Executive Committee
Sarah Penniston-Dorland (2025 MSA President), Chair
Donna Whitney (2025 MSA Past-President)
Robert Bodnar (2025 MSA Vice-President)
Christine Clark (2025 MSA Treasurer)
Susannah Dorfman (2025 MSA Secretary)
AMERICAN MINERALOGIST
Editor: Paul Tomascak (2025-)
Editor: Hongwu Xu (2019-)
Editor: Ian Swainson (2010-)
Managing Editor: Christine Elrod (2024- )
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
Robert Bodnar (2025 MSA Vice-President), Chair
Susannah Dorfman (2025 MSA Secretary)
Sabrina Nazzareni (2023-2025)
Paul Sylvester (2023-2025)
DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD COMMITTEE (Award for 2027)
Donna Whitney, Chair, 2025
George Harlow (2025-2027)
Astrid Holzheid (2025-2027)
Elizabeth Rampe (2025-2027)
David Bish (2025-2027)
Pamela Burnley (2025-2027)
GEOSCIENCEWORLD
Board of Directors for MSA: Ann Benbow (2020-)
Advisory Council for MSA: Christine Elrod (2024-)
IAN CAMPBELL NOMINATING COMMITTEE (AMERICAN GEOSCIENCES INSTITUTE)
Ann Benbow (2021-)
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Carol Frost, Chair (2025)
Christine Elrod (2025)
Ann Benbow (2025)
Hongwu Xu (2025)
David Cole (2025)
Marc Hirschmann (2025)
Paul Tomascak (2025)
Kenneth Brown (2025)
MSA AWARD COMMITTEE (Award for 2025)
Elizabeth Johnson, Chair, 2025
Steven Reddy (2024-2026)
Steven Jacobsen (2024-2026)
Sean Shieh (2022-2025)
Yongjae Lee (2022-2025)
Sarah Carmichael (2023-2025)
Marissa Tremblay (2023-2025)
EARLY CAREER COMMITTEE
Tyler Spano, Chair (2025)
Yihang Fang (2025)
Laura Breitenfeld (2025)
Athena Chen (2025)
Rachelle Turnier (2025)
Steven Jaret (2025)
MSA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (no formal structure or terms)
Pegmatites – David London (1992-)
Planetary Materials – Brad Jolliff (1996-)
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
David Vanko, Chair (2025)
David Bish (2025)
Lindsay Shuller-Nickles (2025)
Lindsay McHenry (2025)
Nicole Childs (2025)
ROEBLING MEDAL COMMITTEE (Award for 2026)
Daniele Cherniak, Chair, 2025
Daniela Rubatto (2025-2027)
Jay Ague (2025-2027)
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 2025)
Research Grant in Crystallography from the Edward H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Trust Fund
Fabrizio Nestola, Chair, 2025
Mickey Gunter (2025-2027)
Joanne Stubbs (2022-2025)
Giancomo Diego Gatta (2022-2025)
Peter Heaney (2023-2025)
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) COMMITTEE
Claire Marshall, Co-Chair (2025)
Zeb Page, Co-Chair (2025)
Don R. Baker (2021-2025)
Kenneth Brown (2021-2025)
Astrid Holzheid (2021-2025)
Elizabeth Johnson (2021-2025)
Brian LeJeune (2021-2025)
Catherine Macris (2021-2025)
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) – Shaunna Morrison (2024-)
Society of Mineral Museum Professionals (SMMP) – Gabriela Farfan (2024–)
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 (2025)
Rachelle Turnier (2025)
Clem Hamelin (2025)
Reto Giere (2025)
Dan Shim (2025)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR FELLOWS
Francis McCubbin, Chair, 2025
Helene Bureau (2025-2027)
Hiroshi Kojitani (2025-2027)
Paul Schroeder (2025-2027)
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 2025)
Melissa Sims, Chair, 2025
Leslie Baker (2022-2025)
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, 2025
David Bish (2021-2025)
Wim Van Westernen (2023-2025)
Nancy Ross (2023-2025)
Sarah Penniston-Dorland (2025 MSA President)
Robert Bodnar (2025 MSA Vice-President)
Susannah Dorfman (2025 MSA Secretary)
Christine Clark (2025 MSA Treasurer)
MSA TASK GROUP
Sarah Penniston-Dorland (2025 MSA President), Chair
Liz Rampe (2025)
Ben Tutolo (2025)
Cam Macris (2025)
Sarah Lambart (2025)
Will Hoover (2025)
John Hughes (2025)
MINERALOGY/PETROLOGY RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE (Grant for 2025)
MSA Grant for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology
Aaron Cavosie, Chair, 2025
Yihang Fang (2025)
Si Athena Chen (2025)
Kennet Flores (2023-2025)
Sean Shieh (2023-2025)
MSA LECTURE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Shaunna Morrison, Chair 2025
Reto Giere (2025-2027)
Mainak Mookherjee (2023-2025)
Allen Glazner (2025-2027)
Catherine Macris (2023-2025)
Paul Tomascak (Administrator)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR OFFICERS (for 2025 Election and Terms Start 2026)
Rebecca Lange, Chair, 2025
Roberta Rudnick (2022-2024)
Huifang Xu (2023-2025)
Suzanne McEnroe (2023-2025)
SHORT COURSE COMMITTEE
David Cole, Chair, 2025
Daniel Gregory (2022-2025)
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-)