Governance

The Oceanography Society Council

The Council is The Oceanography Society's governing body and is responsible for directing the affairs and determining the future of the Society. Elections for two of the nine council positions are held each year, and the election for president-elect is held in even-numbered years.

Officers

The Secretary and the Treasurer are appointed by the President and are not elected positions.

• President: Carolyn Thoroughgood
• President-Elect: Mike Roman
• Past-President: Richard W. Spinrad
• Secretary: Susan Cook
• Treasurer: Susan Banahan

Councillors

• At-Large: Tommy Dickey, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Geology and Geophysics: Kate Moran, University of Rhode Island
• Applied Technology: Percy L. Donaghay, University of Rhode Island
• Physical Oceanography: Karen Heywood, University of East Anglia
• Education: Lisa Rom, National Science Foundation
• Chemistry: Claudia Benitez-Nelson, University of South Carolina
• Biological Oceanography: John Cullen, Dalhousie University