We’re delighted to welcome Zane Wolf as our new Programs Director and Simran Parwani as our interim Early Career Director. During Zane’s tenure as the Early Career Director, she has launched several events to support emerging data visualizers, such as DVS Readers’ Club, Q&A with an Expert, and Coworking sessions. We are confident that Zane will bring the same level of dedication and leadership to her new role as the Programs Director on initiatives such as the Information is Beautiful Awards and State of the Industry Survey.

“It's been a true privilege to have the opportunity to be the Early Career Director,” shared Zane. “I'm proud of everything that we've accomplished together since I joined the Board in March.”

In light of this transition, we’re thrilled to welcome Simran Parwani back as our interim Early Career Director. She served in the same role from 2021-2023 and launched the Early Career Tea Time event for members to connect and engaged with the community through weekly Slack discussions.

During this transition, Zane and Simran jointly established the Early Career Committee, which will be dedicated to building engagement, curating resources, and designing programming that brings together the early career data viz community.

“I'm excited to formally announce the kick-off of the Early Career Committee, a group of volunteers interested in contributing to the early career data viz community. They will be helping us to expand both the types of events and the time zones in which we can offer events, collect and share resources, and engage our community across slack and social media platforms,” stated Simran.

We can’t wait to see what Zane and Simran have in store for DVS as they settle into their roles. Learn more about them and the rest of the Board on our About page. In the meantime, check out our upcoming events geared towards early career members and join our Slack community to connect or ask questions.