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ION Council Members

President:  Dr. Todd Walter
Executive Vice President:  Ms. Patricia Doherty
Treasurer:  Dr. Frank van Graas
Eastern Region Vice President:  Douglas Taggart
Western Region Vice President:  Mr. Clyde Edgar
Immediate Past President:  Dr. Mikel Miller
Satellite Division Chair:  Dr. John Raquet
Eastern Council Members-At-Large  Dr. Jade Morton
   Dr. Jacob Campbell
Western Council Members-At-Large:  Mr. John Nielson
   Mr. Kevin Rudolph
Space Representatives:  Dr. Lawrence Young
   Dr. Attila Komjathy
Air Representatives:  Dr. John Studenny
   Mr. Neeraj Pujara
Land Representatives: Prof. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska
  Dr. James Duckworth
Marine Representative: Cdr. Joe Chop
  Mr. Charles Schue
Nominating Chair:  Dr. Mikel Miller
Finance Chair:  Mr. John Clark
Membership Chair: Prof. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska
Fellow Selection Chair: Mr. Phillip Ward
Technical Committee Chair: Dr. Patricia Doherty
Publications Chair:  Dr. Boris Pervan
Meetings Chair: Dr. Sherman Lo
Bylaws Committee Chair: Mr. Charles Bye
Awards Selection Chair: Dr. Chris Hegarty
Outreach Chair: Dr. Jade Morton
Local Sections Section Chairs
Alberta, Canada Dr. Mark Petovello
Dayton, OH Mark Smearcheck
New England Ms. Patricia Doherty
Northern California Dr. Todd Walter
Greater Philadelphia, PA Dr. Neil Weinman
North Star (MN) Mr. Charles Bye
Rocky Mountain Mr. Herb Knierim
South Eastern Section Caroline A. New, 2Lt, USAF
Southern California Mr. Steve Rounds
Southern New Mexico Mr. Paul Benshoof
Washington, D.C. Ms. Sally Frodge

Past Presidents:

  •  Mr. Colin H. McIntosh (1945-1946)
  •   Dr. Gordon C. Atwater (1946-1947)
  •   Rear Admiral G.G. McLintock (1947-1950)
  •   Dr. Paul Rosenberg (1950-1951)
  •   Capt. P.V. H. Weems (1951-1952)
  •   Dr. Samuel Herrick (1952-1953)
  •   Mr. Edwin A. Link (1953-1954)
  •   Maj. Gen. N.B. Harbold (1954-1955)
  •   Rear Admiral Robert W. Know (1955-1956)
  •   Mr. Giles Greville Healey (1956-1957)
  •   Mr. Vernon I. Weihe (1957-1958)
  •   Mr. Henry F. Rempt (1958-1959)
  •   Capt. Alton B. Moody (1959-1960)
  •   Capt. I.E. Rittenburg (1960-1961)
  •   Ms. Dot Lemon (1961-1962)
  •   Dr. John C. Bellamy (1962-1963)
  •   Mr. C. Towner French (1963-1965)
  •   Mr. John M. Wuerth (1965-1966)
  •   Dr. Raynor L. Duncombe (1966-1967)
  •   Dr. Gene R. Marner (1967-1968)
  •   Mr. William J. Tull (1968-1969)
  •   Maj. William L. Polhemus (1969-1970)
  •   Col. Leonard R. Sugerman, Rtd. (1970-1971)
  •   Mr. Thomas D. Nicholson (1971-1972)
  •   Mr. Loren E. Degroot (1972-1973)
  •   Mr. Theodore C. Rynda (1973-1974)
  •   Mr. Alexander B. Winick (1974-1975)
  •   Mr. Lloyd J. Perper (1975-1976)
  •   Brig. Gen. Robert A. Duffy, Rtd. (1976-1977)
  •   Mr. Jeff Schmidt (1977-1978)
  •   Mr. David G. Hoag (1978-1979)
  •   Mr. P. Kenneth Seidelmann (1979-1980)
  •   Mr. Eugene O. Frye (1980-1981)
  •   Capt. Ross E. Freeman (1981-1982)
  •   Mr. Russell E. Weaver (1982-1983)
  •   Mr. Charles R. Bonham (1983-1984)
  •   Mr. David C. Scull (1984-1985)
  •   Mr. Richard A. VanderMeulen (1985-1986)
  •   Mr. Gaylord B. Green (1986-1987)
  •   Dr. William J. Klepczynski (1987-1988)
  •   Mr. Eugene J. Denezza (1988-1989)
  •   Mr. Joseph N. Portney (1989-1990)
  •   Mr. Keith D. McDonald (1990-1991)
  •   Dr. Richard L. Greenspan (1991-1992)
  •   Mr. Phillip W. Ward (1992-1993)
  •   Mr. Kenneth R. Holland (1993-1994)
  •   Mr. George Lowenstein (1994-1995)
  •   Col. Zdzislaw "Stan" Lewantowicz, Rtd. (1995-1996)
  •   Dr. M. Elizabeth Cannon (1996-1997)
  •   Capt. Benjamin Peterson, Rtd. (1997-1998)
  •   Dr. Frank van Graas (1998-1999)
  •   Dr. Per Enge (1999-2000)
  •   Ms. Karen Van Dyke (2000-2001)
  •   Mr. Ronald Hatch (2001-2002)
  •   Dr. Rudy Kalafus (2002-2003)
  •   Mr. Larry Hothem (2003-2004)
  •   Dr. Penina Axelrad (2004-2005)
  •   Mr. James T. Doherty (2005-2007)
  •   Mr. John Lavrakas (2007-2008)
  •   Dr. Christopher Hegarty (2008-2009)
  •  Dr. Mikel Miller (2009-2010)
AD-HOC COMMITTEES
New Initiatives:  Dr. Mikel Miller
Strategic Planning:  Ms. Patricia Doherty
ION Conference Committee:  Ms. Patricia Doherty
Publications Policy:  Mr. Ronald Braff
Editor Policy:  Dr. Boris Pervan
ION Mini-Urban Challenge:  Lt. Caroline New & Lt. Casey Miller
Historian:  Mr. Marvin May
ION Government Fellow Program: Dr. Clark Cohen
ION Congressional Fellow: TBD
ION Executive Fellow: TBD