Mineralogical Society of America - 2015 MSA Committees And Appointed Posts

Steven B. Shirey (2015 MSA President), Chair
David J. Vaughan (2015 MSA Past-President)
Rebecca A. Lange (2015 MSA Vice-President)
Howard W. Day (2015-2015 MSA Treasurer)
Andrea M. Koziol (2014-2015 MSA Secretary)

ROEBLING MEDAL COMMITTEE (Award for 2016)

Kimberly T. Tait, Chair (2015)
Charles W. Burnham (2013-2015)
Harry W. Green II (2013-2015)
Michael A. Carpenter (2014-2016)
Georges Calas (2014-2016)
Pamela C. Burnley (2015-2017)
Christian Chopin (2015-2017)

DANA MEDAL COMMITTEE (Award for 2017)

Kirsten P. Nicolaysen, Chair (2015)
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay (2013-2015)
Ronald E. Cohen (2013-2015)
Ross John Angel (2014-2016)
Suzanne A. McEnroe (2014-2016)
Lukas P. Baumgartner (2015-2017)
Tracy Rushmer (2015-2017)

MSA AWARD COMMITTEE (Award for 2016)

Wendy Panero, (2015) Chair
Kevin M. Rosso (2013-2015)
Donna L. Whitney (2013-2015)
Keiko Hattori (2014-2016)
Mark David Welch (2014-2016)
Yanbin Wang (2015-2017)
Alison R. Pawley (2015-2017)

DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD COMMITTEE (Award for 2017)

Peter Heaney, Chair (2015-2016)
Lee A. Groat (2015-2016)
Nancy J. McMillan (2015-2016)
Bruce W. D. Yardley (2015-2016)
Sheila Seaman (2015-2016)
John R. Bowman (2015-2016)
Craig Lundstrom (2015-2016)

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE (Grant for 2016)
Research Grant in Crystallography from the Edward H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Trust Fund

Abby Kavner, Chair (2016)
Jennifer M. Jackson (2013-2015)
Daniele J. Cherniak (2014-2016)
Susannah M Dorfman (2015-2017)

MINERALOGY/PETROLOGY RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE (Grant for 2016)
MSA Grant for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology

Francis M. McCubbin (2013-2015), Chair (2015)
Bruce W. D. Yardley (2014-2017)
F. Zeb Page (2015-2017)
Andrew J. Campbell (2015-2018)
Etienne Medard (2015-2018)

BLOSS OPTICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY FUND COMMITTEE

NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR FELLOWS

Edward S. Grew, Chair (2015)
Robert J. Bodnar (2013-2015)
Yong-Fei Zheng (2013-2015)
Przemyslaw Dera (2014-2016)
Nancy L. Ross (2014-2016)
Sumit Chakraborty (2015-2017)
Yingwei Fei (2015-2017)

COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT

FINANCIAL ADVISORY AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

Mark van Baalen (2009-), Chair (2010-)
David L. Bish (2013-2015)
Gordon E. Brown Jr. (2014-2016)
Michael Brown (2014-2016)
Barbara L. Dutrow (2015-2017)
Howard W. Day (2015-2016 MSA Treasurer)
Steven B. Shirey (2015 MSA President, Management Committee Chair)
Rebecca A. Lange (2014 MSA Vice-President)
Andrea M. Koziol (2014-2015 MSA Secretary)

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Kim Tait, Chair (2015-)
Rona J. Donahoe (2015-)
Jane A. Gilotti (2015-)
Christian Mavris (2015-)
Peggy O’Day (2015-)
Christopher J. Stefano (2015-)

Sorena S. Sorensen (2010- ), student recruitment

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Rebecca A. Lange (2015 MSA Vice-President), Chair
Mickey E. Gunter (2015 MSA Vice-Presidental candidate)
George E. Harlow (2015 MSA Vice-Presidental candidate)
Andrea M. Koziol (2014-2015 MSA Secretary)
Julia A Baldwin (2015)
Jade Star Lackey (2015)

NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR OFFICERS (for 2016 election and terms start 2017)

