Officers
Note: SPD officers who are federal government employees represent themselves as private citizens and not the federal government in any and all Society business.The SPD officers are:
- Chair: David Alexander (to 2013)
- Vice-chair:
Leon Golub (to 2013)
- Secretary: Yuhong Fan (to 2015)
- Treasurer: David McKenzie (to 2013)
SPD Committee
The SPD Committee consists of the officers (above) and the following Committee members:
- Thomas Berger (to 2014)
- Shadia Habbal (to 2014)
- Therese Kucera (to 2014)
- Jon Linker (to 2013)
- Janet Luhmann (to 2013)
Former officers and committee members
PDF charts of past officers and committee members are available.Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee (see by-laws) submits nominations to the SPD Secretary for vacancies in the positions of Officers and Committee-persons. The Nominating Committee ascertains the willingness of its nominees to serve if elected.Current Nominating Committee members are:
- David Hathaway (Chair; to 2013)
- Jesper Schou (to 2014)
- Kathy Reeves (to 2015)
Hale and Harvey Prize Committee
- Judy Karpen, 2009 - 2013 (Chair)
- John Raymond, 2009 - 2013
- Dana Longcope, 2009 - 2013
- Bart De Pontieu, 2011 - 2015
- Toni Galvin, 2011 - 2015
Popular Writing Award Committee
- Noé Lugaz (Chair)
- Monica Bobra
- Ashley Crouch
- Cooper Downs
- Kelly Korreck
Summer School Committee
- Terry Forbes (Chair)
- David Alexander
- Sarbani Basu
- John Leibacher
- Haimin Wang
- Amy Winebarger
- Ilia Roussev, ex officio (Past Summer School Director)
- Jiong Qiu ex officio (SPD Student Committee Member)
Education and Public Outreach Committee
- Ignacio Ugarte-Urro (Chair)
- Dave Dooling
- Zoe Frank
- David Mackenzie
- Martha Wawro
- Amy Winebarger
- Trae Winter
- Rich Wolfson
- Craig DeForest, ex officio (SPD Press Officer)
- Brian Welsch, ex officio (Chair, Pop. Writing Award Com.)
- Timothy Slater, ex officio (AAS Astronomy Education Board)
Website Committee
- Joe Gurman (Chair)
- Rick Bogart
- Steve Cranmer
- David McKenzie
- Angelos Vourlidas
SPD Student Committee
- Gordon Emslie (Chair)
- Jason Jackiewicz
- Kathy Reeves
- Matthias Rempel
Metcalf Travel Award Committee
- Todd Hoeksema, 2011 - 2014 (Chair)
- Marc DeRosa, 2011 - 2014
- Kathy Reeves, 2011 - 2014
Press Officer
-
Craig DeForest
SPD Handbook Editor
-
John Leibacher
SolarMail
-
Rick Bogart
Archivist
-
Jack Thomas
Liaisons
- Tom Ayres (Stellar Astrophysics)
- Jim Chen (Plasma Physics)
- Todd Hoeksema (AAS Committee on Advocacy and Public Policy)
- Vahe Petrosian (High Energy)
- Merav Opher (AGU: Solar-Terrestrial Physics)