Officers of the Board
Susan Hough, President
Bill Walter, President-Elect
Peter Shearer, Past President
Peggy Hellweg, Secretary **
Mitch Withers, Treasurer **
Board of Directors
Sergio Barrientos (2020)
Margaret Boettcher (2021)
Xyoli Pérez-Campos (2021)
Heather DeShon (2022)
Doug Dreger (2021)
Christine Goulet (2020)
Susan Hough (2019)
Kuo-Fong Ma (2022)
Meghan S. Miller (2022)
Kate Scharer (2020)
John Townend (2022)
Bill Walter (2021)
Committees of the Board
Executive Committee
Susan Hough, President
Peter Shearer, Past-President
Bill Walter, President-Elect
Peggy Hellweg, Secretary
Management Committee
Peggy Hellweg
John Townend
Mitch Withers
Audit Committee
Kate Scharer (Chair)
Sergio Barrientos
Jim Mori
Mitch Withers (ex officio)
Budget Committee
Mitch Withers
Peggy Hellweg (representing the Executive Committee)
Communications Committee
Sue Hough (Chair)
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
Bill Walter, 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
Peggy Hellweg
Keith Knudsen
Jim Mori
Stuart Nishenko
Linda Rowan
Woody Savage
Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
Bill Walter
Deborah Weiser
Mike West
Ray Willemann
Sue Hough, President-Elect (ex officio)
Peter Shearer, President (ex officio)
Honors Committee
Bill Walter (Chair, 2018-2020)
Anne Meltzer (The Harry Fielding Reid Medal subcommittee chair, 2019-2021)
Keith Koper (Charles F. Richter Early Career Award subcommittee chair, 2020-2022)
Ruth Harris (The Frank Press Public Service Award subcommittee chair, 2020-2022)
John Townend
Meghan Miller
- The Harry Fielding Reid Medal Subcommittee
Anne Meltzer (chair)
Barabara Romanowicz
Miaki Ishii
Art Frankel
Jeanne Hardeback
Michael West - Charles F. Richter Early Career Award Subcommittee
Keith Koper (chair)
Amanda Thomas
David Shelley
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
Investment Committee
Peter Shearer (Chair)
Doug Dreger
Rob Graves
Jim Mori
Paul Passmore
Bill Walter
Ray Willemann
Mitch Withers (ex officio)
Meetings Committee
Zhigang Peng (Chair)
Xyoli Pérez-Campos
Leah Salditch
Kate Scharer
Max Schneider
Peter Shearer
John Townend
Jim Mori
Membership Committee
Christine Goulet (Chair)
Laurie Baise
Sergio Barrientos
Jeff Bayless
Eric Calais
Ruth Harris
James Kaklamanos
Beatrice Magnani
Andy Michael
Kenny Ryan
Nilesh Shome
John Townend
Publications Committee
Doug Dreger (Chair)
Xyoli Pérez-Campos
Martin Chapman
Sue Hough
Jessica Murray
Peter Shearer
John Townend
Bill Walter
Allison Bent (ex officio)
Thomas Pratt (ex officio)
Early-Career and Student Advisory Task Force
Victor Tsai (chair)
Lauren Abrahams
Annemarie Baltay
Li-Wei Chen
Tim Clements
Marine Denolle
Fan-Chi Lin
Emma Myers