Standing Committees

Standing Committees

Chairs

Awards (AW) -- Kateryna Artyushkova kateryna_artyushkova @ avs.org
Chapters, Divisions, and Groups (C,D,G) (includes Student Chapters & Recognition for Excellence in Mentorship)  
(Co-Chairs) 
-- Katherine Burzynski
-- Petro Maksymovych
-- Petra Reinke

katherine_burzynski @ avs.org
petro_maksymovych @ avs.org

petra_reinke @ avs.org
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) -- Mark Engelhard mark_engelhard @ avs.org
Education (ED) -- Timothy A. Gessert tim_gessert @ avs.org
♦Educational Materials and Outreach -- Svitlana Pylypenko svitlana_pylypenko @ avs.org
♦Short Courses -- David Adams david_adams @ avs.org
♦History -- Neil Peacock neil_peacock @ avs.org
Finance (FI) -- Gregory J. Exarhos greg_exarhos @ avs.org
♦Audit -- Gregory J. Exarhos greg_exarhos @ avs.org
♦Investment Advisory -- Dave Surman dave_surman @ avs.org
♦Compensation -- Mark Engelhard mark_engelhard @ avs.org
Governance (GV) -- Rachael Myers-Ward rachael_myers-ward @ avs.org
♦Constitution and By-laws -- Stephen McDonnell stephen_mcdonnell @ avs.org
♦Outreach/Governance/Public -- Bridget Rogers bridget_rogers @ avs.org
♦International Interactions -- Dan Killelea dan_killelea @ avs.org
♦Strategic Planning -- John Lannon john_lannon @ avs.org
Marketing and Communications (MC) -- Staff Function
♦Web
♦Buyer's Guide
                                                                                          
Membership (MM) -- Amy V. Walker amy_walker @ avs.org
♦MM (Vice-Chair) -- Jessica Hilton jessica_hilton @ avs.org
♦MM (Vice-Chair) -- Erica Douglas erica_douglas @ avs.org
♦Professional Leadership -- Jason Kawasaki jason_kawasaki @ avs.org
♦Industrial Engagement -- Vincent Smentkowski  vin_smentkowski @ avs.org
♦Early Career Professionals -- Christopher Brewer christopher_brewer @ avs.org
♦Community Engagement -- Rachael Farber rachael_farber @ avs.org
Publications (PB) -- Lara Gamble lara_gamble @ avs.org
Recommended Practices (RP) -- Jacob Ricker jacob_ricker @ avs.org
♦Vice-Chair -- Lyndi Strange lyndi_strange @ avs.org
Symposia & Conferences (S&C) -- Eric Joseph eric_joseph @ avs.org
S&C (Co-Chair) -- Mohan Sankaran mohan_sankaran @ avs.org
S&C (Co-Chair) -- Virginia Wheeler virginia_wheeler @ avs.org
♦Program Committee --  Mark Losego (2026 Chair) mark_losego @ avs.org
-- Angelique Raley (2026 Vice-Chair/2027 Chair) angelique_raley @ avs.org
♦Exhibitors and Manufacturers (E&M) -- Staff Function  
♦Future Sites Team -- Staff Function  
♦Topical Conferences -- Eric Joseph eric_joseph @ avs.org
♦TC(Co-Chair) -- Mohan Sankaran mohan_sankaran @ avs.org
♦TC(Co-Chair) -- Virginia Wheeler virginia_wheeler @ avs.org
♦ ALD/ALE 2026
-- Virginia Wheeler, Parag Banerjee (ALD Co-Chairs)
-- Christophe Valle, Nathan Marchak (ALE Co-Chairs)
virginia_wheeler @ avs.org
parag_banerjee @ avs.org
christophe_valle @ avs.org
nathan_marchak @ avs.org
Ad Hoc Committees  
♦Engagement & Mentorship -- Robert K. Grubbs robert_grubbs @ avs.org
♦Operations Advisory -- Peter Sheldon peter_sheldon @ avs.org