<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Robert Waide <<a href="mailto:rwaide@lternet.edu">rwaide@lternet.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">August 3, 2011 1:55:07 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:all_lter@lternet.edu">all_lter@lternet.edu</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[LTER-all-lter] Fwd: Fwd: Executive Search for the CEO for NEON, Inc.</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:rwaide@LTERnet.edu">rwaide@LTERnet.edu</a><br></span></div><br><div>fyi<br><br>Outreach Email for NEON, Inc. CEO Search:<br><br>JDG Associates, Executive Search Consultants, has been retained by NEON,<br>Inc. to identify their new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). NEON, Inc. is<br>an independent 501(c)(3) corporation created to manage large-scale<br>ecological observing systems and experiments on behalf of the scientific<br>community. NEON, Inc.'s goal is to provide information that will<br>contribute to a better global understanding and decision-making<br>capability in a changing environment, using scientific information about<br>continental-scale ecology obtained through integrated observations and<br>experiments. NEON, Inc. is supported through a recently approved,<br>5-year, National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of approximately $433M.<br>To learn more, please view NEON's website: <a href="http://www.neoninc.org">www.neoninc.org</a>.<br><br>I've attached a position announcement of this exceptional opportunity,<br>for your review. Among the requirements to qualify for this role are:<br><br>* Management responsibility for a minimum of 50 people and a $20M budget<br><br>* Experience successfully working with government funding organizations<br>* Knowledge of scientific issues important to the ecological,<br>environmental, and/or natural resources community<br><br>Please let me know of your personal interest, anyone with the<br>qualifications we're seeking, or anyone who might be a source of<br>potential candidates. And feel free to forward this email to others in<br>your network.<br><br>I look forward to speaking with you.<br><br>Jennifer J. Moss<br>Principal<br>JDG Associates, Ltd.<br>1700 Research Blvd.<br>Rockville, MD 20850<br>Phone: 301-340-2210<br>Email: <a href="mailto:moss@jdgsearch.com">moss@jdgsearch.com</a><br>Website: <a href="http://www.jdgsearch.com">www.jdgsearch.com</a><br><br>JDG Associates - Building leadership since 1973.<br><br><br><br><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>