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SCEC Advisory Council | Report
to present SCEC2 accomplishments is timely.” The Advisory Council still regards this
recommendation as having merit.
Promoting Community Diversity
In our 2006 report, the Advisory Council wrote that “SCEC’s intern program has been a showcase
for the involvement of a broad and diverse spectrum of students and that similar attention to
diversity is warranted across all other elements of SCEC programs.” We further advised that other
SCEC efforts (e.g., the speaker program, media opportunities, summer sabbatical visits by
professors at minority institutions and historically black colleges and universities) should be
focused on increasing the diversity of participation. We affirm these views, and the Advisory
Council commits to continuing to work with SCEC leaders to ensure that the center continues its
noteworthy progress in encouraging diversity across all of its programs.
Final Comments
The Advisory Council is pleased to continue to provide assistance to SCEC in its efforts to
formulate and accomplish the center’s major goals. At any time the council welcomes comments,
criticism, and advice from the seismological community, including individuals and groups both
inside and outside SCEC membership, on how best to provide that assistance.
The Advisory Council welcomes Mary Lou Zoback as its new chair and looks forward to working
with SCEC leadership to help ensure that the products and progress of the center in the SCEC3 era
continue to be commensurate with agency and community investment.
SCEC Advisory Council
Sean C. Solomon, Carnegie Institution of Washington (Chair)*
Gail Atkinson, Carleton University
Lloyd S. Cluff, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Jeffrey T. Freymueller, University of Alaska*
Mariagiovanna Guatteri, Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation*
Dennis Miletti, University of Colorado, Boulder*
Kate C. Miller, University of Texas at El Paso
Jack P. Moehle, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER)**
Garry C. Rogers, Geological Survey of Canada*
Chris Rojahn, Applied Technology Council
John Rudnicki, Northwestern University*
Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., City of Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Department
Mary Lou Zoback, RMS Solutions*
*Attended at least part of the 2007 Annual Meeting and Advisory Council sessions
** Represented by Yousef Bozorgnia, PEER
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