Past Officers, Board Members and Appointments of ISBA

These individuals have served ISBA in some capacity in the past. The list is currently incomplete please let the webmaster know of any omissions.

President

• Arnold Zellner (U. Chicago, USA) 1992-1996 (founding co-president)
• Jose Bernardo (U. Valencia, ES) 1992 (founding co-president)
• Stephen Fienberg (Carnegie Mellon U., USA) 1996-1997
• Susie Bayarri (U. Valencia, ES) 1998
• John Geweke (U. Iowa, USA) 1999
• Philip Dawid (U. College London, UK) 2000
• Alicia Carriquiry (Iowa State U., USA) 2001
• David Draper (U. California Santa Cruz, USA) 2002
• Edward George (U. Pennsylvannia, USA) 2003
• Jim Berger (Duke U., USA) 2004
• Sylvia Richardson (Imperial College, UK) 2005
• Alan Gelfand (Duke U., USA) 2006
• Peter Green (U. Bristol, UK) 2007
• Christian Robert (U. Paris-Dauphine, FR) 2008
• Mike West (Duke U., USA) 2009

Treasurer

• Gordon Kaufmann (MIT, USA) 1992
• Robert McCulloch (U. Chicago, USA) 1995-98
• Valen Johnson (Duke U., USA) 1998-2001
• Peter Müller (U. Texas, USA) 2002-2004
• Bruno Sansó (U. California Santa Cruz, USA) 2005-2007
• Gabriel Huerta (U. New Mexico, USA) 2008-2010

Executive Secretary

• Michel Mouchart (U. Catholique de Louvain, BE) 1992-1993
• Larry Wasserman (Carnegie Mellon U., USA) 1994-1997
• Michael Evans (U. Toronto, CA) 1998-2000
• Cindy L. Christiansen (Boston U., USA) 2001-2003
• Deborah Ashby (U. London, UK) 2004-2006
• Robert Wolpert (Duke U., USA) 2007-2009

Board Members

• Enrique de Alba (MX) 1996-1999
• Deborah Ashby (UK) 2000-2002
• Marilena Barbieri (IT) 2006-2008
• Mark Berliner (USA) 1998-2001
• Nicky Best (UK) 2001-2003
• Brad Carlin (USA) 2004-2006
• Alicia Carriquiry (USA) 1995-1998
• Merlise Clyde (USA) 2004-2006
• Philip Dawid (UK) 1996-1998
• Petros Dellaportas (GR) 1998-2001
• Carmen Fernández (UK,ES) 2005-2007
• Sylvia Frühwirth-Schnatter (AT) 2008-2010
• Dani Gamerman (BR) 2000-2002
• Alan Gelfand (USA) 1997-2000
• Ed George (USA) 1996-1999
• Malay Ghosh (USA) 1996-1999
• Jayanta Ghosh (USA) 1998-2001
• Michael Goldstein (UK) 2003-2005
• Eduardo Gutiérrez-Peña (MX) 2001-2003
• David Heckerman (USA) 2007-2009
• David Higdon (USA) 2004-2006
• Pilar Iglesias (CL) 2002-2004
• Lurdes Inoue 2008-2010
• Val Johnson (USA) 2005-2007
• Wes Johnson (USA) 2006-2008
• Jay Kadane (USA) 1997-2000
• Rob Kass (USA) 1997-2000
• Jun Liu (USA) 2003-2005
• Hedibert Lopes (BR,USA) 2008-2010
• Steve MacEachern (USA) 2006-2008
• David Madigan (USA) 2004-2006
• Xiao-Li Meng (USA) 2007-2009
• Peter Müller (USA) 1995-1998, 2005-2007
• Tony O'Hagan (UK) 2001-2003
• Daniel Peña (ES) 1999
• Luis Pericchi (Venezuela) 1997-2000
• Sonia Petrone (IT) 2002-2004, 2008-2010
• Raquel Prado (USA) 2001-2003
• Fernando Quintana (CL) 2005-2007
• Sylvia Richardson (FR) 1998-2001
• David Ríos-Insua (ES) 1995-1998
• Christian Robert (Fr) 2003-2005
• Gareth Roberts (UK) 2007-2009
• Fabrizio Ruggeri (IT) 2002-2004
• Dalene K. Stangl (USA) 2000-2002
• Mark Steel (UK) 2000-2002
• William Strawderman (USA) 1995-1998
• Robert Wolpert (USA) 2002-2004
• Alexandra Schmidt (BR) 2007-2009
• Marina Vannucci (USA) 2003-2005
• Jim Zidek (CA) 2006-2008

Newsletter and Bulletin Editor

• Tom Leonard (U. Wisconsin, USA) 1992
• Jeffrey Dorfman (U. Georgia, USA) 1993
• Frank Kleibergen (Rotterdam U., NL) 1996-1998
  
• Mike Evans (U. Toronto, CA) 1998-1999
  
• Fabrizio Ruggeri (CNR IMATI, IT) 1999-2002
  
• Hedibert Freitas Lopes (U. Chicago, USA.) 2002-2004
  
• J Andrés Christen (U. California Santa Cruz, USA) 2005-2007
  

Web Editor

• Carlos Rodriguez (U. Albany, USA)
• Michael Evans (U. Toronto, CA) 1997-2006
• Robert Wolpert (Duke U., USA) 2007-2009

