On February 9, Chip German told the APTrust community he intended to retire from his role as program director at APTrust in May. German has been in the role since October 2014. APTrust governing board chair Winston Tabb, the Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University, and John Unsworth, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian at the University of Virginia, will oversee the process of identifying a new leader for APTrust. The consortium is hosted at UVA, and APTrust staff are UVA employees.