Officers & Committees

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:

SPD Committee The SPD Committee consists of the officers (above) and the following Committee members:

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)
  • Nishu Karna
  • Erika Palmerio (2022 - )
  • Trae Winter (2022 - )

Many thanks to Angela Des Jardins and Cooper Downs for their 10 years of service.

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

Webmaster

  • Alisdair Davey

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

SolarNews Editor

  • Sherry Chhabra

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)