Leadership Team

Jennifer Bowen

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Title: 
Assistant Dean River Campus Libraries
Email: 
jbowen@library.rochester.edu

Jennifer is one of the co-Executive Directors for the XC Organization and her responsibilities include advising the XC Team on metadata issues, developing the XC metadata application profile, planning and participating in the governance model for the XC Community, and serving as a contact for XC partners and potential partners.

Nancy Foster

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Title: 
Director of Anthropological Research for River Campus Libraries
Email: 
nancyf@library.rochester.edu

Nancy Fried Foster is one of the co-Executive Directors for the XC Organization and the Director of Anthropological Research for River Campus Libraries. Nancy conducts user research to inform the development of XC software.

Nancy received a Diploma in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology from Columbia University. She has conducted research in Brazil, Papua New Guinea, an Oxford college, and many educational and community-based organizations in the US.

David Lindahl

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Title: 
Co-Executive Director
Email: 
dlindahl@library.rochester.edu

David is one of the co-Executive Directors for the XC Organization. His responsibilities include design of the software architecture, management of software development activities and general oversight.

David earned his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University at Buffalo and an MS in Computer Science from RIT. He has extensive experience in library-related digital research and design projects. Areas of interest include user-centered design, work practice study, next generation catalogs, and open-source software.