SPIE Officers and Directors

SPIE is an international organization incorporated as a not-for-profit United States corporation. The Membership operates the Society through an elected Board of Directors, who establish various standing and ad hoc committees to conduct activities of interest to the Membership.

The Board and its Executive Committee also establish policy and strategy, assure that the Society bylaws are followed in the conduct of Society business, and approve the budgets for expenditure of Society resources.

The collective talents of our Members make the Society a powerful force in the scientific community. Shaping the direction of that force are the members of the SPIE Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and standing committees.

SPIE officers, Board Members and committee chairs can be contacted by emailing governance@spie.org.

The candidates for the 2026 election can be viewed here.

Previous Society officers and directors can be viewed here.

SPIE Officers 2026


Julie Bentley

The Institute of Optics, Univ. of Rochester

President

Peter de Groot

Zygo Corporation

Immediate Past President

Cather Simpson

The Univ. of Auckland

President-Elect

Kyle Myers

Puente Solutions, LLC

Vice President

Jim McNally

StratTHNK Associates LLC

Secretary/Treasurer

SPIE Board of Directors 2026


Samuel Achilefu

The Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr. at Dallas

Directors 2024-2026

Kishan Dholakia

Adelaide Univ.

Director 2025-2027

Rainer Erdmann

PicoQuant GmbH

Director 2026-2028

Keisuke Goda

The Univ. of Tokyo

Director 2024-2026

Deborah Gustafson

Energetiq Technology, Inc.

Director 2025-2027

Agnes Hübscher

Edmund Optics GmbH

Director 2024-2026

Daewook Kim

The Univ. of Arizona

Director 2024-2026

Kate Medicus

Ruda Optical

Director 2026-2028

Nicholas Petrick

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Board Advisor; Chair, Membership and Communities

Brian Pogue

Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

Director 2025-2027

Kemao Qian

Nanyang Technological Univ.

Director 2025-2027

Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop

The Univ. of Queensland

Director 2026-2028

Joseph Shaw

Montana State Univ.

Board Advisor; Chair, Publications Committee

Michelle Stock

TracInnovations

Director 2024-2026

Victoria Uthe

Bell Collaborative

Board Advisor; Chair, Corporate and Exhibitor Committee

Alexis Vogt

Monroe Community College

Director 2025-2027

Jessica Wade

Imperial College London

Director 2026-2028

Sharon Weiss

Vanderbilt Univ.

Board Advisor; Chair, Symposia Committee

David Wick

Sandia National Labs.

Director 2026-2028

Kent Rochford

SPIE
CEO and Board Advisor