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. The President appoints the Secretary and the Treasurer.

Officers

PRESIDENT: Mark Abbott
PRESIDENT-ELECT: Susan Lozier
PAST-PRESIDENT: Mike Roman
SECRETARY: Susan Cook
TREASURER: Susan Banahan

Councillors

AT-LARGE: Steven Lohrenz, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY: Scott Glenn, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
EDUCATION: Blanche Meeson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS: Gail Kineke, Boston College
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY: Mary Scranton, SUNY Stony Brook
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY: Janet Sprintall, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY: Deborah Steinberg, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: Amy Burgess, University of Oregon

Committees

MEETINGS COMMITTEE CHAIR: Larry Atkinson, Old Dominion University