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Leadership

Current Officers and Members

Below are the positions, names, email addresses, and telephone numbers of the current members of the HEAD executive committee.

Note: HEAD officers who are federal government employees represent themselves as private citizens and not the federal government in all Divisional and Society business.

Chair (2026-2027)
Colleen Wilson-Hodge
head.chair@aas.org  
Vice Chair (2026-27)  Jon M. Miller head.vicechair@aas.org  
Past Chair (2026-27) Kristin Madsen head.pastchair@aas.org  
Secretary (2025-26) Renee Ludlam head.secretary@aas.org  
Deputy Secretary (2025-26) Drew Miles drewmiles@caltech.edu  
Treasurer (2022-26) Elizabeth Ferrara head.treasurer@aas.org (301) 286-7057
Member (2025-27) Krista Smith kristalynnesmith@tamu.edu  
Member (2025-27) Michela Negro michelanegro@lsu.edu  
Member (2026-28) Elizabeth Blanton eblanton@bu.edu  
Member (2026-28) Vallia Antoniou Vallia.Antoniou@ttu.edu  
Member (2024-26) Carolyn Kierans carolyn.a.kierans@nasa.gov  
Member (2024-26) Paul Plucinsky pplucinsky@cfa.harvard.edu  
Press Officer Megan Watzke mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu (617) 496-7998

Complete roster of past and present HEAD officers.

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