COPUS Structure and Leadership

COPUS National is an active set of interacting networks and hubs that operate locally, regionally, and nationally. At the national level, the Coalition is represented and guided by COPUS Central composed of

the Steering Committee that provides overall direction for COPUS, approves inductees onto the Action Team, and makes all decisions related to expenditures
the Action Team responsible for COPUS promotion and expansion
a set of Advisors, who offer guidance to the Steering Committee relevant to their areas of expertise
the COPUS Network Project Manager, who is responsible for COPUS communications and the daily operations of the Coalition

COPUS Regional and Thematic hubs provide not only the local connections relevant to a particular regional audience or to a group sharing common interests, but they also provide the potential for a higher level of sustainability for the COPUS effort.

- COPUS Regional Hubs are locally-based communities of COPUS participants and science stakeholders that work together within a designated geographic region to promote the public understanding of science.

- COPUS Thematic Hubs represent nationally distributed peer communities that are interested in building bridges between their members, COPUS national, and the regional hubs to increase the public understanding of and engagement in science.

Steering Committee

Lee Allison, Director, Arizona Geological Survey

Jack Hehn, Director of Education, American Institute of Physics

Jack Hess, Executive Director, Geological Society of America

Jay Labov, Senior Advisor for Education and Communications, National Academy of Sciences

Richard O'Grady, Executive Director, American Institute of Biological Sciences

Judy Scotchmoor, Assistant Director, University of California, Museum of Paleontology, Education and Public Programs

Action Team

Melissa Anley-Mills, News Director, Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency

Jennifer Collins, Science Teacher (7th Grade). South County Secondary School, Lorton, VA

Roger Harris, Director, Emerging Technologies and Research Analysis at Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Michael LeMaster, Project Associate, American Institute of Biological Sciences SPARS Division

Chris McLelland, Teacher (K-12) Programs, in Geological Society of America's Education and Outreach Department

Holly Menninger, AIBS COPUS Activities Manager, Senior Public Affairs Associate, American Institute of Biological Sciences

Richard O'Grady, Executive Director, American Institute of Biological Sciences

Sheri Potter, COPUS Network Project Manager, Senior Associate, Executive Office, American Institute of Biological Sciences

Judy Scotchmoor, Assistant Director, Education and Public Programs, Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley

Aimee Stern, President, Stern Communications

Ben Wiehe, Outreach Coordinator at WGBH Educational Foundation

Advisors

Kent E. Holsinger, Immediate Past-President, American Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Connecticut

Richard Stucky, Curator, Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Gerald F. Wheeler, Executive Director, National Science Teachers Association

COPUS Network Project Manager

Sheri Potter, COPUS Network Project Manager, Senior Associate, Executive Office, American Institute of Biological Sciences

The cognizant fiduciary body for the COPUS and Year of Science 2009 projects is the American Institute of Biological Sciences Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) scientific association founded in 1947 as a part of the National Academy of Sciences, and an independent, member-governed organization since the 1950s. Support for COPUS workshops by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. EAR-0606600 and EAR-0628790. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.