diff --git a/ui/src/app/metadata-provider/component/forms/organization-info-form.component.html b/ui/src/app/metadata-provider/component/forms/organization-info-form.component.html
index c4daccb6a..b3258f6b3 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/metadata-provider/component/forms/organization-info-form.component.html
+++ b/ui/src/app/metadata-provider/component/forms/organization-info-form.component.html
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
                                             </span>
                                         </div>
                                         <select [id]="'type-' + i" class="form-control" formControlName="type" aria-label="Contact type dropdown" role="listbox">
+                                            <option disabled hidden i18n="@@label--select-contact-type" value>Select Contact Type</option>
                                             <option *ngFor="let opt of contactTypes; let i=index;" [value]="opt" [attr.aria-label]="opt" role="option">
                                                 {{ opt }}
                                             </option>
diff --git a/ui/src/app/metadata-provider/component/forms/organization-info-form.component.ts b/ui/src/app/metadata-provider/component/forms/organization-info-form.component.ts
index e9b2ab7ea..204279e1c 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/metadata-provider/component/forms/organization-info-form.component.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/metadata-provider/component/forms/organization-info-form.component.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ export class OrganizationInfoFormComponent extends ProviderFormFragmentComponent
 
     getContact(contact: Contact = {} as Contact): FormGroup {
         return this.fb.group({
-            type: [contact.type || null, Validators.required],
-            name: [contact.name || null, Validators.required],
+            type: [contact.type || '', Validators.required],
+            name: [contact.name || '', Validators.required],
             emailAddress: [contact.emailAddress || null, [Validators.required, Validators.email]]
         });
     }
diff --git a/ui/src/locale/en.xlf b/ui/src/locale/en.xlf
index 8cf73a924..e18456caa 100644
--- a/ui/src/locale/en.xlf
+++ b/ui/src/locale/en.xlf
@@ -2131,6 +2131,14 @@
           <context context-type="linenumber">45</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="label--select-contact-type" datatype="html">
+        <source>Select Contact Type</source>
+        <target>Select Contact Type</target>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">app/metadata-provider/component/forms/organization-info-form.component.ts</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">124</context>
+        </context-group>
+      </trans-unit>
     </body>
   </file>
 </xliff>
diff --git a/ui/src/locale/es.xlf b/ui/src/locale/es.xlf
index 1f6ee0eb7..243997603 100644
--- a/ui/src/locale/es.xlf
+++ b/ui/src/locale/es.xlf
@@ -2127,6 +2127,14 @@
           <context context-type="linenumber">45</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="label--select-contact-type" datatype="html">
+        <source>Select Contact Type</source>
+        <target>Select Contact Type (es)</target>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">app/metadata-provider/component/forms/organization-info-form.component.ts</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">124</context>
+        </context-group>
+      </trans-unit>
     </body>
   </file>
 </xliff>
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