The Leadership Council is the elected voice of the EarthCube community, setting the strategic direction for EarthCube and making decisions critical to its success, with input from the community and in consultation with NSF.

~Key Documents~
Several individual document links can be found to the right under "Group Specific Links"

Current Leadership Council Members

	Emma Aronson Science & Engagement Team Representative University of California, Riverside June 2020 - May 2022		Dave Fulker Technology and Architecture Committee Representative OPeNDAP September 2019 - May 2021
	Mike Daniels Chair Ronin Institute June 2020 - May 2022		Maša Prodanović Member, At-Large University of Texas at Austin September 2019 - May 2021
	Corinna Gries Council of Data Facilities University of Wisconsin, Madison July 2020 - June 2022		Jed Brown Member, At-Large University of Colorado, Boulder ​September 2019 - May 2021
	Emmanuel Njinju Member, At-Large, Early Career Virginia Tech June 2020 - May 2022		Isabel Cruz Member, At-Large University of Illinois ​June 2019 - May 2021
	Denise Hills Science & Engagement Team Representative Geological Survey of Alabama ​June 2019 - May 2021		Christine Kirkpatrick, "ex officio" Principle Investigator, EarthCube Office San Diego Supercomputer Center ​October 2019 - June 2022

The Leadership Council is elected voice of the EarthCube Community, setting the strategic direction for EarthCube and making decisions critical to the success of EarthCube. The Leadership Council will conduct its business at the EarthCube All Hands Meeting, another face-to-face meeting, and a minimum of one virtual meeting in each of the remaining ten calendar months. It is anticipated that most Leadership Council decisions will be achieved through dialogue and consensus. Except where other wise specified, if a vote is called, a two-thirds majority of all LeadershipCouncil voting members is required to approve the measure.

Mindful of the potential for either expansion or contraction as circumstances dictate, the nucleus of the Leadership Council comprises ten elected, voting members: the Chair; one representative each from the Council for Data Facilities, the Science Standing Committee, the Technology and Architecture Standing Committee, the Engagement Team and the Liaison Team; and four at-large members, representative of the constituencies of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Geosciences. The EarthCube Office Principal Investigator, or their designated representative, serves as a non-voting member of the Leadership Council, as does the newly-elected Leadership Council Chair. The preceding Chair and a representative from the National Science Foundation may also participate as non-voting members of the Leadership Council.

To fulfill this role, the Leadership Council will:

• Ensure consistency and transparency in policies, procedures, and decision-making, including providing multiple ways for people to participate in the process of making decisions, and communicating outcomes of decisions to the broad EarthCube community.
• Enable communication between governance organizational units to close gaps, eliminate duplication, and build synergies.
• Establish and manage Standing Committees and Working Groups as needed to perform critical functions.
• Foster business models to sustain and maintain the infrastructure of EarthCube.
• Establish, facilitate, and maintain policies and procedures.
• Provide for public dispute resolution and proactive management of risk and conflicts of interest.
• Act as the single point of communication for coordinating with and making recommendations to the NSF and other funding agencies on behalf of EarthCube.