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Division Leadership
Officers
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Matthew Tiscareno | SETI Institute | mtiscareno<at>seti.org | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2024 |
| Vice-Chair | Smadar Naoz | UCLA | snaoz<at>astro.ucla.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2024 |
| Secretary | Matthew Hedman | University of Idaho | dda.secretary<at>aas.org | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 |
| Treasurer | Joseph Spitale | SETI Institute | jspitale<at>seti.org | July 1, 2018 | June 30, 2024 |
| Past Chair | Daniel Tamayo | Harvey Mudd College | dtamayo<at>hmc.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2024 |
Division Committee Members
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Regular Member | Frank van den Bosch | Yale U. | frank.vandenbosch<at>yale.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
| Regular Member | John Jacob Zanazzi | UC Berkeley | jzanazzi<at>berkeley.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
| Regular Member | Rogerio Deienno | Southwest Research Institute | rdeienno<at>boulder.swri.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 |
| Regular Member | Michelle Vick | Northwestern University | michelle.birch<at>northwestern.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 |
| Regular Member |
Sarah Millholland |
MIT |
sarah.millholland<at>mit.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2024 |
| Regular Member |
Luis Aguilar |
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | aguilar<at>astro.unam.mx | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2024 |
Nominating Committee
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Rebekah Dawson | Penn State | rdawson<at>psu.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2024 |
| Regular Member | Monica Valluri | University of Michigan | mvalluri<at>umich.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 |
| Regular Member | David Minton | Purdue University | daminton<at>purdue.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
Brouwer Career Award Selection Committee
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Dimitri Veras | University of Warwick | dimitri.veras<at>aya.yale.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2024 |
| Regular Member | Sarah Loebman | Univeristy of California Merced | sloebman<at>ucmerced.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 |
| Regular Member | Alice Quillen | University of Rochester | alice.quillen<at>rochester.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
| Past Recipient Member | Hal Levison |
Southwest Research Institute |
hal<at>boulder.swri.org | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2024 |
| Ex officio Member | Matthew Tiscareno | SETI Institute | mtiscareno<at>seti.org | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2024 |
Rubin Early Career Prize Selection Committee
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Ruth Murray-Clay | University of California Santa Cruz | rmc<at>ucsc.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2024 |
| Regular Member | Daniel Fabrycky | University of Chicago | fabrycky<at>uchicago.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 |
| Regular Member | Elena D'Onghia | University of Wisconsin, Madison | edonghia<at>astro.wisc.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
| Past Recipient Member | Kathryn Volk | Planetary Science Institute | kvolk<at>psi.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2024 |
| Ex officio member | Smadar Naoz | University of California, Los Angeles | snaoz<at>astro.ucla.edu | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2024 |
Duncombe Student Research Prize Selection Committee
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Matt Clement | Carnegie Institution of Washington | mclement<at>carnegiescience.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2024 |
| Regular Member | Billy Quarles | Valdosta State University | biquarles<at>valdosta.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 |
| Regular Member | Raluca Rufu | Southwest Research Institute | raluca<at>boulder.swri.org | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 |
Mentoring Program Committee
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Chair | Juliette Becker | Caltech | jbecker<at>caltech.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2023 |
| Regular Member | Will Oldroyd | Northern Arizona University | woldroyd<at>nau.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2023 |
| Regular Member | Darin Ragozzine | Brigham Young University | darin_ragozzine<at>byu.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2023 |
| Regular Member | Dimitri Veras | University of Warwick | dimitri.veras<at>colorado.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2023 |
| Regular Member | Santiago Torres | UCLA | storres<at>astro.ucla.edu | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2023 |
Slack/Membership Communication Committee (special committee to be renewed annually)
| Role | Name | Institution | Email address | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Co-chair | Tim Holt | University of Southern Queensland | timothy.holt<at>usq.edu.au | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
| Co-Chair | Matija Cuk | SETI Institute | mcuk<at>seti.org | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
| Ex Officio | Daniel Tamayo | Harvey Mudd College | dtamayo<at>hmc.edu | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
| Ex Officio | Althea Moorhead | NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center | althea.moorhead<at>nasa.gov | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
Archives Committee
| Chair | James L. Hilton | US Naval Observatory | jhilton<at>aa.usno.navy.mil |