directors
Mr. Hilton is Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia where he is responsible for planning and coordinating academic and administrative information technology, voice communications, and network operations on a university-wide basis.
 
Ann J. Wolpert
Vice President, DuraSpace Board of Directors

Ms. Wolpert is Director of Libraries at MIT where she is responsible for the MIT Libraries, the Institute Archives, Academic Media Production Services, and the Distance Education Group.  Her Institute responsibilities additionally include academic oversight of the MIT Press, as well as membership on the Committee on Intellectual Property, the Council on Educational Technology, the Deans' Committee, and the Academic Council. She chairs the Management Board of the MIT Press and the Board of Directors of Technology Review, Inc.
 
G. Sayeed Choudhury
G. Sayeed Choudhury is the Associate Dean for Library Programs and Hodson Director of Digital Research and Curation Center at the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University. He is also the Director of Operations for the Institute of Data Intensive Engineering and Science (IDIES) based at Johns Hopkins. He is the Principal Investigator for the Data Conservancy, one of the awards through NSF's DataNet program.
 
Paul N. Courant
Paul N. Courant, is University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Economics and Professor of Information at the University of Michigan. In addition to directing the Library his academic work has considered the economics of universities, the economics of libraries and archives, and the effects of new information technologies and other disruptions on scholarship, scholarly publication, and academic libraries.
 
Charles J. Henry
Charles J. Henry serves as the President of the Council on Library and Information Resources. Mr. Henry was vice provost and university librarian at Rice University, a position he held since 1996. He was responsible for library services and programs, including the Digital Library Initiative and the Digital Media Center.
 
Diana Oblinger
Diana Oblinger, is President and CEO of EDUCAUSE. She has held senior positions in academia and business, having received several awards for teaching, research and distinguished service. Oblinger is also the co-author the award winning What Business Wants from Higher Education and several other books, monographs and articles on higher education and technology. She is known for work on the Next Generation Learner, Learning Spaces and the Next Generation Learning Challenges.