Officers of the Board
Ruth Harris, President
Heather DeShon, President-Elect
Peggy Hellweg, Past President
Kris Pankow, Secretary
Jacob Walter, Treasurer
Board of Directors
Annemarie Baltay (2026)
Susan Bilek (2026)
Ashly Cabas (2025)
Roby Douilly (2025)
Karen Fischer (2024)
Victor Huerfano (2026)
Diego Melgar (2025)
Zhigang Peng (2024)
Xyoli Pérez-Campos (2024)
Carl Tape (2024)
Aaron Velasco (2026)
Executive Committee
Ruth Harris, President
Heather DeShon, President-Elect
Kris Pankow, Secretary
Peggy Hellweg, Past-President
Management Committee
Kris Pankow
Xyoli Pérez-Campos
Jacob Walter
Audit Committee
Susan Bilek, Chair
Roby Douilly
Xyoli Pérez-Campos
Jacob Walter (ex officio)
Budget Committee
Jacob Walter
Kris Pankow
Community Grants Program (2022-2024)
Karen Fischer, Chair
Victor Huerfano
Kris Pankow
Carl Tape
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Kate Scharer, Chair
Richard Alfaro
Jeff Bayless
Sue Bilek
Esteban Chaves
Heather DeShon
Kevin Kwong
Lisa Grant Ludwig
Meghan Miller
Gabriela Noriega
Leah M. Salditch
Aaron Velasco
Ethics Committee
Rick Aster, Chair
Maureen Long
Jessica Murray
German Prieto
Leah Salditch
Government Relations
Lisa Grant Ludwig, Chair
John Anderson
Rick Aster
Peggy Hellweg
Keith Knudsen
Bill Leith
Stuart Nishenko
Heather DeShon
William R. Walter
Deborah Weiser
Mike West
Ruth Harris (ex officio)
Honors Committee
Heather DeShon, Chair, 2022-2024
Meghan Miller
Jeanne Hardebeck
David Shelly
Brian Stump
Bill Walter
- The Harry Fielding Reid Medal Subcommittee
Jeanne Hardebeck (chair)
William Ellsworth
Miaki Ishii
Fan-Chi Lin
Morgan Moschetti
Barbara Romanowicz - Charles F. Richter Early Career Award Subcommittee
David Shelly (chair)
Xiaowei Chen
Colleen Dalton
Marine Denolle
Thomas Lecocq
Huajian Yao - The Frank Press Public Service Award Subcommittee
Christine Powell (Chair)
Tim Aherne
Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
Qingkai Kong
Brian Stump - SSA Awards Encouragement Committee
Bill Walter (Chair)
Joan Gomberg
Albert Kottke
Marco Pilz
Esteban Chaves
Tina Dura - Bolt Medal Selection Committee
Lori Dengler (SSA)
Hamid Haddadi (Chair) (COSMOS)
Ting Lin (EERI)
Albert Kottke (EERI)
Alberto Michelini (SSA)
Carlos Ventura (COSMOS) - Joyner Committee
Ellen Rathje (Chair – EERI)
Domniki Asimaki (EERI)
Robert Graves (SSA)
Silvia Mazzoni (EERI)
Ricardo Taborda (SSA)
David Wald (SSA)
Investment Committee
Peter Shearer, Chair
Doug Dreger
Jim Mori
Bill Walter
Ray Willemann
Mitch Withers
Jacob Walter (ex officio)
Meetings Committee
Zhigang Peng, Chair
Annemarie Baltay
Susan Bilek
Esteban J. Chavez
Yajing Liu
Leah Salditch
Max Schneider
Peter Shearer
Elizabeth Vanacore
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
John Townend, Chair
Ashly Cabas
Xyoli Pérez-Campos
Heather DeShon
Doug Dreger
Jessica Murray