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-Elect
(6/2007-6/2008)
Paul A. Vanden Bout
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Vice-President
(6/2005-6/2008)
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)
John A. Graham
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Secretary
(6/2004-6/2010)
Hervey (Peter) Stockman
Space Telescope Science Institute
Treasurer
(6/2005-6/2008)
Timothy F. Slater
University of Arizona
Education Officer
(6/2006-6/2009)
Kevin Marvel
AAS Executive Office
Executive Officer
(6/2006)
Michael F. A'Hearn
University of Maryland
Publications Board Chair
(6/2005-6/2008)
Councilors
Suzanne L. Hawley
University of Washington
(6/2005-6/2008)
James S. Ulvestad
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
(6/2005-6/2008)
Megan Donahue
Michigan State University
(6/2006-6/2009)
Gary J. Ferland
University of Kentucky
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(6/2007-6/2008)
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)
Press Officers
Stephen P. Maran
Press Officer
(1/1985- )
Lynn R. Cominsky
Deputy Press Officer
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.