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Committees

Audit
The Audit Committee reviews financial transactions of the Society and reports results to the Board.  
Robert Sprague, Chair
James Bilbro
Allen Earman
R. John  Koshel
Joe J.  Lones
David Schaezler
David Wick
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Awards Committee
This Committee reviews the choices of the award subcommittees, selects the Gold Medal recipient and submits these recommendations for Society Awards to the Board.  
Mary Turner, Chair
James Breckinridge
G. Groot  Gregory
Katherine Creath
Eustace Dereniak
Judy Fennelly
Victor Gamiz
Joseph Howard
Seongsin Kim
Sanjay Krishna
Vasudevan (Vengu) Lakshminarayanan
Kenneth Moore
Joseph Shaw
Bruce Smith
Bruce Tromberg
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Corporate & Exhibitor Committee
The Corporate and Exhibitor Committee monitors and oversees Society activities that address the needs of SPIE Corporate Sustaining Members and Exhibitors. 
Jay Kumler, Chair
Lynore Abbott
Rhonda Albrecht
William Arnold
Brent Bergner
Galina Chebotareva
Leonard Chen
Marlene Deily
Marisa Edmund
Susan Grohs
Robert Huang
Brian Lula
Makan Mohageg
Uwe Ortmann
Michael Radunsky
Scott Rudder
Joachim Sacher
Jack Schumann
Mary Turner
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Education Committee
The Education Committee maintains surveillance of the educational activities of the Society and monitors the quality of educational programs conducted in the name of the Society.  
Marc Nantel, Chair
Sean Kearney
Ryan Hannahoe
Lisa Tsufura
Kim Abair
Judith Donnelly
Anne-Sophie Poulin-Girard
Katarzyna Chalasinska-Macukow
Rim Cherif
Barbara A.  Darnell
Robert Fischer
Enrique Galvez
Curtis Harkrider
Vasudevan (Vengu) Lakshminarayanan
Jim McNally
Marco Molinaro
Peter Powers
Troy Rhodearmer
Barry Shoop
Cristina Solano Sosa
Richard Youngworth
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Engineering, Science & Technology Policy Committee
ESTeP promotes understanding at all levels of policy decision-making, about those issues that affect the well-being of the optical science and engineering communities worldwide. This Committee also advises the Board and other Society groups on ways to expand the Society's role in science and engineering policy.  
Robert Lieberman, Chair
Robert Breault
Dan Christensen
Jennifer Clark
Robert Corriveau
Julia Craven-Jones
Audrey Ellerby
Judy Fennelly
James Harrington
Ralph B.  James
Michael Kudenov
James McNally
Martin Seifert
Linda Smith
M.J. Soileau
Andrew Sparks
H. Philip  Stahl
Gregory Tar
Raymond Wick
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European Advisory Committee
This committee advises the SPIE Board of Directors on, and provides leadership on, the Society's strategic and ongoing activities in Europe. 
Peter Hartmann, Chair
David Andrews
Friedrich Bachmann
Francis Berghmans
Marta de la Fuente
Keith Lewis
Wolfgang Osten
Katarina Svanberg
Peter Van Daele
Maria Yzuel
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Fellows Committee
The Fellows Committee makes recommendations to the President and Board of Directors for Fellows, Life, and Honorary Membership candidates.  
Cheng Chung Lee, Chair
Shlomi Arnon
Alexander Balandin
Francesco Baldini
Ellis Betensky
Katarzyna Chalasinska-Macukow
Wei Chen
Pierre Chavel
Ralph Dammel
Fred Dickey
Elizabeth Dobisz
Stephen Eglash
Ian Ferguson
Jesper Glückstad
Joseph Goodman
James Grote
Norbert Kaiser
Elizabeth Krupinski
Martin Leahy
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen
John Mather
Majid Rabbani
Halina Rubensztein-Dunlop
Ding Ping Tsai
Joseph Shaw
Toyohiko Yatagai
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Financial Advisory Committee
This Committee reviews and consults with the Treasurer regarding Society financial affairs and procedures.  
Brian Lula, Chair
Mark P.  Bendett
Chuck DeMund
Allen Earman
Robert Edmund
James Harrington
Ed Kammermayer
John Kiel
Kathleen Perkins
Gary Spiegel
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Information Technology
The IT Committee provides oversight of the information technology capability and products of the Society and makes recommendations to staff and leadership.  
