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Board of Directors
Board Officers
* served in 2024, + serves in 2025, *+ served in 2024 and serves in 2025
President
Derrick Pitts*+
The Franklin Institute
Term ends April 2025
Secretary
Edna DeVore*+
SETI Institute (retired)
Vice President
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz*+
University of California,
Santa Cruz
Treasurer
Chris Lewicki*
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Astrophotographer
Past President
Sunil Nagaraj*+
Ubiquity Ventures
Term ends April 2025
Board Members
Rachael Beaton*+
Space Telescope
Science Institute
Katy Caouette*
Abdul Dremali*+
Space Cowboy, University
of Texas
Steven Dupree*+
Brandeis University
John Keller*+
Fiske Planetarium, University
of Colorado Boulder
Sabrina Stierwalt*+
Occidental College
David Krasny*+
Commonly
Jr. Board Fellow
Jack Lubin*+
UCLA
Term ends April 2025
James Negus*+
University of Colorado, Boulder
Francisco Mercado+
Pomona College
Term begins May 2025
M. Katy Rodriguez Wimberly*+
California State University,
San Bernardino
ASP Board Members celebrate achievements in astronomy at the ASP 2024 Annual Awards Gala
Advisory Council
Bruce Carney
Distinguished Professor emeritus
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Edna DeVore
SETI Institute (retired)
Lynn D. Dierking
Oregon State University and Institute for Learning Innovation
Timothy Ferris
University of California, Berkeley
Richard Tresch Fienberg
American Astronomical Society
Alexei Filippenko
Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Fraknoi
Foothill College (retired)
Catharine D. Garmany
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (retired)
Marc Gineris
Incyte Capital Holdings, Dallas, Texas
Mary Kay Hemenway
University of Texas at Austin (retired)
Jim Hesser
Emeritus Director, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory and Strategic Advisor,
Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Programs, National Research Council of Canada
Catherine Langridge
Presidio Trust
Gordon Myers
IBM (retired)
Schyleen Qualls
Arkeon Entertainment & Arkeon Education
Ron Rosano
Astronomy Educator, Virgin Galactic Spaceflight Participant
Jeffrey D. Rosendhal
NASA (retired) Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at George Mason University
Wayne Rosing
Las Cumbres Observatory
Dennis Schatz
Pacific Science Center
Constance Walker
National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Al Whaley
Internet Travel Network (retired)
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