Greetings, It is my pleasure to announce the new GISS Specialty Group Board, began their service at the close of the 2018 Annual Meeting:
Serving 2018-2020:
Chair: Robert Stewart, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Vice Chair: Bandana Kar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Academic Director: Ran Wei, University of California, Riverside
Secretary/Communications Director: Song Gao, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Commercial Director: Wendy Dorman, Radiant Solutions
Past-Chair: Zachary Christman, Rowan University
Serving 2018-2019:
Student Director: Rui Zhu, University of California, Santa Barbara
All 3 constitutional amendments were passed with >95% approval (60% required), and the board will work to update the language of the constitution and post on the webpage at http://aag-giss.org Thank you to all those who stepped forward to run for the GISS Specialty Group Board of Directors, and thanks also to the members who voted in the election. Thank you also to the self-/nominees for Government Director. The board will reach out privately to discuss next steps.
Thank you also to to the outgoing board for your service to the GISS Specialty Group:
Thomas Crawford (Virginia Tech), Academic Director
Min Chen (Nanjing Normal University) Secretary/Treasurer
Yingjie Hu (University of Tennessee) Student Director
Diansheng Guo (University of South Carolina), Past-Chair
