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	2009 MSA COMMITTEES AND APPOINTED POSTS

(revised 10/21/2008)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Nancy L. Ross (2009 MSA President), Chair Peter J. Heaney (2009 MSA Past-President) John B. Brady (2009 MSA Vice-President) Darrell J. Henry (2009-2010 MSA Treasurer) Mickey E. Gunter (2008-2009 MSA Secretary)

ROEBLING MEDAL COMMITTEE (Award for 2010) Peter C. Burns, Chair (2009) Suzanne E. Mahlberg Kay (2007-2009) Robert F. Martin (2007-2009) Douglas Rumble III (2008-2010) Patricia Dove (2008-2010) Hans Keppler (2009-2011) Ronald H. Vernon (2009-2011)

DANA MEDAL COMMITTEE (Award for 2010) Klaus Mezger, Chair (2009) Jane Selverstone (2007-2009) David C. Rubie (2007-2009) Alison R. Pawley (2008-2010) Thomas G. Sharp (2008-2010) Harry W. Green II(2009-2011) Jon D. Woodhead (2009-2011)

MSA AWARD COMMITTEE (Award for 2010) Jean Morrison, (2009) Chair Georges Calas (2007-2009) Mark Cloos (2007-2009) Kevin M. Rosso (2008-2010) Peggy A. O'Day (2008-2010) Isabelle Daniel (2009-2011) Zachary D. Sharp (2009-2011)

DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD COMMITTEE (Award for 2010) Michael A. Carpenter, (2009-2010) Chair H. Catherine W. Skinner (2006-2009) Michael E. Zolensky (2007-2010) Peter J. Modreski (2007-2010) Peter Robinson (2009-2012) Nancy J. McMillan (2009-2012) David W. Mogk (2009-2012)

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE (Grant for 2010) Research Grant in Crystallography from the Edward H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Trust Fund Penelope L. King, Chair (2009) Anthony R. Kampf (2007-2009) Giacomo Diego Gatta (2008-2010) Christine M. Clark (2009-2011)

MINERALOGY/PETROLOGY RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE (Grant for 2010) MSA Grant for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology Marc M. Hirschmann, Chair (2009) Aaron J. Cavosie (2007-2009) Bradley R. Hacker (2008-2010) John R. Bowman (2009-2011) Cliff S.J. Shaw (2009-2011)

NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR FELLOWS E. Bruce Watson, Chair 2009 John L. Rosenfeld (2007-2009) Darrell J. Henry (2007-2009) John C. Schumacher (2008-2010) Stefano Merlino (2008-2010) Masaki Enami (2009-2011) Donna L. Whitney (2009-2011)

COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT Nancy L. Ross (2009 MSA President), Chair Peter J. Heaney (2009 MSA Past-President) John B. Brady (2009 MSA Vice-President) Darrell J. Henry (2009-2010 MSA Treasurer) Mickey E. Gunter (2008-2009 MSA Secretary)

FINANCIAL ADVISORY AND AUDIT COMMITTEE Robert J. Tracy, Chair (2006-200?) Mark Van Baalen (2009-2011) Howard W. Day (2009-2011) Darrell J. Henry (2009-2010 MSA Treasurer) Nancy L. Ross (2009 MSA President, Management Committee Chair) John B. Brady (2009 MSA Vice-President) Mickey E. Gunter (2008-2009 MSA Secretary)

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Sorena S. Sorensen (2009), Chair

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES John B. Brady (2009 MSA Vice-President), Chair (2008 MSA Vice-Presidental candidate) (2008 MSA Vice-Presidental candidate) Mickey E. Gunter (2008-2009 MSA Secretary) Roberta Oberti (2009) Abby Kavner (2009)

NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR OFFICERS (for 2010 election and terms start 2011) Carol D. Frost, (2009) Chair Charles R. Bacon (2007-2009) Bernard J. Wood (2007-2009) Jill D. Pasteris (2008-2010) David L. Bish (2008-2010) Robert J. Bodnar (2008-2010) Ian Parsons (2009-2011)

MSA LECTURE PROGRAM COMMITTEE William H. Peck (2006-2009), Chair 2008-2009 James R. Rougvie (2007-2009) Sarah C. Penniston-Dorland (2008-2009) Robert W. Luth (2008-2010) Ronald C. Peterson (2008-2010) Catherine Ann McCammon (2009-2011) Anton Beran (2009-2011) Cameron Davidson (Lecture Program Administrator) (2005-)

