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: Craig DeForest (to 2023)
- Vice-Chair: Dale Gary (to 2022)
- Secretary: Peter Young (to 2022)
- Treasurer: David McKenzie (to 2022)
SPD Committee The SPD Committee consists of the officers (above) and the following Committee members:
- Holly Gilbert (to 2022)
- Nick Arge (to 2022)
- Paola Testa (to 2022)
- Lisa Upton (to 2023)
- Georgios Chintzoglou (to 2023)
Former Officers and Committee Members
PDF chars of past officers and committee members:
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:
- Maria Kazachenko (chair to 2022)
- Andres Munoz-Jaramillo (to 2022)
- Nour Raouafi (to 2022)
Hale and Harvey Prize Committee
- Jiong Qiu 2019-2023 (Chair)
- Tim Bastian 2019-2023
- Yuhong Fan 2021-2025
- Laurel Rachmeler 2021-2025
- Säm Krucker 2021-2025
Popular Writing Award Committee
- James Mason (Chair)
- Angela DesJardins
- Cooper Downs
- Nishu Karna
Public Policy Committee
- Gordon Emslie (chair)
- Ian Cohen
- Ofer Cohen
- Nicole Duncan
- Brian Welsch
Education and Public Outreach Committee
- Laurel Rachmeler (Chair)
- Claire Raftery
- Mitzi Adams
- Camilo Buitraga-Casas
- Maria Weber
- 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
- Alisdair Davey (Chair)
- Rick Bogart
- Steve Cranmer
- David McKenzie
- Angelos Vourlidas
SPD Student Committee
- Gordon Emslie (Chair)
- David McKenzie
- Lisa Upton
- Matthias Rempel
Metcalf Travel Award Committee
- Maria Kazachenko (Chair)
- Michael Kirk
- Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo
- Lucas Tarr
Press Officer
SPD Handbook Editor
- John Leibacher
SolarMail
- Rick Bogart
Archivist
- Jack Thomas
Liaisons
- Todd Hoeksema (AAS Committee on Advocacy and Public Policy)
- Trae Winter (AAS Astronomy Education Board)