Ted and Erin bring together a skillset with complimentary technical and organizational skills. They support the data repository community with over four decades of data management and community coalition building experience.
Dr. Ted Habermann (officially known as Ray E. Habermann) has a long history in scientific data management. He is currently the co-founder and Chief Game Changer of Metadata Game Changers, working with communities to understand and improve how they use metadata to share data and knowledge.
Erin works at the intersection of community informatics, Earth science and non-profit management. After serving as the Executive Director for the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) from 2014-2020, she co-founded Metadata Game Changers with Ted to champion open science and good data management.