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Past Board of Governors

History of the IEEE Photonics Society Board of Governors leadership.

2026

President  | Gabriella Bosco
Past President | Perry Shum
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Jörg-Peter Elbers
VP Conferences | Christina Lim
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Peter Delfyett
VP Publications | Pat Iannone
VP Professional & Technical Development | Aref Chowdhury
Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2024 - 2026

Laurent Schares
T D Subash
Takuo Tanemura
Winnie Ye

Term 2025 - 2027

Fatima Garcia-Gunning
Frederic Grillot
Takeshi Hoshida
Fotini Karinou

Term 2026 - 2028

Cristian Antonelli
Paul Crump
Juerg Leuthold
Haisheng Rong

President  | Perry Shum
Past President | René-Jean Essiambre
President-Elect | Gabriella Bosco
Secretary-Treasurer | Stephen Ralph
VP Conferences | Christina Lim
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Juan Hernandez-Cordero
VP Publications | Pat Iannone
VP Professional & Technical Development | Aref Chowdhury
Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2023 - 2025

Peter Dragic
Jörg-Peter Elbers
Shinji Matsuo
Robert Tench

Term 2024 - 2026

Laurent Schares
T D Subash
Takuo Tanemura
Winnie Ye

Term 2025 - 2027

Fatima Garcia-Gunning
Frederic Grillot
Takeshi Hoshida
Fotini Karinou

President  | Perry Shum
Past President | René-Jean Essiambre
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Stephen Ralph
VP Conferences | Christina Lim
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Juan Hernandez-Cordero
VP Publications | Pat Iannone
VP Professional & Technical Development | Aref Chowdhury
Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2022 - 2024

Thomas Clark
Amr Helmy
Roland Ryf
Elaine Wong

Term 2023 - 2025

Peter Dragic
Jörg-Peter Elbers
Shinji Matsuo
Robert Tench

Term 2024 - 2026

Laurent Schares
T D Subash
Takuo Tanemura
Winnie Ye

President | René-Jean Essiambre
Past President | Carmen Menoni
President-Elect | Perry Shum
Secretary-Treasurer | Stephen Ralph
VP Conferences | Zetian Mi
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Juan Hernandez-Cordero
VP Publications | Seb Savory
VP Professional & Technical Development | Anna Peacock
Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2021 - 2023

Gabriella Bosco
Yanne Chembo
Lidia Galdino
Ray-Hua Horng

Term 2022 - 2024

Thomas Clark
Amr Helmy
Roland Ryf
Elaine Wong

Term 2023 - 2025

Peter Dragic
Jörg-Peter Elbers
Shinji Matsuo
Robert Tench

President  | René-Jean Essiambre
Past President | Carmen Menoni
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Dan M. Marom
VP Conferences | Zetian Mi
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Fatima Garcia-Gunning
VP Publications | Seb Savory
VP Professional & Technical Development | Anna Peacock
Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2020 - 2022

Akihiko Kasukawa
Lief Oxenlowe
Milan Mashanovitch
Michelle Sander

Term 2021 - 2023

Gabriella Bosco
Yanne Chembo
Lidia Galdino
Ray-Hua Horng

Term 2022 - 2024

Thomas Clark
Amr Helmy
Roland Ryf
Elaine Wong

President  | Carmen Menoni
Past President | Chennupati Jagadish
President-Elect | René-Jean Essiambre
Secretary-Treasurer | Dan M. Marom
VP Conferences | Perry Shum
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Fatima Garcia-Gunning
VP Publications | Seb Savory
VP Professional & Technical Development | Anna Peacock
Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2019 - 2021

Meredith Hutchinson
Stephen Ralph
Masatoshi Suzuki
Jianping Yao

Term 2020 - 2022

Akihiko Kasukawa
Lief Oxenlowe
Milan Mashanovitch
Michelle Sander

Term 2021 - 2023

Gabriella Bosco
Yanne Chembo
Lidia Galdino
Ray-Hua Horng

President  | Carmen Menoni
Past President | Chennupati Jagadish
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Dan M. Marom
VP Conferences | Perry Shum
VP Finance & Administration | Xiuling Li
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Fatima Garcia-Gunning
VP Publications | Aaron Hawkins
VP Technical Affairs | Leslie Ann Rusch
Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2018 - 2020

Nicolas Fontaine
Nobuhiko Nishiyama
Anna Peacock
Seb Savory

Term 2019 - 2021

Meredith Hutchinson
Stephen Ralph
Masatoshi Suzuki
Jianping Yao

Term 2020 - 2022

Akihiko Kasukawa
Lief Oxenlowe
Milan Mashanovitch
Michelle Sander

President  | Chennupati Jagadish
Past President | Kent Choquette
President-Elect | Carmen Menoni
Secretary-Treasurer | Paul Juodawlkis
VP Conferences | Perry Shum
VP Finance & Administration | Xiuling Li
VP Membership & Regional Activities | René-Jean Essiambre
VP Publications | Aaron Hawkins
VP Technical Affairs | Leslie Ann Rusch
Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2017 - 2019

