SSA’s public policy activities include educating our members on policy issues that affect the science, issuing resolutions or position statements on seismic matters, and providing information on seismic issues to U.S. legislators and staff, including responding to invitations to provide testimony before congressional committees.
- Lisa Grant Ludwig (Chair), University of California, Irvine
- John Anderson, University of Nevada, Reno
- Rick Aster, Colorado State University
- Keith Knudsen, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- Bill Leith, Seismologist
- Jim Mori, Kyoto University
- Stuart Nishenko, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program
- Heather DeShon, Southern Methodist University
- William R. Walter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Deborah Weiser, University of California, Los Angeles
- Mike West, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
- Peggy Hellweg (ex officio), SSA President
- Alexander Fozkos (Government Relations Policy Fellow), University of Alaska, Fairbanks
- Heather Shaddox (Government Relations Policy Fellow), Berkeley Seismology Lab