Program Council Chair

• Alicia Carriquiry (USA) 1997
• Mark Steel (UK) 1998
• Robert Wolpert (USA) 1999
• Ed George (USA) 2000
• Tony O'Hagan (UK) 2001
• Luis Pericchi (USA) 2002
• Alan Gelfand (USA) 2003
• Jose Bernardo (ES) 2004
• Peter Müller (USA) 2006
• Kerrie Mengersen (AU) 2008
• Herbie Lee (USA) 2009

Constitution & Bylaws Committee

• Adrian Smith (Imperial College, UK)
• Herman van Dijk (Erasmus U., NL)
• Jay Kadane (CMU, USA)
• Merlise Clyde (Duke U., USA)
• Steve Fienberg (CMU, USA)
• Susie Bayarri (U. Valencia, ES)
• Tom Leonard (U. Wisconsin, USA)
• Udi Makov (U. Haifa, IL)

Publications Committee

• John Geweke
• Siddhartha Chib
• Julia Mortera
• Bruno Sansó
• Robert Wolpert

Website Committee

• Rob Kass (Chair)
• Dalene Stangl
• Luis Pericchi

Savage Prize Committee

• Ehsan Soofi
• Arnold Zellner
• Mike Evans
• Wes Johnson
• Pilar Iglesias
• Val Johnson
• Antonietta Mira
• Jim Smith
• Merlise Clyde
• Robert Wolpert
• Giovanni Parmigiani
• Katja Ickstadt
• Christophe Andrieu
• Marina Vannucci
• Simon Godsill

Lindley Prize Committee

• Kerrie Mengersen
• Julia Mortera
• Philip Dawid
• Carmen Fernandez
• Valen Johnson
• Jun Liu
• Mark Schervish

DeGroot Prize Committee

• Phil Brown
• Adrian Smith
• Steve Fienberg
• Kathryn Chaloner
• Ed George
• Steffen Lauritzen
• Sylvia Richardson
• Susie Bayarri

Mitchell Prize Committee

• Steve Fienberg
• Kathryn Chaloner
• Ed George
• Steffen Lauritzen
• Sylvia Richardson

Journals Committee

• Alicia Carriquiry (Chair)
• John Geweke
• David Heckerman
• Rob Kass
• Sylvia Richardson

Program and Local Arrangements Committees

• 1993 - First World Meeting of ISBA - San Francisco

  Program Committee
  Rob McCulloch (Program Chair), Seymour Geisser, Shanti Gupta, Gordon Kaufman, Arnold Zellner.
  Local Arrangements
  Wes Johnson

• 1994 - Second World Meeting of ISBA - ES

• 1994 - Regional Meeting of ISBA - Toronto

  Program Committee
  Michael Evans (U. Toronto, CA)
  Local Arrangements
  Jerry Brunner (U. Toronto, CA)

• 1994 - Regional Meeting of ISBA - Taipei

• 1995 - Third World Meeting of ISBA - Oaxaca

  Program Committee
  E. I. George (Chair), J. Bernardo, D. Berry, J. Besag, A. Carriquiry, C. Christiansen, E. de Alba, M. Ghosh, W. Gilks, G. Parmigiani, L. Pericchi, J. Quintana, S. Peck, R. Soyer, W. Strawderman, R. Tsay, L. Wolfson.
  Local Arrangements
  E. de Alba (Chair), M. Mendoza, I. Mendez, A. Noriega, A. Alegria, G. Zarate.

• 1996 - Fourth World Meeting of ISBA - Cape Town

  Program Committee
  Daan de Waal (ZA), Chair
  Herman van Dijk (NL)
  Jack Lee (TW)
  S James Press (USA)
  Seymour Geisser (USA)
  John Geweke (USA)
  Arkady Shemaykin (RU)
  Piet Groenewald (ZA)
  Jose Bernardo (ES)
  Arnold Zellner (USA)
  Jim Zidek (CA)
  Paul Fatti (ZA)
  Abrie van der Merwe (ZA)
  Local Arrangements
  Tim Dunne, Chair
  Leanne Scott
  Robin van den Honert
  Tim Low
  Trevor Wegner

• 1996 - Regional Meeting of ISBA - Chicago

  Local Arrangements Robin Carter (U. Western Ontario, CA)

