Executive Committee
Donna Whitney (2024 MSA President), Chair
Jeffrey Post (2024 MSA Past-President)
Sarah Penniston-Dorland (2024 MSA Vice-President)
Glenn Gaetani (2024 MSA Treasurer)
Kimberly Tait (2024 MSA Secretary)
AMERICAN MINERALOGIST
Editor: Don R. Baker (2019-)
Editor: Hongwu Xu (2019-)
Editor: Ian Swainson (2010-)
Managing Editor: Rachel A. Russell (1996- )
Technical Editor for Crystal Structures: Ronald C. Peterson (2009-)
New Mineral Names Editor: Travis Olds (2024-)
Book Review Editor: Ken Brown
Board of Associate Editors
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Sarah Penniston-Dorland (2024 MSA Vice-President), Chair
Kimberly Tait (2024 MSA Secretary)
Sabrina Nazzareni (2023-2025)
Paul Sylvester (2023-2025)
DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD COMMITTEE (Award for 2024)
Carol Frost, Chair, 2023
Raquel Alonzo Perez (2023-2024)
Michael Ackerson (2023-2024)
Chiara Petrone (2023-2024)
Sarah Mazza (2023-2024)
Gray Bebout (2023-2024)
Sheryl Singerling (2023-2024)
GEOSCIENCEWORLD
Board of Directors for MSA: Ann Benbow (2020-)
Advisory Council for MSA: Rachel Russell (2020-)
IAN CAMPBELL NOMINATING COMMITTEE (AMERICAN GEOSCIENCES INSTITUTE)
Ann Benbow (2021-)
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Carol Frost, Chair (2024)
Rachel Russell (2024)
Ann Benbow (2024)
Hongwu Xu (2024)
Sarah Penniston-Dorland (2024)
David Cole (2024)
Marc Hirschmann (2024)
Don Baker (2024)
Kenneth Brown (2024)
MSA AWARD COMMITTEE (Award for 2024)
Melissa Sims, Chair, 2024
Steven Reddy (2024-2026)
Steven Jacobsen (2024-2026)
Sean Shieh (2022-2024)
Yongjae Lee (2022-2024)
Sarah Carmichael (2023-2025)
EARLY CAREER COMMITTEE
Tyler Spano, Chair (2024)
Yihang Fang (2024)
Laura Breitenfeld (2024)
Athena Chen (2024)
Rachelle Turnier (2024)
Adrian Castro (MSA Student Chapters Coordinator)
MSA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (no formal structure or terms)
Pegmatites – David London (1992-)
Planetary Materials – Brad Jolliff (1996-)
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
David Vanko, Chair (2024)
David Bish (2024)
Lindsay Shuller-Nickles (2024)
Lindsay McHenry (2024)
Nicole Childs (2024)
ROEBLING MEDAL COMMITTEE (Award for 2024)
Astrid Holzheid, Chair, 2024
John Ayers (2022-2024)
Elizabeth Cottrell (2022-2024)
Jessica Warren (2023-2025)
Keiko Hatorri (2023-2025)
Mike Hochella (2024-2026)
Kim Tait (2024-2026)
BENEFACTORS COMMITTEE
Philip S. Neuhoff (2021-) Chair, Corporate Donations
Mickey Gunter (2021-)
Peter Heaney (2021-)
John Hughes (2021-)
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE (Grant for 2024)
Research Grant in Crystallography from the Edward H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Trust Fund
Razvan Caracas, Chair, 2024
Joanne Stubbs (2022-2024)
Giancomo Diego Gatta (2022-2024)
Peter Heaney (2023-2025)
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) COMMITTEE
Claire Marshall, Co-Chair (2024)
Zeb Page, Co-Chair (2024)
Don R. Baker (2021-2024)
Kenneth Brown (2021-2024)
Astrid Holzheid (2021-2024)
Elizabeth Johnson (2021-2024)
Brian LeJeune (2021-2024)
Catherine Macris (2021-2024)
Tyler Spano (2021-2024)
HANDBOOK OF MINERALOGY
Editor: Kenneth W. Bladh (2010- )
LIAISONS TO OTHER SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
American Crystallographic Association (ACA) – Aaron Joseph Celestian (2020-)
American Geosciences Institute (AGI) – Ann Benbow (2020-)
Clay Minerals Society (CMS) – Janice L. Bishop (2020-)
European Mineralogical Union (EMU) – Charles A. Geiger (2000-)
