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Position Statement Committee

Committee members

Name Institution Committee Role

Soumaya Belmecheri

University of Arizona

Committee Chair

Bennett Bearden

Geological Survey of Alabama

Member

Kris Larsen

Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado

Member

Michèle LaVigne

Bowdoin College

Member

Rosie Oakes 

U.K. Met Office

Member

Ingvild Ombustveldt

IOM Law

Member

Georg Voelker

Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research

Member

Kasey White

Niskanen Center

Member

Lexi Shultz

AGU

Staff Partner; Vice President, Science Policy & Government Relations

Elizabeth Landau

AGU

Staff Partner; Director, Science Policy & Government Relations

Committee charge and initiatives

The committee will manage the AGU position statement portfolio. In addition to reviewing proposed, expiring, current, and draft statements, discussions will include developing detailed guidelines for position statement panels, updating the statement review/creation process to reflect the current environment and needs, and developing and implementing ideas for educating members about position statements.

The committee supports the following key initiatives:

  • Review the position statement adoption process and make changes as necessary to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency.

  • Review any position statements expiring in this year.

  • Review any proposals for new position statements as well as any requested edits to existing position statements.

  • Nominate AGU members for position statement panels.

Position statement committee charge