SEDS-USA Announces New Executive Board

Nov. 9, 2010 - PRLog -- During the final day of the 2010 Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS-USA) SpaceVision conference at the University of Illinois, representatives from SEDS chapters across the country voted to appoint twelve new board members to lead the national student organization for the 2010-2011 term.

SEDS-USA welcomes back board members Rick Hanton, Sara Meschberger, Dave Holewka, David DeBoth, and Josh Sosa. They will be joined by new board members Dan Pastuf, Hallie Gengl, Christopher Ogden, Zach Liquorman, Mike Lotto, Dina Cavicchia, and Anna Ho.

The new executive board team pledges to continue SEDS’ mission of space education while looking towards expanding our organization. We hope to continue working with our many partner organizations to support each other, obtain increased funding for the SEDS-USA endowment fund, and manage a series of competitions for students and young professionals in the coming year.

Representatives also voted for the 2011 yearly SEDS-USA national SpaceVision conference to be hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder chapter of SEDS-USA, located in Boulder, Colorado. The board congratulates the University of Colorado students on their successful submission and will look forward to that conference in November 2011.

The 2010-2011 Directors of SEDS-USA:
- Chair – Rick Hanton (Senior in computer engineering at Iowa State University)
- Vice Chair – Sara Meschberger (Junior in communications and linguistics at the University of Arizona)
- Chapter Affairs – Dan Pastuf ( Senior in aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University at Buffalo)
- Chapter Expansion – Hallie Gengl (Junior in earth and space exploration and climatology at Arizona State University)
- Finance – Christopher Ogden (Senior in business administration at the University at Buffalo)
- Publications – Dave Holewka (Junior in aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University at Buffalo)
- Projects – David DeBoth (Senior in physics and space science at the Florida Institute of Technology)
- Webmaster – Josh Sosa (Senior in computer science at the University of Arizona)
- Public Outreach – Zach Liquorman (Junior in philosophy at University at Buffalo)
- Secretary – Mike Lotto (Sophmore in aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder)
- Educational Outreach – Dina Cavicchia (Senior in physics education at the University of Central Florida)
- High School Affairs – Anna Ho (Freshman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) is the world’s only independent, fully student-run, pro-space organization. Founded in 1980 by students frustrated with the stagnation of NASA after Apollo, SEDS has inspired tens of thousands of students to pursue careers in science, engineering, and technology. SEDS supports a network of over 25 student chapters across the United States, hosts the largest student run space conference in the world, provides students opportunities to develop their leadership skills and professional networks, and inspires others through their involvement in space-related projects. Alumni can be found throughout the space industry in both traditional and “New Space” companies. For more information visit: http://www.seds.org