Isabelle Daniel, Chair (2015)
Thomas Armbruster (2013-2015)
Jeffrey E. Post (2013-2015)
Bruce D. Marsh (2014-2016)
James Badro (2014-2016)
Roberta L. Flemming (2015-2017)
David Dolejs (2015-2017)

MSA LECTURE PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Sarah K. Carmichael, Chair (2015)
Wendy A. Bohrson (2014-2015)
David L. Kimbrough (2013-2015)
Callum J Hetherington (2014-2016)
Elizabeth Ann Johnson (2014-2016)
Rajdeep Dasgupta (2015-2017)
David Dolejs (2015-2017)

Timothy W. Grover (Lecture Program Administrator) (2013-)

COMMITTEE ON SHORT COURSES

Matthew J. Kohn (2012-2015), Chair (2015)
Joanne Elizabeth Stubbs (2011-2014), Chair (2013-2014), past Chair (2015)
Thomas G. Sharp (2015)
Jill D. Pasteris (2013-2016)
Thomas P. Trainor (2014-2017)
Penelope L. King (2015-2018)
Jeffrey Vervoort (Geochemical Society Editor for Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry) (2012-)
Ian P. Swainson (Series Editor, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry) (2015-)

MSA WORKSHOPS

BENEFACTORS COMMITTEE

John M. Hughes (2010-) Chair, Corporate Donations & Capital Campaign
Peter J. Heaney (2009-) Chair, Membership Giving

OUTREACH COMMITTEE

PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR

COMMITTEE ON EARTH MATERIALS DATA (EMDI)

Kerstin Lehnert, chair (2013-)
Elizabeth Anna Cottrell (2013-)
Robert T. Downs (2013-)
Peter Fox (Tetherless World Constellation, RPI. 2013-)
Mark S. Ghiorso (2013-)
Robert M. Hazen (2013-)
Surendra K. Saxena (Florida International University, 2013-)
Frank S. Spear (2013-)

AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Editor: Keith D. Putirka (2012-)
Editor: Ian Swainson (2010-)
Managing Editor: Rachel A. Russell (1996- )
Technical Editor for Crystal Structures: Ronald C. Peterson (2009-)
New Mineral Names Editor: Dmitriy Ilych Belakovskiy (2014-)
Book Review Editor: John C. Schumacher
Board of Associate Editors

REVIEWS IN MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY; MONOGRAPHS

HANDBOOK OF MINERALOGY

ELEMENTS

MSA News Editor: Andrea Koziol (2005- )
Advisory Board for MSA: George E. Harlow
Advisory Board for MSA: Roberta Oberti
Executive Committee for MSA: Barb L. Dutrow (2009- )

GEOSCIENCEWORLD

Board of Directors for MSA: Rachel Russell (2015-2018)
Advisory Council for MSA: James M. Brenan (2015-)

MSA CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS WORKING GROUP

LIAISONS TO OTHER SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

American Crystallographic Association (ACA) - Nancy L. Ross (2012-)
American Geological Institute (AGI) - J. Alex Speer (1999-)
American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Abby Kavner (2015-)
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Mineral Physics Focus Group - Razvan Caracas (2013-)
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-)
Geological Society of America's Mineralogy, Petrology, Voclanology, and Geochemistry Division (GSA-MPVG) - Wendy A. Bohrson (2010-
Geochemical Society (GS) - Michael F. Hochella, Jr. (2011-)
GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Advisory Council - James M. Brenan (2014-)
GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Board of Directors - Rachel A. Russell (2015-)
International Mineralogical Association (IMA) - George E. Harlow (2007-)
International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) - Jeffrey E. Post (1995-)
Society of Mineral Museum Professionals (SMMP) - George E. Harlow (1994-)

MSA REPRESENTATIVES TO OTHER SOCIETIES' MEETING PROGRAMS

David J. Vaughan, MSA Meetings Coordinator (2015)
MSA Representative to GSA JTPC - Philip E. Brown (2002-)
MSA Representative to GSA JTPC - James S. Beard (2002-)
MSA Liaison to Goldschmidt Conference - Mickey E. Gunter (2014-)
MSA Liaison AGU Meetings Committee - Abby Kavner (2005-)
MSA Liaison 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 - Kimberly T. Tait (2012)
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)

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2015 MSA Committees And Appointed Posts

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE