Officers of the Board
John Townend, President
Peggy Hellweg, President-Elect
Bill Walter, Past President
Kris Pankow, Secretary
Mitch Withers, Treasurer
Board of Directors
Annemarie Baltay (2023)
Susan Bilek (2023)
Xyoli Pérez-Campos (2024)
Heather DeShon (2022)
Karen Fischer (2024)
Hiroshi Kawase (2023)
Kuo-Fong Ma (2022)
Meghan S. Miller (2022)
Zhigang Peng (2024)
Kate Scharer (2023)
Carl Tape (2024)
Committees of the Board
Executive Committee
John Townend, President
Peggy Hellweg, President-Elect
Kris Pankow, Secretary
Bill Walter, Past-President
Management Committee
Kris Pankow
Xyoli Pérez-Campos
Mitch Withers
Audit Committee
Kate Scharer (Chair)
Susan Bilek
Xyoli Pérez-Campos
Mitch Withers (ex officio)
Budget Committee
Mitch Withers
Kris Pankow
Communications Committee
Susan Hough
Doug Dreger (ex officio)
Christine Goulet
Peggy Hellweg
Maurice Lamontagne
Julian Lozos
Dan McNamara
Beatrice Magnani
Zhigang Peng, SRL Editor (ex officio)
Jascha Polet
Thomas Pratt (ex officio)
Margarita Segou
Ethics Committee
Peter Shearer, Past President and Chair
Meghan Miller, Honors Committee Representative and Vice Chair
John Townend, Membership Committee Representative
Xyoli Pérez-Campos, Publications Committee Representative
Kate Scharer, Meetings Committee Representative
Andy Michael, Former Past President
Government Relations
Lisa Grant Ludwig (Chair)
John Anderson
Rick Aster
Keith Knudsen
Bill Leith
Jim Mori
Stuart Nishenko
Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
Heather DeShon
William R. Walter
Deborah Weiser
Mike West
John Townend (ex officio)
Honors Committee
Meghan Miller (Chair, 2020-2022)
- The Harry Fielding Reid Medal Subcommittee
Jeanne Hardebeck (chair)
Barbara Romanowicz
Miaki Ishii
Art Frankel
Michael West - Charles F. Richter Early Career Award Subcommittee
David Shelley (chair)
Colleen Dalton
Huajian Yao
Beatrice Magnani - The Frank Press Public Service Award Subcommittee
Ruth Harris (chair)
Meredith Nettles
Charlotte Rowe
Ivan Wong
Michael Wysession - SSA Awards Encouragement Committee
Chuck Ammon (Chair, 2020-2022)
Rick Aster
Laurie Baise
Sue Beck
Roland Burgmann
Elizabeth Cochran - Bolt Medal, SSA liaisons:
Gail Atkinson
Ruth Harris
Investment Committee
Peter Shearer (Chair)
Doug Dreger
Jim Mori
Paul Passmore
Bill Walter
Ray Willemann
Mitch Withers (ex officio)
Meetings Committee
Zhigang Peng (Chair)
Annemarie Baltay
Susan Bilek
Esteban J. Chavez
Leah Salditch
Kate Scharer
Max Schneider
Peter Shearer
John Townend
Jim Mori
Membership Committee
Susan Hough (Chair)
Sergio Barrientos
Jeff Bayless
Megan Flanagan
Alireza Haji-Soltani
Ruth Harris
James Kaklamanos
Andy Michael
Kenny Ryan
John Townend
Rob Wesson
Publications Committee
Doug Dreger (Chair)
Xyoli Pérez-Campos
Heather DeShon
Kawase Hiroshi
Susan Hough
Jessica Murray
Peter Shearer
John Townend
Bill Walter
Allison Bent (ex officio)
Keith Koper (ex officio)
Martin Mai (ex officio)