COMMITTEE ON SHORT COURSES Paul B. Tomascak (2006-2009), Chair (2009) Philip S. Neuhoff (2007-2009) Nita Sahai (2008-2010) Joseph R. Smyth (2008-2010) Lee A. Groat (2009-2011) Scott A. Wood (Geochemical Society Editor for Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry) (2005-) Jodi Rosso (Series Editor, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry) (2003-)

BENEFACTORS COMMITTEE John F. Rakovan (2008-) Chair, Corporate Donations Peter J. Heaney (2009-) Chair, Membership Giving Barb Dutrow (2009-) Chair, Capital Campaign (past president)

OUTREACH COMMITTEE Robert T. Downs, co-Chair overseeing Mineral Databases (1999-) John Rakovan, co-Chair overseeing K-12 Outreach (2006-) Vickie Harder (2002-)

PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR John B. Brady (2009)

AMERICAN MINERALOGIST Editor: Jennifer A. Thomson (2009-) Editor: Dana T. Griffen (2008-2009) Editor: Bryan C. Chakoumakos (2005-) Managing Editor: Rachel A. Russell (1996- ) Technical Editor for Crystal Structures: xxx xxxx (2009-) New Mineral Names Editor: Paula C. Piilonen (2005-) Book Review Editor: David Vaniman Board of Associate Editors

REVIEWS IN MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY Editor: Jodi Rosso (2003- )

HANDBOOK OF MINERALOGY Editor: Francis O. Dudas (2007- )

ELEMENTS MSA News Editor: Andrea Koziol (2005- ) Advisory Board for MSA: Takashi Murakami (2005- ) Advisory Board for MSA: Nancy Ross (2005- ) Executive Committee for MSA: Barb Dutrow (2009- )

GEOSCIENCEWORLD Board of Directors for MSA: Douglas Rumble III (2009-2011) Advisory Council for MSA: Rodney C. Ewing (2009-2011)

REPRESENTATIVES TO OTHER SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS American Crystallographic Association (ACA) - Ross J. Angel (2003-) American Geological Institute (AGI) - J. Alex Speer (1999-) AGU Mineral Physics Committee - Clay Minerals Society (CMS) - David L. Bish (1988-) European Mineralogical Union (EMU) - Charles A. Geiger (2000-) Friends of Mineralogy (FM) - Julian C. Gray (2007-) Gemological Institute of America (GIA) - George Rossman (1992-) Geochemical Society (GS) - Rebecca A. Lange (2004-) GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Advisory Council - Rodney C. Ewing (2009-2011) GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Board of Directors - Douglas Rumble III (2009-2011) International Mineralogical Association (IMA) - George E. Harlow (2007-) International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) - Jeffrey E. Post (1995-) Mineralogical Abstracts (MA-Abstract Organizer) - Peter Leavens (1999-) Society of Mineral Museum Professionals (SMMP) - George E. Harlow (1994-)

MSA REPRESENTATIVES TO OTHER SOCIETIES' MEETING PROGRAMS Nancy L Ross, MSA Meetings Coordinator (2008-) MSA Representative to GSA JTPC - Philip E. Brown (2002-) MSA Delegate to GSA JTPC - James S. Beard (2002-) MSA Representative to Goldschmidt Conference - (2009-) MSA-AGU Meetings Laison - Abby Kavner (2005-) MSA Representative for Spring AGU - Philip M. Piccoli (2008-) MSA Representative for Fall AGU - Abby Kavner (2006-) MSA Representative to AGU Mineral Physics - Ross Angel (2008-) MSA Delegate to the CMS - David L. Bish (1998-) MSA Representative to Friends of Mineralogy - Julian C. Gray (2007-) MSA Representative to the IMA - George E. Harlow (2007-)

MSA REPRESENTATIVES on IMA COMMISSIONS and Working Groups Applied Mineralogy - H. Catherine W. Skinner (1992) Astromineralogy - Frans J.M. Rietmeijer (2004) Gem Materials - James E. Shigley (1996) Inclusions in Minerals - Robert J. Bodnar (2004) Mineral Equilibria - Darrell Kirk Nordstrom (2004) Mineral Growth and Interface Processes - John Rakovan (2003) Museums - Anthony R. Kampf (1992) New Minerals, Mineral Names, and Classification of Minerals - Anthony R. Kampf (1992) Ore Mineralogy - Mark D. Barton (2000) Organic Minerals - Patricia A. Maurice (2001) Physics of Minerals - Nancy L. Ross (2003)

MSA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (no formal structure or terms) Mineral Structures - Jeffrey E. Post (2000-) Mineral Surfaces and Interfaces - Udo Becker (2007-) Pegmatites - David London (1992-) Planetary Materials - Brad Jolliff (1996-)