Friends of Mineralogy (FM) – Kenneth Bladh (2020-)
Gemological Institute of America (GIA) – John Valley (2021-)
Geological Society of America’s Mineralogy, Petrology, Volcanology, and Geochemistry Division (GSA-MPVG) – Ann Benbow (2020-
Geochemical Society (GS) – Steven B. Shirey (2016-)
International Mineralogical Association (IMA) – George E. Harlow (2007-)
Society of Mineral Museum Professionals (SMMP) – George E. Harlow (1994-)
MSA REPRESENTATIVES on IMA COMMISSIONS and Working Groups
Applied Mineralogy – Mickey E. Gunter (2017-)
Gem Materials – James E. Shigley (1996-)
Museums – Kimberly T. Tait (2012-)
New Minerals, Mineral Names, and Classification of Minerals – Anthony R. Kampf (1992-)
Physics of Minerals – Nancy L. Ross (2003-)
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Andrea Koziol, MSA Social Media Liaison (2024)
Rachelle Turnier (2024)
Clem Hamelin (2024)
Reto Giere (2024)
Dan Shim (2024)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR FELLOWS
Reto Giere, Chair, 2024
Georges Calas (2023-2024)
Jennifer Kung (2022-2024)
Masaki Akaogi (2022-2024)
Martin Kunz (2023-2025)
Othmar Muntener (2023-2025)
REVIEWS IN MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY; MONOGRAPHS
Series Editor: Ian Swainson (2015- )
WORKSHOP COMMITTEE
Kim Tait, Chair, 2024
Wentao Cao (2022-2024)
Kerstin Lehnert (2022-2024)
Zeb Page (2022-2024)
Lawrence Anovitz (2023-2025)
Carolyn Pearce (2023-2025)
BLOSS OPTICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY FUND COMMITTEE
Mickey E. Gunter, Chair (2014-)
John M. Hughes (2014-)
Donald J. Halterman, Jr. (2015-)
DANA MEDAL COMMITTEE (Award for 2024)
Daniele Cherniak, Chair, 2024
Leslie Baker (2022-2024)
Andy Shen (2022-2024)
Ian Bourg (2023-2025)
Gabriela Farfan (2023-2025)
Allen Glazner (2024-2026)
ELEMENTS
MSA News Editor: Andrea Koziol (2005- )
Executive Committee for MSA: Barb L. Dutrow (2009- )
FINANCIAL ADVISORY AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Mark Van Baalen, Chair, 2024
David Bish (2021-2024)
Carl Agee (2022-2024)
Wim Van Westernen (2023-2025)
Nancy Ross (2023-2025)
Donna Whitney (2024 MSA President)
Sarah Penniston-Dorland (2024 MSA Vice-President)
Kimberly Tait (2024 MSA Secretary)
Glenn Gaetani (2024 MSA Treasurer)
MSA TASK GROUP
Sarah Penniston-Dorland (2024 MSA Vice-President), Chair
Liz Rampe (2024)
Ben Tutolo (2024)
Cam Macris (2024)
Sarah Lambart (2024)
Will Hoover (2024)
John Hughes (2024)
MINERALOGY/PETROLOGY RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE (Grant for 2024)
MSA Grant for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology
Lynne Elkins, Chair, 2024
Jun Tsuchiya (2022-2024)
Elizabeth Johnson (2022-2024)
Kennet Flores (2023-2025)
Sean Shieh (2023-2025)
MSA LECTURE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Kim Tait, Chair 2024
Oliver Wolfe (2022-2024)
Mainak Mookherjee (2022-2024)
Justin Filiberto (2022-2024)
Catherine Macris (2023-2025)
Shaunna Morrison (2024-2026)
David M. Jenkins (Administrator)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR OFFICERS (for 2024 Election and Terms Start 2025)
Rebecca Lange, Chair, 2024
Roberta Rudnick (2022-2024)
Huifang Xu (2023-2025)
Suzanne McEnroe (2023-2025)
Marian Holness (2024)
SHORT COURSE COMMITTEE
David Cole, Chair, 2024
Daniel Gregory (2022-2024)
Matthew Kohn (2023-2025)
Fang-zhen Teng (2024-2026)
Robert J. Bodnar (Geochemical Society Editor, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry) (2019-)
Ian P. Swainson (Series Editor, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry) (2015-)