Past DPS Officers

Chair

Carol RaymondCurrent Chair
Catherine Neish2022-2023
Diana Blaney2021-2022
Amy Mainzer2020-2021
Amanda Hendrix2019-2020
Linda Spilker2018-2019
Cathy Olkin2017-2018
Lucy McFadden2016-2017
Jason Barnes2015-2016
Bonnie Buratti2014-2015
Heidi Hammel2013-2014
Rosaly Lopes2012-2013
Daniel Britt2011-2012
Melissa McGrath2010-2011
Candice Hansen2009-2010
Jonathan Lunine2008-2009
Richard P. Binzel2007-2008
Guy Consolmagno2006-2007
S. Alan Stern(Vice-Chair only from Oct 2006 to Mar 2007, resigned duties when he became the NASA Associate Administrator for Science)
Richard French2005-2006
William McKinnon2004-2005
William D. Cochran2003-2004
Richard P. Binzel2002-2003
Wesley Huntress2001-2002
Mark Sykes2000-2001
Robert M. Nelson1999-2000
Donald K. Yeomans1998-1999
Edwin S. Barker1997-1998
Faith Vilas1996-1997
Anita L. Cochran1995-1996
Robert L. Millis1994-1995
Michael F. A’Hearn1993-1994
Reta F. Beebe1992-1993
Carle M. Pieters1991-1992
Dale P. Cruikshank1990-1991
Andrew P. Ingersoll1989-1990
Bruce W. Hapke1988-1989
Robert A. Brown1987-1988
Jay T. Bergstralh1986-1987
Joseph Veverka1985-1986
Laurel L. Wilkening1984-1985
Joseph A. Burns1983-1984
Clark R. Chapman1982-1983
Michael Belton1981-1982
David Morrison1980-1981
Thomas B. McCord1979-1980
James A. Westphal1978-1979
Gordon H. Pettengill1977-1978
Donald M. Hunten1977
William Baum1976-1977
Carl Sagan1975-1976
Harlan J. Smith1974-1975
William M. Irvine1973-1974
Frank D. Drake1972-1973
Edward Anders1971-1972
Joseph W. Chamberlain1970-1971

Secretary

Maria Womack2020-present
Anne Verbiscer2014-2020
Athena Coustenis2010-2014
John Spencer2006-2010
Linda French Emmons2003-2006

Treasurer

Tony Roman2017-Present
Andy Rivkin2011- 2017
Diana Blaney2007- 2011
Nadine G. Barlow2004-2007
Melissa McGrath2003-2004

Secretary/Treasurer

Note: Secretary/Treasurer position split in 2003

Melissa McGrath2001-2003
Alan W. Harris1995-2001
Faith Vilas1992-1995
Larry A. Lebofsky1988-1992
Robert L. Millis1985-1988
Dale P. Cruikshank1982-1985
Laurel L. Wilkening1980-1982
Torrence V. Johnson1977-1980
David Morrison1971-1977
Tobias Owen1970-1971

Press Officer

Press OfficerDeputy Press Officer
Theodore Kareta2022-PresentTheodore Kareta2021-2022
Shantanu Naidu2016-2022Constantine Tsang2016-2018
Vishnu Reddy2010-2016
Sanjay Limaye2004-2010John Spencer2001-2006
Ellis D. Miner1999-2004
Nadine G. Barlow1993-1999
Richard P. Binzel1989-1993
Richard G. French1987-1989
Robert M. Nelson1983-1986
Richard Greenberg1981-1983

Education and Public Outreach Officer

Education and Public Outreach OfficerDeputy Education and Public Outreach Officer
Sanlyn Buxner2017-PresentBrian Jackson2019-Present
Bonnie Meinke2014-2017
Nick Schneider2009-2014
Jennifer A. Grier2006-2009
Larry Lebofsky1997-2006Lou Mayo2001-2006
Linda M. French1993-1997
Martha S. Hanner1990-1993

Federal Relations Officer

The Federal Relatations Officer also serves as the Chair of the DPS Federal Relations Subcommittee.

Federal Relations Officer
Angela Dapremont2022-Present
Kurt Retherford2019-2022

Student Representative

Note: The Student Representative role was established with the 2019 Bylaws and first election will be held in 2020.

Student Representative
Samuel Myers2022-Present
Maya Yanez2020-2022
  

Webmaster & Historian

The Webmaster and the Historian are not formal officers. They are special appointments made by the DPS Committee, and they are non-voting members of the DPS Committee.

WebmasterDeputy Webmaster
Maya Yanez2022-PresentMaya Yanez2021-2022
Katie Gosmeyer2017-2022  
Tony Roman2011-2017  
Ross Beyer2006-2011  
Heidi Hammel1995-2006  
Historian
Dale Cruikshank2015-2020

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