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Officers & Committees

Overview

Each Section is led by its officers, which include the President, President-Elect, Past-President, and the Secretary. For the Geodesy section current leadership consists of:

• President, Laura Wallace, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas/GNS Science New Zealand
• President-Elect, Anne Socquet, Université Grenoble Alpes, Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG)
• Past-President, Matthew Pritchard, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
• Secretary and Webmaster, Karen Luttrell, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University

Executive Committee

• President: Laura Wallace
• President-elect: Anne Socquet
• Past President: Matthew Pritchard
• Secretary: Karen Luttrell
• At Large Member: Steve Nerem
• Early Career Rep.: Yao Yu
• Early Career Rep.: Asenath Kwagalakwe
• Early Career Rep.: Zachary Young
• Student Rep.: Jeng Hann Chong
• Student Rep.: Nicolas Castro-Perdomo
• Student Rep.: Arba Shkreli
• 2025 Fall Meeting Geodesy Program Chair: Eric Lindsey
• 2026 Fall Meeting Geodesy Program Chair: Walter Szeliga
• OSPA Coordinator: Jeremy Maurer
• Canvasing Chair: Matt King
• Eos editor for Geodesy: Lin Liu
• Web Editor: Karen Luttrell

Awards Committees

Fellows Committee

• Chair: Laura Wallace
• Tonie Van Dam
• Freystein Sigmundsson
• David Sandwell
• Glenn Milne

John Wahr Early Career Award and Ivan I. Mueller Award

• Chair: Laura Wallace
• Jianli Chen
• Andrew Hooper
• Tonie Van Dam
• Lin Liu
• Ben Hamlington

Paul G. Silver Award Committee (joint with G, S and T)

• Chair: Matthew Pritchard
• Dan Faulkner
• Martha Savage
• Laura Wallace
• Martha Savage
• Rachel Abercrombie
• Lisa McNeill

Canvassing Committee (Honors Nominating Committee)

• Chair: Gareth Funning
• Harald Schuh

Outstanding Student Presentation Award Review Committee

• Chair: (2023) Anna Klos
• Mike Croteau
• Eileen Evans

Fall Meeting Program Committee Representatives

Bowie Lecture Conveners (with input from awards committee)

• Co-Convener: Matthew Pritchard
• Co-Convener: Laura Wallace

AGU Geodesy Webmaster (geodesy.agu.org)

• Karen Luttrell, Geodesy Section Secretary