Craig Olson, Chair
Will Connelly
Stephen G.  Erberich
Donis Flagello
Rose Soskind
Thomas O'Sullivan
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Membership Committee
The Membership Committee oversees and guides Society activities that promote the professional careers and address the needs and interests of SPIE individual Members.  
Kristen Maitland, Chair
Brian Cummins
Andrew Forbes
Florian Fournier
Wei-Yao Hsu
Keshav Kumar
Marc Himel
Nathan Kopeika
Jacobus "Jim" Oshmann
Andreas Ostendorf
Hyo-Hoon Park
Kung-Bin Sung
Steve Watkins
Andrew Wood
Fatima Yasuoka
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Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee nominates candidates for Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Director. 
Katarina Svanberg, Chair
Irving Bigio
James Burge
Peter Hartmann
Ralph James
Seung-Han Park
Eva Sevick-Muraca
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President's Advisory Committee
The President's Advisory Committee is made up of past presidents and advises the Executive Director on issues pertaining to the Society.  
Ralph B.  James, Chair
Henri H.  Arsenault
James W.  Bilbro
Brian Culshaw
Harold E.  Bennett
James B.  Breckinridge
David P.  Casasent
Anthony J.  DeMaria
Charles N.  DeMund
Robert E.  Fischer
Jack D.  Gaskill
Kevin Harding
James A.  Harrington
Richard B.  Hoover
Joseph B.  Houston
Roland Jacobsson
R. Barry Johnson
Malgorzata Kujawinska
Paul F.  McManamon
Emery L.  Moore
Donald C.  O'Shea
Theodore T.  Saito
Paul S.  Schenker
Robert R.  Shannon
M.J. Soileau
Robert A.  Sprague
Charles E.  Taylor
Andrew G.  Tescher
Brian J.  Thompson
William L.  Wolfe
Richard G.  Wollensak
Robert L.  Woltz
James C.  Wyant
Maria Yzuel
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Publications Committee
The Publications Committee monitors the publications of the Society and ascertains that editorial content of printed matter distributed in the name of the Society is appropriate to the technical and ethical standards of the discipline and the Society. 
John Grievenkamp, Chair
Jonathan Andrews
John Ballato
Ronald Driggers
Carmen Vázquez García
Maryellen Giger
James Grote
Joseph Howard
Akhlesh Lakhtakia
Craig Olson
Seung-Han Park
Manijeh Razeghi
Sergio Restaino
Thomas Suleski
Ralph Tatam
Bruce J.  Tromberg
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Scholarship Committee
The Scholarship Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Directors on the scholarship and grant awards made in the name of the Society. 
Marta de la Fuente, Chair
Balpreet Ahluwalia
Peter Andersen
Amit Ashok
Artur Balasinski
Julie Bentley
Nestor Bolognini
Katarzyna Chalasinska-Macukow
Antao Chen
Jeff Czapla-Myers
François Flory
Ajoy Ghatak
Yi-Jun Jen
Kevin Leonard
Amalia Martínez García
Radislav Potyrailo
Kemao Qian
Cristina Solano
Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn
Clementina Timus
Qi-Huo Wei
Elisabeth Yoshimura
Mourad Zghal
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Strategic Planning Committee
The Strategic Planning Committee provides oversight of and leadership to the strategic planning process of the Society. 
William Arnold, Chair
Eugene G.  Arthurs
Donis Flagello
John Greivenkamp
James Grote
Robert Lieberman
Brian Lula
Kristen Maitland
Marc Nantel
Craig Olson
John Pellegrino
H. Philip Stahl
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Symposia Committee
The Symposia Committee has oversight responsibilities for the global aspects of the Society's symposia and technical activities including international, national, and regional educational programs and conferences. 
James G.  Grote, Chair
Jeremy Bos
Henri-Jean Drouhin
David Andrews
Francis Berghmans
Sandra Biedron
Junhao Chu
John Greivenkamp
Jason Grenier
Khan M.  Iftekharuddin
Keith Lewis
Justin D.  Mansell
Kazuhiko Oka
Seung-Han Park
Ileana Rau
Upendra Singh
David H.  Titterton
Ding Ping Tsai
Michael Withford
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