
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, past 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 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.

2025-2026 Council

Brandon Jones
AGU President

Ben Zaitchik
AGU President-elect, Council Chair

Janice Lachance
Interim Executive Director and CEO

Rachel Abercrombie
President, Seismology section

Jonathan Ajo-Franklin
President, Near-Surface Geophysics section

Aderonke Akerele
Early Career Scientist

Maya Almaraz
Early Career Scientist

Suzanne Anderson
President, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes section

Krisa Arzayus
President, Earth and Space Science Informatics section

Sonja Behnke
President, Atmospheric and Space Electricity section

Soumaya Belmecheri
Chair, Position Statement Committee

Emily Bernhardt
President, Biogeosciences section

Julie Bowles
President-elect, Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism & Electromagentism section

Eric Bruning
President-elect, Atmospheric and Space Electricity section

Sanlyn Buxner
President-elect, Education section

Wendy Calvin
President, Planetary Sciences section

Enrico Camporeale
President, Nonlinear Geophysics section

Guido Cervone
Chair, Annual Meeting Program Committee

Somita Chaudhari
Student

Kai Chen
President-elect, GeoHealth section

Amy Clement
President, Atmospheric Sciences section

Steven Constable
President, Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism & Electromagnetism section

Bianca Corpuz
Student

Ingrid Daubar
President-elect, Planetary Science section

Marie Edmonds
President, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology section

Jay Famiglietti
President-elect, Hydrology section

Maya Fields
Student

Alice Fremand
Chair, Data Management Advisory Board
Edward Garnero
President-elect, Seismology section

Andrew Gettelman
President- elect , Atmospheric Sciences section

Deb Glickson
Chair, Meetings Committee

Lisa Graumlich
Chair, Leadership Development and Governance Committee, AGU Past-president

Chuck Greene
President-elect, Ocean Sciences section
Ian Grooms
President-elect, Nonlinear Geophysics section

Thushara Gunda
President-elect, Science and Society section

Yun Hang
Early Career Scientist

Steven A. Hauck II
Chair, Publications Committee

Kripa Jagannathan
President, Science and Society section

Jonathan H. Jiang
President, Global Environmental Change section

Kristina Keating
President-elect, Near Surface Geophysics section

Eric Kirby
President-elect, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes section

Matthew Kirby
President, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology section

Venkataraman Lakshmi
President, Hydrology section

Nadia Lapusta
President-elect, Tectonophysics section

Michael Liemohn
President-elect, Space Physics and Aeronomy section

JoryLerback
Early Career Scientist

Laura Lukes
President, Education section

Carloz Martinez
Early Career Scientist

Lisa McNeill
President, Tectonophysics section

Lorrayne Miralha
Early Career Scientist

Jessica Oster
President-elect, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimateolgy section

Elizabeth Patterson
Early Career Scientist

Dana Peterson
Early Career Scientist
Matthew Preisser
Student

Yuhan Rao
Chair, Honors and Recognition Committee

Kathy Reeves
President, Space Physics and Aeronomy section

Åsa Rennermalm
President, Cryosphere section

Tyrone Rooney
President-elect, Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology section
Lauren Schaefer
President-elect, Natural Hazards section

Nicholas Schmerr
President, Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior section

Sybil Seitzinger
Chair, College of Fellows

Sudhir Shrestha
President-elect, Informatics section

McKenzie Skiles
President-elect, Cryosphere section

Anne Socquet
President-elect, Geodesy section

Janet Sprintall
President, Ocean Sciences section

Daniel Tong
President, GeoHealth section

Rodrigo Vargas
President-elect, Biogeosciences section

Marie Violay
President-elect, Mineral and Rock Physics section

Laura Wallace
President, Geodesy section

Christelle Wauthier
President, Natural Hazards section

Renata Wentzcovitch
President, Mineral and Rock Physics section

Lisa White
Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee

Branwen Williams
President-elect, Global Environmental Change section
Catherine Johnson
President-elect, Study of the Earth's Deep Interior section

Mei Zheng
Vice Chair, Global Engagement Committee