Sections and Committees Details
VAS Council
Description:
Council shall be composed of the President, the President Elect, the Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the three most recent Past Presidents and one member elected by each Section of the Virginia Academy of Science. Members from the Sections shall be elected for three year terms on a rotational basis among the Sections, provided the initial term of a member from a newly established Section shall be specified by Council. In addition to the foregoing, the Chairs of the Standing Committees, the Editor of The Virginia Journal of Science, the Editor of Virginia Scientists, the official Academy Representative to the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum of Virginia, the official representative of the Academy to the American Association for Advancement of Science and National Association of Academies of Science, the Director of the Visiting Scientists Program, and the Director of the Virginia Junior Academy of Science shall be members of Council. In event of vacancies, the President shall make interim appointments until the next election is held; provided however, vacancies of elected officers shall be filled as hereafter provided.
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Sections and Committees Member Information
Craig Group
(President)
Robert Wright
(Chair of Archives Committee)
D'Arcy Mays
(Chair of Awards Committee, Chair of Trust Committee, VAS Representative to Jeffress & Gwathmey Alloc)
Dr Gary Isaacs
(Chair of Committee on Constitution and Bylaws)
Shalini Upadhyaya
(Chair of Committee on the Environment)
Mrs. Cheryl Coronado
(Chair of Junior Academy of Science Committee)
Robin Curtis
(Chair of Junior Academy of Science Committee)
Deborah Neely-Fisher
(Chair of Junior Academy of Science Committee)
Robert Bolling Atkinson
(Chair of Long Range Planning Committee)
Christopher Berndsen
(Chair of Research Committee)
Iordanka Panayotova
(Chair of Science Advisory Committee)
Dr Michael Wolyniak
(Chair of Science Education Committee)
Woodward Bousquet
(Chair of Virginia Flora Committee)
Marco Aldi
(Councilor from Astronomy, Math & Physics)
Thomas Haas
(Councilor from Biomedical & General Engineering)
Conley McMullen
(Councilor from Botany, Past President)
Peter Njoki
(Councilor from Chemistry)
William Kissner
(Councilor from Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Editor of Virginia Scientists)
Parv Sethi
(Councilor from Geology)
Silvina Pagola
(Councilor from Materials Science)
Dr. Sage Hawn
(Councilor from Psychology)
Randall Reif
(Councilor from Structural Biology, Biochemistry & Biophysics)
Susan Booth
(Director of the Virginia Junior Academy of Science)
Jonathon Tolbert
(Executive Officer, AAAS/NAAS Representative)
Chris Osgood
(Past President)
Prof Parrish Waters
(Past President, Chair of Finance and Endowment Committee)
Dr. Richard Groover
(President-Elect, Chair of Membership Committee)
Rose Basom
(SMV Representative to VAS Council (non-voting), Councilor from Archaeology and Anthropology)
Melani Loney
(Treasurer)
Gregory Macdougall
(Vice President)