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 BoardMaarten Verboom |
Dedicon The Netherlands |
TreasurerAlison Long |
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) United Kingdom |
Francisco Martínez Calvo | Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles, O.N.C.E Spain |
Tove Dannestam | Representing the Swedish DAISY Consortium Sweden |
Daniel Dam Freiling | Nota Denmark |
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 |
Scott LaBarre | National Federation of the Blind USA |
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 OfficerRichard Orme |
Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom |
Chief Innovations OfficerGeorge Kerscher |
Missoula, Montana, USA |
Chief Operating Officer—Strategy & OperationsAvneesh Singh |
New Delhi, India |
Finance AdministratorJoanna Bond |
Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom |
Software DeveloperRomain Deltour |
Nancy, France |
Software and Standards DevelopmentMarisa DeMeglio |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
Editor—Digital Publishing Standards and ProcessesMatt Garrish |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
Digital Accessibility ConsultantDave Gunn |
Birmingham, United Kingdom |
CommunicationsSarah Hilderley |
English national, based in Canada |
Director Developing Countries ProgramDipendra Manocha |
New Delhi, India |
Usability and Testing EngineerRachana Singh |
New Delhi, India |
Software DeveloperRohit Tandon |
New Delhi, India |
Accessibility SpecialistPrashant Ranjan Verma |
New Delhi, India |
Software Architect and ProgrammerDaniel Weck |
French national, based in England |