Gabriella Cincotti
Tetsuya Kawanishi
Benjamin Lee
Dan Marom

Term 2018 - 2020

Nicolas Fontaine
Nobuhiko Nishiyama
Anna Peacock
Seb Savory

Term 2019 - 2021

Meredith Hutchinson
Stephen Ralph
Masatoshi Suzuki
Jianping Yao

President  | Chennupati Jagadish
Past President | Kent Choquette
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Paul Juodawlkis
VP Conferences | Martin Dawson
VP Finance & Administration | Xiuling Li
VP Membership & Regional Activities | René-Jean Essiambre
VP Publications | Aaron Hawkins
VP Technical Affairs | David Plant
Executive Director | Chris Jannuzzi
Associate Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2016 - 2018

René-Jean Essiambre
Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur
Simon Poole
Leslie Ann Rusch

Term 2017 - 2019

Gabriella Cincotti
Tetsuya Kawanishi
Benjamin Lee
Dan Marom

Term 2018 - 2020

Nicolas Fontaine
Nobuhiko Nishiyama
Anna Peacock
Seb Savory

President  | Kent Choquette
Past President | Dalma Novak
President-Elect | Chennupati Jagadish
Secretary-Treasurer | Paul Juodawlkis
VP Conferences | Martin Dawson
VP Finance & Administration | Madeleine Glick
VP Membership & Regional Activities | René Essiambre
VP Publications | Catrina Coleman
VP Technical Affairs | David Plant
Executive Director | Chris Jannuzzi
Associate Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2015 - 2017

Benjamin Eggleton
Kazuo Hagimoto
Christina Lim
Pascale Nouchi

Term 2016 - 2018

René-Jean Essiambre
Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur
Simon Poole
Leslie Ann Rusch

Term 2017 - 2019

Gabriella Cincotti
Tetsuya Kawanishi
Benjamin Lee
Dan Marom

President  | Kent Choquette
Past President | Dalma Novak
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Peter Smowton
VP Conferences | Martin Dawson
VP Finance & Administration | Madeleine Glick
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Paul Juodawlkis
VP Publications | Catrina Coleman
VP Technical Affairs | David Plant
Executive Director | Chris Jannuzzi
Associate Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2014 - 2016

Weng Chow
Lukas Chrostowski
Anders Larsson
Xiuling Li

Term 2015 - 2017

Benjamin Eggleton
Kazuo Hagimoto
Christina Lim
Pascale Nouchi

Term 2016 - 2018

René-Jean Essiambre
Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur
Simon Poole
Leslie Ann Rusch

President  | Dalma Novak
Past President | Hideo Kuwahara
President-Elect | Kent Choquette
Secretary-Treasurer | Peter Smowton
VP Conferences | David Plant
VP Finance & Administration | Madeleine Glick
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Paul Juodawlkis
VP Publications | Catrina Coleman
VP Technical Affairs | Kent Choquette
Executive Director | Chris Jannuzzi
Associate Executive Director | Doug Razzano

Elected Members

Term 2013 - 2015

J. Stewart Aitchison
Martin D. Dawson
Masataka Nakazawa
Ming C. Wu

Term 2014 - 2016

Weng Chow
Lukas Chrostowski
Anders Larsson
Xiuling Li

Term 2015 - 2017

Benjamin Eggleton
Kazuo Hagimoto
Christina Lim
Pascale Nouchi

President  | Dalma Novak
Past President | Hideo Kuwahara
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Peter Smowton
VP Conferences | David Plant
VP Finance & Administration | Chennupati Jagadish
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Paul Juodawlkis
VP Publications | Bob Tkach
VP Technical Affairs | Kent Choquette
Executive Director | R. Linke / C. Jannuzzi

Elected Members

Term 2012 - 2014

Sébastien Bigo
Andrew Kirk
Fumio Koyama
Peter Smowton

Term 2013 - 2015

J. Stewart Aitchison
Martin D. Dawson
Masataka Nakazawa
Ming C. Wu

Term 2014 - 2016

Weng Chow
Lukas Chrostowski
Anders Larsson
Xiuling Li

President  | Hideo Kuwahara
Past President | James J. Coleman
President-Elect | Dalma Novak
Secretary-Treasurer | Dalma Novak
VP Conferences | David Plant
VP Finance & Administration | Chennupati Jagadish
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Jeffrey Kash
VP Publications | Bob Tkach
VP Technical Affairs | Kent Choquette
Executive Director | Richard A. Linke

Elected Members

Term 2011 - 2015

Peter Andrekson
Paul Juodawlkis
John Mcinerney
Dalma Novak

Term 2012 - 2014

Sébastien Bigo
Andrew Kirk
Fumio Koyama
Peter Smowton

Term 2013 - 2015

J. Stewart Aitchison
Martin D. Dawson
Masataka Nakazawa
Ming C. Wu

President  | Hideo Kuwahara
Past President | James J. Coleman
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Dalma Novak
VP Conferences | Kent Choquette
VP Finance & Administration | Chennupati Jagadish
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Jeffrey Kash
VP Publications | Bob Tkach
VP Technical Affairs | Thomas L. Koch
Executive Director | Richard A. Linke

