Current Council
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
John P. Huchra
Harvard-Smithsonian, Center for Astrophysics
President
(6/2008-6/2010)
Robert W.O'Connell
University of Virginia
Vice-President
(6/2006-6/2009)
Lee W. Hartmann
University of Michigan
Vice-President
(6/2007-6/2010)
Christine Jones
Harvard-Smithsonian, CfA
Vice-President
(6/2008-6/2011)
Hervey (Peter) Stockman
Space Telescope Science Institute
Treasurer
(6/2008-6/2011)
John A. Graham
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Secretary
(6/2004-6/2010)
Kevin Marvel
AAS Executive Office
Executive Officer
(6/2006)
Richard F. Green
LBTO/University of Arizona
Publications Board Chair
(6/2008-6/2011)
Timothy F. Slater
University of Wyoming
Education Officer
(6/2006-6/2009)
Councilors
Megan Donahue
Michigan State University
(6/2006-6/2009)
Margaret M. Hanson
University of Cincinnati
(6/2006-6/2009)
Marc Postman
Space Telescope Science Institute
(6/2006-6/2009)
Chryssa Kouveliotou
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
(6/2007-6/2010)
Felix J. Lockman
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
(6/2007-6/2010)
Nicholas B. Suntzeff
Texas A&M University
(6/2007-6/2010)
Nancy D. Morrison
University of Toledo
(6/2008-6/2011)
C. Megan Urry
Yale University
(6/2008-6/2011)
Charles E. Woodward
University of Minnestoa
(6/2008-6/2011)
Press Officers
Stephen P. Maran
Press Officer
(1/1985- )
Larry Marschall
Deputy Press Officer
The Press Officer, appointed by the Council for a three year term, is responsible for all press arrangements at meetings, and generally all public information activities regarding the science of astronomy, as distinct from the public policy issues of the Society.