This article is published in the August 2018 issue.

The CCC Welcomes New Leadership and Council Members


Sunday, July 1st, was the start of a new CCC term! 

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is happy to announce that Mark D. Hill from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is now the Chair of the CCC and Liz Bradley from the University of Colorado-Boulder is the new Vice Chair. Beth Mynatt from Georgia Tech is the Past Chair. The CCC Chair and Vice Chair both serve two-year terms – at the culmination of the two years, the Vice Chair typically becomes the new Chair.

The CCC also welcomes four new council members who began their three-year terms on Sunday:

Ian Foster

Ian Foster

David C. Parkes

David C. Parkes

Ronitt Rubinfeld

Ronitt Rubinfeld

Suresh Venkatasubramanian

Suresh Venkatasubramanian


The CCC and CRA thank those Council members whose terms ended on June 30th for their exceptional dedication and service to the CCC and to the broader computing research community:

Elizabeth Churchill

Elizabeth Churchill

Cynthia Dwork

Cynthia Dwork

Kathy Yelick

Kathy Yelick


The CCC Council is comprised of 20 members who have expertise in diverse areas of computing. They are instrumental in leading CCC’s visioning programs, which help create and enable visions for future computing research. Members serve staggered three-year terms that rotate every July. To learn more about the CCC Council Visit the FAQ page.