Board and Staff

DAISY Board Members and Staff Members

Board of Directors

The Board of the DAISY Consortium is the executive body of the organization.

It transacts the business of the DAISY Consortium in accordance with the tasks outlined in the Articles of Association and the resolutions of the General Meeting.

Chairman of the Board Maarten Verboom	Dedicon The Netherlands
Treasurer Alison Long	Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) United Kingdom
David Andrews	National Federation of the Blind USA
Daniel Dam Freiling	Nota Denmark
Daniel Frelén	Representing the Swedish DAISY Consortium Sweden
Nicole Gaines	American Printing House for the Blind (APH) USA
Michael Johnson	Benetech/Bookshare USA
Won Jong-Pil	National Library for the Disabled Republic of Korea
Prof. Dr. Thomas Kahlisch	Representing the Media Association for Blind, Vision Impaired and Print Disabled People – MediBus Germany
Hiroshi Kawamura	Representing the Japan DAISY Consortium Japan
Flavia Kippele	Representing the Swiss DAISY Group Switzerland
Arne Kyrkjebø	Representing the Norwegian DAISY Consortium Norway
Francisco Martínez Calvo	Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles, O.N.C.E Spain
Basile Mignonneau	Representing DAISY France France
Alice O’Reilly	NLS/BPD The Library of Congress USA
Minna von Zansen	Representing the Finnish DAISY Consortium Finland

DAISY Team

Chief Executive Officer Richard Orme	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Chief Innovations Officer George Kerscher	Missoula, Montana, USA
Chief Operating Officer—Strategy and Operations Avneesh Singh	New Delhi, India
Finance Administrator Ruth Bates	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Software Developer Romain Deltour	Nancy, France
Software and Standards Development Marisa DeMeglio	Los Angeles, California, USA
Editor—Digital Publishing Standards and Processes Matt Garrish	Nova Scotia, Canada
Digital Accessibility Consultant Dave Gunn	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Communications Sarah Hilderley	English national, based in Canada
Music Braille Technical Consultant Haipeng Hu	Wuhan, China PR
Director Developing Countries Program Dipendra Manocha	New Delhi, India
Project Manager and User Experience Consultant Sarah Morley Wilkins	Birmingham, UK
Usability and Testing Engineer Rachana Singh	New Delhi, India
Software Developer Rohit Tandon	New Delhi, India
Accessibility Specialist Prashant Ranjan Verma	New Delhi, India
Software Architect and Programmer Daniel Weck	French national, based in England