Meet the Council

MEET THE AGU COUNCIL

AGU Leadership: Council

AGU's Council enables input from leaders representing a wide variety of our members. While the Board is responsible for the overall health of the organization, the Council is responsible for scientific affairs. The Council plays three unique and critical roles: forming science policy, generating and deliberating science-related ideas, and advising on science and member issues.

The Council is chaired by AGU’s president-elect, who along with AGU’s executive director/CEO, president, and Council vice chair serves on both the Board and Council to ensure consistency, continuity and communication throughout AGU leadership. The Council meets four times per year, in a combination of virtual and in-person meetings.

Council Code of Conduct

Leadership Criteria for the Council (PDF)

AGU Leadership Council

Council Leadership Team

The Council Leadership Team has nine members and meets monthly by conference call; it has the authority to conduct Council affairs in between full Council meetings. AGU’s president-elect chairs the Council Leadership Team and the seven members are elected by the Council, including one who serves as Council vice chair. AGU’s executive director/CEO is a nonvoting member.

Council Leadership

2023-2024 Council

Lisa Graumlich

Lisa Graumlich

AGU President

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Brandon Jones

Brandon Jones

AGU President-elect

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Janice Lachance

Interim Executive Director and CEO

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Rachel Abercrombie

President-elect, Seismology section

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Jonathan Ajo-Franklin

President-elect, Near-Surface Geophysics section

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Aderonke Obafaye

Aderonke Akerele

Student

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Suzanne Anderson

President-elect, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes section

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Susan Anenberg

President, GeoHealth section

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Krisa Arzayus

President-elect, Earth and Space Science Informatics section

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Sonja Behnke

President-elect, Atmospheric and Space Electricity section

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Emily Bernhardt

President-elect, Biogeosciences section

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Costanza Bonadonna

President, Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology section

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Guy Brasseur

Guy Brasseur

Chair, Fall Meeting Program Committee

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Paul Byrne

President, Planetary Science section

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Wendy Calvin

President-elect, Planetary Sciences section

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Enrico Camporeale

President-elect, Nonlinear Geophysics section

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Guido Cervone

Guido Cervone

President, Natural Hazards section

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Amy Clement

President-elect, Atmospheric Sciences section

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Steven Constable

President-elect, Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism & Electromagnetism section

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Andrew Dessler

Andrew Dessler

President, Global Environmental Change section

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Marie Edmonds

President-elect, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology section

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Dan Faulkner

Dan Faulkner

President, Tectonophysics section

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Carol Frost

Carol Frost

Chair, Publications Committee

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Ciarra Greene

Sapóoq'is Wíit'as Ciarra S. Greene

Early Career Scientist

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Colleen Hansel

Colleen Hansel

President, Biogeosciences section

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Lars Hansen

President, Mineral and Rock Physics section

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Bob Hawley

Bob Hawley

President, Cryosphere section

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Kimberly Hill

President, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes section

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Denise Hills

Denise J. Hills

Chair, Position Statement Committee

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Kripa Jagannathan

President-elect, Science and Society section

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Jonathan H. Jiang

President-elect, Global Environmental Change section

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Kathleen Johnson

Kathleen Johnson

President, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology section

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Therese Moretto Jorgensen

Therese Jorgensen

President, Space Physics and Aeronomy section

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Danie Kinkade

President, Earth and Space Science Informatics section

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Matthew Kirby

President-elect, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology section

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Venkataraman Lakshmi

President-elect, Hydrology section

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JoryLerback

Early Career Scientist

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Laura Lukes

President-elect, Education section

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Raffaele Marino

President, Nonlinear Geophysics section

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Suzanne McEnroe

President, Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism & Electromagentism section

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Lisa McNeill

President-elect, Tectonophysics section

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Lorrayne Miralha

Early Career Scientist

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Louisa Molina

Chair, Global Engagement Committee

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Latoya Myles

Chair, Honors and Recognition Committee

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Chuck Nittrouer

Charles Nittrouer

President, Ocean Sciences section

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Kevin Noone

Chair, Thriving Earth Exchange Board

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Dana Peterson

Early Career Scientist

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Matthew Preisser

Matthew Preisser

Student

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Matt Pritchard

Matt Pritchard

President, Geodesy section

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Kevin Reed

President, Science and Society section

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Kathy Reeves

President-elect, Space Physics and Aeronomy section

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Asa Rennermalm

President-elect, Cryosphere Sciences section

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Alan Robock

Alan Robock

Chair, College of Fellows

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Martha Savage

Martha Savage

President, Seismology section

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Nicholas Schmerr

President-elect, Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior section

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John Selker

President, Hydrology section

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Anat Shahar

Anat Shahar

President, Study of the Earth's Deep Interior section

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David Smith

President, Atmospheric and Space Electricity section

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Janet Sprintall

President-elect, Ocean Sciences section

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Kristen St John

Kristen St. John

President, Education section

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Sabine Stanley

Sabine Stanley

Chair, Meetings Committee

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Allison Steiner

Allison Steiner

President, Atmospheric Sciences section

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Daniel Tong

President-elect, GeoHealth section

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Laura Wallace

President-elect, Geodesy section

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Christelle Wauthier

President-elect, Natural Hazards section

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Renata Wentzcovitch

President-elect, Mineral and Rock Physics section

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Lisa White

Lisa White

Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee

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Jane Wyngaard

Chair, Data Management Advisory Board

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Chi Zhang

Chi Zhang

President, Near Surface Geophysics section

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