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: Nicki Viall (to 2023)
- Secretary: Anna Malanushenko (to 2025)
- Treasurer: Marc DeRosa (to 2025)
SPD Committee The SPD Committee consists of the officers (above) and the following Committee members:
- Dale Gary (to 2024)
- Lisa Upton (to 2023)
- Georgios Chintzoglou (to 2023)
- Erika Palmerio (to 2024)
- Shea Hess WEbber (to 2024)
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
- Milo Buitrago-Casas (Chair) (he/his)
- Mitzi Adams (she/her)
- Laurel Rachmeler (she/her)
- Maria Weber (she/her)
- Santiago Vargas Dominguez (he/his)
- Alessandra (Ale) Abe Pacini (she/her)
- Savannah Sky Perez-Piel (she/her)
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)