Current Council
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Council of the AAS
The Council is the governing body of the AAS and is responsible for the management, direction and control of the affairs and the property of the AAS. The official record of Council actions and resolutions is kept in the AAS Secretary's Office. You may contact Council members individually or use the Council Contact Form to reach the entire Council.
Executive Committee: Acting for the Council between its meetings, the Executive Committee is comprised of the President, Past-President or President-Elect, the two most senior Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and the Executive Officer, and other officers or councilors as designated by the Council.
Officers
David J. Helfand
Quest University Canada
President
(6/2012-6/2014)
Debra M. Elmegreen
Vassar College
Past-President
(6/2012-6/2013)
Nicholas B. Suntzeff
Texas A&M University
Vice-President
(6/2010-6/2013)
Edward B. Churchwell
University of Wisconsin
Vice-President
(6/2011-6/2014)
Paula Szkody
University of Washington
Vice-President
(6/2012-6/2015)
Hervey (Peter) Stockman
Space Telescope Science Institute
Treasurer
(6/2011-6/2014)
G. Fritz Benedict
University of Texas, Austin
Secretary
(6/2010-6/2013)
Kevin Marvel
AAS Executive Office
Executive Officer
(6/2006-Current )
Anne P. Cowley
Arizona State University
Publications Board Chair
(6/2012-6/2015)
Edward E. Prather
University of Arizona
Education Officer
(6/2012-6/2015)
Councilors
Edward F. Guinan
Villanova University
(6/2010-6/2013)
Patricia Knezek
NOAO/WIYN Observatory
(6/2010-6/2013)
Robert Mathieu
University of Wisconsin
(2/2010-6/2013)
Bruce Balick
University of Washington
(6/2011-6/2014)
Eileen D. Friel
Indiana University
(6/2011-6/2014)
Angela Speck
University of Missouri
(6/2011-6/2014)
Nancy S. Brickhouse
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
(6/2012-6/2015)
Todd J. Henry
Georgia State University
(6/2012-6/2015)
Steven D. Kawaler
Iowa State University
(6/2012-6/2015)