• 1997 - Fifth World Meeting of ISBA - Istanbul

  Program Committee
  Hamparsum Bozdogan (U. Tennesse, USA), Co-Chair
  Refik Soyer (George Washington U., USA), Co-Chair
  Jose Bernardo (U. Valencia, ES)
  Roger Cooke (Delft U., NL)
  Petros Dellaportas (Athens U., GR)
  David Dowe (Monash U., AU)
  William Fitzgerald (U. Cambridge, UK)
  Edward George (U. Texas-Austin, USA)
  Ulku Gurler (Bilkent U., TR)
  Julia Mortera (U. Rome, IT)
  Wolfgang Polasek (U. Basel, CH)
  Nick Polson (U. Chicago, USA)
  Kazuo Shigemasu (U. Tokyo, JP)
  Ehsan Soofi (U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)
  Isabella Verdinelli (Carnegie Mellon U., USA)
  Mike West (Duke U., USA)
  Local Arrangements
  Ulku Gurler (Bilkent U., TK), Chair
  Alaattin Erkanli (Duke U., USA)
  Omer Gebizlioglu (Turkish State Statistical Institute, TK)
  Suleyman Ozekici (Bogazici U., TK)
  Mehmet Sahinoglu (Dokuz Eylul U., TK)
  Refik Soyer (George Washington U., USA)
  Yalcin Tuncer (Middle East Technical U., TK)
  

• 2000 - Sixth World Meeting of ISBA - Hersonissos

  Conference Chairs
  Philip Dawid (ISBA)
  Photis Nanopoulos (Eurostat)
  Scientific Committee
  Alicia Carriquiry (USA)
  George Kokolakis (GR)
  Daniel Peña (ES)
  Gilbert Saporta (FR)
  Adrian Smith (UK)
  Mike West (Chair - USA)
  Finance Committee
  Alicia Carriquiry (Co-Chair - USA)
  Stephen Fienberg (Co-Chair - USA)
  Val Johnson (USA)
  Robert Wolpert (USA)
  George Kokolakis (GR)
  Local Arrangements Committee
  George Kokolakis (Chair - GR)
  Petros Dellaportas (GR)
  Charalambos Papageorgiou (GR)
  Kostas Skouras (UK)
  

• 2001 - Regional Meeting - Laguna Beach

  Dale Poirier (Chair - USA)
  Bill Batchelder (USA)
  Brian Skyrms (USA)

• 2004 - Seventh World Meeting - Viña Del Mar, Chile

  Local Organizing Committee
  Pilar Iglesias (Chair, CL)
  Manuel Galea (CL)
  Carlos Felipe Henríquez (CL)
  Gloria Icaza (CL)
  Víctor Leiva (CL)
  Mario Olguín (CL)
  Fernando Quintana (CL)
  Scientific Committee
  Fabrizio Ruggieri (Chair, IT)
  Alicia Carriquiry (USA)
  Dipak Dey (USA)
  Carmen Fernández (UK)
  Pilar Iglesias (CL)
  Kerrie Mengersen (AU)
  David Ríos-Insua (ES)
  Hal Stern (USA)
  Finance Committee
  Alicia Carriquiry (USA)
  Stephen Fienberg (USA)
  Peter Müller (USA)
  Victor Salinas (CL)

Nominating Committees

1997

• Arnold Zellner (Chair)
• Gail Blattenberg
• Cindy Christensen
• Guido del Pino
• Tim Dunne
• Gordon Kaufman
• Julia Mortera
• Mark Shervish
• Refik Soyer
• Mark Steel
• Satyanshu Upadhyay
• Jessica Utts

1998

• Steve Fienberg (Chair)
• David Draper
• Tim Dunne
• Carmen Fernández
• Daniel Gianola
• Pilar Iglesias
• Peter Müller
• Dale Poirier
• Christian Robert
• Fabrizio Ruggeri
• Bruno Sansó
• Satyanshu Upadhyay
• Isa Verdinelli

1999

• Susie Bayarri (Chair)
• Kathryn Chaloner
• Daniel Peña
• Raquel Prado
• Jim Press
• Fabrizio Ruggeri

2000

• John Geweke (Chair)
• Caitlin Buck
• Merlise Clyde
• Petros Dellaportas
• Pilar Iglesias
• Peter Müller
• Donna Pauler
• Luis Perrichi

2001

• Philip Dawid (Chair)
• Gabriel Huerta
  
• Katja Ickstadt
  
• Rosangela Loschi
  
• Kerrie Mengersen
  
• Lawrence Pettit
  
• Hal Stern

2002

• Alicia Carriquiry (Chair)
• Rob Kass
• Marilena Barbieri
• Sergio Weschler
• Robert Kohn
• Katja Ickstadt
• Merlise Clyde

2003

• David Draper (Chair)
• Petros Dellaportas
• Carmen Fernández
• Herbie Lee
• Brunero Liseo
• Steve MacEachern
• Kerrie Mengersen

2004

• Ed George (Chair)
• Brani Vidakovic
• Mark Steel
• Alexandra Schmidt
• David Ríos-Insua
• Raquel Prado
• Nicky Best

2005

• Jim Berger (Chair)
• Guido Consonni
• Dipak Dey
• Chris Holmes
• Daniel Peña
• Fabrizio Ruggeri
• Jon Wakefield

2006

• Sylvia Richardson (Chair)
• David Banks
• Michael Goldstein
• Jennifer Hoeting
• Robert Kohn
• Luis Pericchi
• Sonia Petrone

2007

• Alan Gelfand (Chair)
• Richard Arnold
• Katja Ickstadt
• Dale Poirier
• Raquel Prado
• Alexandra Schmidt
• David Walshaw

2008

• Peter Green (Chair)