The 2024 ANS election results are in!
Spring marks the passing of the torch for American Nuclear Society leadership. During this election cycle, ANS members voted for the newest vice president/president-elect, four members-at-large for the Board of Directors, and one Young Member director for the Board. New professional division leadership was also decided on in the election, which opened on February 20 and closed on April 9. About 22 percent of eligible members voted—a similar turnout to last year.
Meet the vice president/president-elect
The next vice president/president-elect will be H. M. “Hash” Hashemian, an ANS member since 1976. Hashemian is president and chief executive officer of AMS Corporation.
In his candidacy statement, Hashemian shared his experience in the nuclear field: “I have had the honor of serving the global nuclear power and medical isotope industries for over 45 years, working with brilliant colleagues who share my vision of keeping nuclear technology safe, efficient, and reliable for production of electricity, medical isotopes, hydrogen, process heat, and more.”
Hashemian will succeed current ANS vice president/president-elect Lisa Marshall, who will assume the office of president following the upcoming ANS Annual Conference in mid-June.
The newest directors-at-large
The four new directors-at-large have been elected to the Board of Directors from a pool of eight:
Bradley Adams, former vice president of engineering, Southern Nuclear; nuclear executive (retired)
Gale Hauck, senior advisor to the assistant secretary for nuclear energy, Department of Energy; senior R&D staff for innovative nuclear reactors, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
J. Wesley Hines, Chancellor’s Professor and Distinguished Postelle Professor, University of Tennessee–Knoxville
Monica Regalbuto, director of the Integrated Fuel Cycle Initiative, Idaho National Laboratory
The newest Young Member director
Two ANS Young Members were nominated for the open director seat on the Board. Elected is Matthew Wargon, the MCRE Reactivity Control Group lead at TerraPower.
Professional divisions election results
All 19 professional divisions also elected new leadership for the coming year. Below is the full list of new division leadership.
Accelerator Applications
Vice chair: Yongqiang Wang
Secretary: Cheng Sun
Executive Committee: Peter Hosemann, Michael Nastasi, James F. Stubbins
Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology
Secretary: Noel B. Nelson
Executive Committee: Emily Hutchins, Trevor D. Parker
Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences
Vice chair: Katie Mummah
Secretary: Matthew E. Darois
Treasurer: Joseph (Joe) Carignan
Executive Committee: Lauren Bailey, Mark S. Campagna, Elida S. Danaher, Hannah E. Pell, Richard St. Onge
Executive Committee student member: Ethan Nicolls
Education, Training & Workforce Development
Vice chair: Sukesh Aghara
Secretary: Christopher M. Perfetti
Treasurer: Justin K. Watson
Executive Committee: Georgette Alexander-Morrison, Raymond J. Dean, Aaron Horwood, Christopher M. Perfetti, Drew Thomas, Jonathan Keay Witter
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Vice chair: Michael Smith
Vice program chair: Kaushik Banerjee
Executive Committee: Stylianos Chatzidakis, Morris E. Hassler, Travis W. Knight, John R. Massari, Daniel J. Moneghan, Patrick Moosir, John M. Scaglione, Michael Smith
Fusion Energy
Vice chair: Thomas F. Fuerst
Secretary/treasurer: Monica L. Gehrig
Executive Committee: Sunday C. Aduloju, Rebecca L. Masline, Pierre-Clément (PC) Simon
Human Factors, Instrumentation and Controls
2nd vice chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Secretary: Fan Zhang
Treasurer: Vivek Agarwal
Executive Committee: Anna Hall, Hyun Gook Kang, Nancy J. Lybeck, Christopher M. Poresky, Michael T. Rowland, Michael Thow, Xingang Zhao
Executive Committee student member: Olugbenga Gideon
Isotopes & Radiation
Vice chair: Erik H. Wilson
Executive Committee: Gregory Downing, Weslee A. Kersey, Padhraic L. Mulligan, Jung H. Rim, Vaibhav Sinha, Kenan Ünlü, R.
Materials Science & Technology
Vice chair: Annabelle Le Coq
Secretary/treasurer: Michael R. Tonks
Executive Committee: Assel Aitkaliyeva, Kenneth J. Geelhood, Brenden J. Heidrich, Caleb P. Massey, Scarlett Widgeon Paisner, Jake R. Quincey, Pierre-Clément (PC) Simon, Elizabeth S. Sooby, Yongfeng Zhang
Mathematics & Computation
Vice chair: Madicken Munk
Secretary: Carlo Fiorina
Treasurer: Katherine E. Royston
Executive Committee: April Novak, Andrew T. Till, John R. Tramm
Nuclear Criticality Safety
Vice chair: Andrew W. Prichard
Secretary: Kristan Wessels
Executive Committee: Shauntay E. Coleman, Dallas M. Mose, Amy van der Vyver
Nuclear Installations Safety
Vice chair: Aaron S. Epiney
Secretary/treasurer: Alexander J. Huning
Executive Committee: Ron L. Boring, Robert F. Kile, Yunfei Zhao
Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy
Vice chair: Angela Di Fulvio
Secretary: Camille J. Palmer
Treasurer: R. Chris Robinson
Executive Committee: James Wm. Behrens, Sunil S. Chirayath, Thomas E. Hanlon, Morris E. Hassler, Emma Houston, Lloyd J. Jollay, George (Geordie) E. McKenzie
Operations & Power
1st vice chair: Keith J Drudy
Secretary: Catherine M. Prat
Treasurer: Melanie A. Joseph
Executive Committee: Keith J Drudy, Ben Holtzman, W. Neal Mann
Reactor Physics
Vice chair: Abdalla Abou Jaoude
Secretary: Benjamin R. Betzler
Treasurer: Benjamin Collins
Executive Committee: Andrew Johnson, Dan Kotlyar, Matthew A. Krecicki, Adam G. Nelson, Joshua Peterson-Droogh, Zachary Prince
Radiation Protection & Shielding
Secretary: Andrew R. Rosenstrom
Executive Committee: Amir A. Bahadori, Sunil S. Chirayath, Rajarshi Pal Chowdhury, Shaheen A. Dewji, Lawrence Heilbronn, Irina I. Popova
Robotics & Remote Systems
1st vice chair: William Christopher (Chris) Eason
2nd vice chair: Anthony Abrahao
Secretary: Wendell H. Chun
Treasurer: Y Z
Executive Committee: Syed Bahauddin Alam, Anamary Daniel, Fan Zhang
Thermal Hydraulics
Vice chair: Stephen M. Bajorek
Secretary: Ferry Roelofs
Treasurer: Dillon R. Shaver
Executive Committee: Rui Hu, Elia Merzari, Subash L Shama, Sierra Tutwiler, Xu Wu
Young Members Group
Vice chair: Julianne McCallum
Secretary: John Mobley IV
Treasurer: William T. Searight
Executive Committee: Victor Ibarra Jr., Iza Lantgios, Jillian L. Newmyer