About Us
Board of Directors
Our volunteer Board of Directors is responsible for governing and setting The Planetary Society's policies and future directions. They are all leaders, chosen for their passion about and knowledge of space exploration.
The Society presently has 13 board members (more or fewer are permitted by charter) elected yearly by their peers. The Board normally meets twice per year. It has a Chairman, President, and Vice President and an Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee consists of the three officers: Jim Bell, Louis Friedman, Heidi Hammel; the Board Chair, Dan Geraci, and CEO Bill Nye.
Nominations are sought and considered periodically from a variety of sources, including from members of the Board and Advisory Council, Society Members, staff, and experts in the space community.
Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Directors
Co-Founder, and Executive Director Emeritus
The Planetary Society
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Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
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Director, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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Corporate Vice President and President
Space Technology
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Retired
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John M. Logsdon, Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
Professor Emeritus, Space Policy Institute
The George Washington University
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Regional Coordinator for Asia Pacific,
Space Generation Advisory Council
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Astrophysicist and Director, Hayden Planetarium,
American Museum of Natural History
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