Elected Members

Term 2010 - 2012

Yasuhiko Arakawa
Jose Capmany
Madeleine Glick
Lynn Nelson

Term 2011 - 2015

Peter Andrekson
Paul Juodawlkis
John Mcinerney
Dalma Novak

Term 2012 - 2014

Sébastien Bigo
Andrew Kirk
Fumio Koyama
Peter Smowton

President  | James J. Coleman
Past President | John H. Marsh
President-Elect | Hideo Kuwahara
Secretary-Treasurer | Jerry Meyer
VP Conferences | Kent Choquette
VP Finance & Administration | Fil J. Bartoli
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Jeffrey Kash
VP Publications | Rodney S. Tucker
VP Technical Affairs | Thomas L. Koch
Executive Director | Richard A. Linke

Elected Members

Term 2009 - 2011

Shun Lien Chuang
Jeffrey Kash
Michal Lipson
Ian White

Term 2010 - 2012

Yasuhiko Arakawa
Jose Capmany
Madeleine Glick
Lynn Nelson

Term 2011 - 2015

Peter Andrekson
Paul Juodawlkis
John Mcinerney
Dalma Novak

President  | James J. Coleman
Past President | John H. Marsh
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Jerry Meyer
VP Conferences | Kent Choquette
VP Finance & Administration | Fil J. Bartoli
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Amr Helmy
VP Publications | Rodney S. Tucker
VP Technical Affairs | Alwyn Seeds
Executive Director | Richard A. Linke

Elected Members

Term 2008 - 2010

Janet Jackel
Ton Koonen
Jerry Meyer
Peter Winzer

Term 2009 - 2011

Shun Lien Chuang
Jeffrey Kash
Michal Lipson
Ian White

Term 2010 - 2012

Yasuhiko Arakawa
Jose Capmany
Madeleine Glick
Lynn Nelson

President  | John H. Marsh
Past President | Alan E. Willner
President-Elect | James J. Coleman
Secretary-Treasurer | Jerry Meyer
VP Conferences | Dominik Rabus
VP Finance & Administration | Fil J. Bartoli
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Amr Helmy
VP Publications | Rodney S. Tucker
VP Technical Affairs | Alwyn Seeds
Executive Director | Richard A. Linke

Elected Members

Term 2007 - 2009

Claire Gmachl
Kazuo Hotate
David Plant
Alwyn Seeds

Term 2008 - 2010

Janet Jackel
Ton Koonen
Jerry Meyer
Peter Winzer

Term 2009 - 2011

Shun Lien Chuang
Jeffrey Kash
Michal Lipson
Ian White

President  | John H. Marsh
Past President | Alan E. Willner
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Fil J. Bartoli
VP Conferences | Ekaterina Golovchenko
VP Finance & Administration | Steven A. Newton
VP Membership & Regional Activities | Amr Helmy
VP Publications | Carmen Menoni
VP Technical Affairs | Alwyn Seeds
Executive Director | Richard A. Linke

Elected Members

Term 2006 - 2008

Markus Amann
Kent Choquette
Hideo Kuwahara
Carmen Menoni

Term 2007 - 2009

Claire Gmachl
Kazuo Hotate
David Plant
Alwyn Seeds

Term 2008 - 2010

Janet Jackel
Ton Koonen
Jerry Meyer
Peter Winzer

President | Alan E. Willner
Past President | H. Scott Hinton
President-Elect | John H. Marsh
Secretary-Treasurer | Fil J. Bartoli
VP Conferences | Ekaterina Golovchenko
VP Finance & Administration | Steven A. Newton
VP Membership & Regional Activities | 3 AVPs
VP Publications | Carmen Menoni
VP Technical Affairs | Nan M. Jokerst
Executive Director | Richard A. Linke

Elected Members

Term 2005 - 2007

Fil Bartoli
Christopher Doerr
Silvano Donati
Diana Huffaker

Term 2006 - 2008

Markus Amann
Kent Choquette
Hideo Kuwahara
Carmen Menoni

Term 2007 - 2009

Claire Gmachl
Kazuo Hotate
David Plant
Alwyn Seeds

President | Alan E. Willner
Past President | H. Scott Hinton
President-Elect | VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer | Fil J. Bartoli
VP Conferences | Ekaterina Golovchenko
VP Finance & Administration | Steven A. Newton
VP Membership & Regional Activities | 3 AVPs
VP Publications | James J. Coleman
VP Technical Affairs | Nan M. Jokerst
Executive Director | P. Shumate / R. Linke

Elected Members

Term 2004 - 2006

Ann Bryce
Yoshiaki Nakano
Wayne Sorin
Robert Tkach

Term 2005 - 2007

Fil Bartoli
Christopher Doerr
Silvano Donati
Diana Huffaker

Term 2006 - 2008

Markus Amann
Kent Choquette
Hideo Kuwahara
Carmen Menoni