In accordance with the bylaws of CPGIS, the CPGIS Election Committee organized an annual election for President of CPGIS, three BOD positions, and one Student BOD position. Following the poll closing on February 25, 2021, we now announce the results of this election (see below). We congratulate the newly elected members and thank for their willingness to serve our community.

President:
Song Gao (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

BOD members:
Xiang Chen (University of Connecticut, USA)

Ming Luo (Sun Yat-sen University, China)

Fan Zhang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA)

BOD student member:
Yuhao Kang (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)    

We thank all your kind nominations, self-nominations, endorsements, suggestions, and votes. We would also like to acknowledge the invaluable contribution of Drs Shuming Bao, Wei Tu, and Cuizhen Wang at various stages of the election process.

Thank you all for your support to CPGIS!

The CPGIS Election Committee:

Xi Gong (Chair), Mingshu Wang, and Lei Zou