GPEN, Inc. is a 501c(3) not-for-profit organization incorporated in the State of Kansas, USA. All corporate powers of GPEN, Inc. are exercised by the organization’s Board of Directors. Members currently include:

Name Home Institution Title on GPEN, Inc. BOD Term of Appointment
Ronald T. Borchardt The University of Kansas
(Lawrence, KS)
Chair, Treasurer 01/01/07 -12/31/12
Kenneth Audus The University of Kansas
(Lawrence, KS)
Vice Chair, Secretary 01/01/05 -12/31/10
Per Artursson Uppsala University
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Member-at-Large 01/01/05 -12/31/10

The members of GPEN’s Executive Committee, which is elected by the member institutions and serves to advise the organization’s Board of Directors on matters relating to GPEN's programs, currently include:

Name Home Institution Title on GPEN’s
Executive Committee
Term of Appointment
Ronald T. Borchardt The University of Kansas
(Lawrence, KS)
Chair 01/01/07 -12/31/12
Per Artursson Uppsala University
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Member-at-Large 01/01/05 -12/31/10
Yoshi Takakura Kyoto University
(Kyoto, Japan)
Member-at-Large 01/01/05 -12/31/10
Gordon Amidon University of Michigan
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Member-at-Large 01/01/03 -12/31/08
Arto Urtti University of Helsinki
(Helsinki, Finland)
Member-at-Large 01/01/03 -12/31/08
Jay Sisco Nektar Therapeutics
(San Carlos, CA)
Ad Hoc Member 01/01/07-12/31/12