THE 2024 DPS ELECTIONS ARE NOW OPEN
You should have received your ballot on Thursday July 11th at the email address you registered with for AAS/DPS. If you did not see your ballot, please check your spam/junk folder and also check that your membership did not lapse.
LEADERSHIP: This year we are choosing a new Vice-Chair, two DPS Committee Members, and one Student Representative. The Vice-Chair will become Chair in October 2025. For more information about current officers and committee members, please visit the leadership section of the DPS website.
CANDIDATES: Information and position statements for the candidates have been collected into this single PDF; however, if you prefer the information separately, please review the previous newsletters. The same information is also accessible on your ballot.
The DPS Nominating Subcommittee has identified the following candidates for the 2024 DPS elections for Vice Chair, Committee, and Student Representative
Vice Chair (1 to be elected):
- Anthony (Tony) Colaprete – NASA Ames Research Center
- Scott Murchie – Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Committee (2 to be elected):
- Conor Nixon – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Hannah Jang-Condell – NASA Headquarters
- Mariek Schmidt – Brock University, Canada
- Takehiko Satoh – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Student Representative (1 to be elected):
- A’Laura Hines – George Mason University
- Andrew Shumway – University of Washington
Per the DPS Bylaws, additional candidates for Vice Chair, Committee, and Student Representative, supported by a petition of at least 20 DPS members, may be nominated by June 14th. Please send any nominations to the DPS Secretary, Denise Stephens, at [email protected].
The DPS Committee thanks the members of the Nominating Subcommittee for their dedicated service to the DPS:
Morgan Cable (chair), Tim Livengood, and Jessica Noviello