Officers, Board Members, and Committees

Officers, Executive Board Members, Committees, and Committee Members for the period January 23, 2026 — January 29, 2027

Officers

President

President Elect

Vice President

Secretary-Treasurer

Editor (Proceedings)

Immediate Past President

Shawn Askew

Drew Ellis

Tom Barber

Charlie Cahoon

Hannah Wright-Smith

Eric Palmer

2027

2027

2027

2026-2028

2026-2028

2027

Additional Executive Board Members

Member-at-Large – Academia

Member-at-Large – Industry

Member-at-Large – Academia

Member-at-Large – Industry

Representative to WSSA

Connor Webster

John Peppers

Nick Basinger

John Richburg

Pete Dotray                                             

2026-2028

2026-2028

2025-2027

2025-2027

2026-2028

Ex-Officio Board Members

Constitution and Operation Procedures

SWSS Business Manager

Student Representative

Director of Communications

Carroll Johnson

Eric Gustafson

Tanner King

Justin Calhoun

2026-2028

2025-2029

2026-2027

2027-2029

Committees

Awards Committee

Computer Application Committee

Constitution & Operating Procedures

Finance Committee

Legislative and Regulatory Committee

Local Arrangements Committee

Site Selection Committee

Nominating Committee

Program Committee

Resolutions and Necrology Committee

Student Program Committee

Sustaining Membership Committee

Endowment Fund

Eric Palmer

Muthu Bagavathiannan

W. Carroll Johnson 

Charlie Cahoon

Tom Barber

Gary Schwarzlose

Michael Flessner

Eric Palmer

Drew Ellis

Ryan Edwards

Taylor Randell-Singleton

Pete Eure

Gary Schwarzlose

2027

2027

2026-2028

2027-2029

2027

2027

2027

2027

2027

2027

2027

2027

2025-2029 

Note: Duties of each Committee are detailed in the Manual of Operating Procedures, which can be found in the link below.