We invite your questions, comments, and interest in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Listed below are the names and contact emails for the Executive Council of the San Francisco Section of AIAA for the current council year. AIAA members can find more detailed contact information in the AIAA member directory.
In addition to the many services which AIAA offers its members nationally (including technical conferences, publications, and committees), it also encourages regional activity in each of the many sections (or chapters) located across the nation. Each section is governed by a council of officers (elected by the section membership) and directors (appointed by the section chairman).
The San Francisco Section has roughly 1,100 members located throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area, primarily in Silicon Valley. A dinner meeting featuring a timely speaker is held each month. The council meets regularly on the first Tuesday of the month.
Active participation in the local council provides members with outstanding opportunities to network with colleagues, enhance leadership skills, further their personal careers, and have a positive influence on the aerospace field.
A note about e-mail addresses: Internet users are now acutely aware of unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam), viruses, and other attacks on the infrastructure of the Internet. To minimize the automatic harvesting of council e-mail addresses for those purposes, the addresses below use the string ' (at) ' in place of the standard commercial-at ('@') symbol. When sending mail to a council member, please modify the address accordingly.
Section Chair
Steven Cerri
E-mail: chair (at) aiaa-sf.org
Section Vice Chair
Laurel Stell
E-mail: vicechair (at) aiaa-sf.org
Section Secretary
Gerardo Vazquez
E-mail: secretary (at) aiaa-sf.org
Section Treasurer
Corey Ippolito
E-mail: treasurer (at) aiaa-sf.org
Communications Director
Rick Kwan
E-mail: commstaff (at) aiaa-sf.org
College Outreach Director
Ali Guarneros Luna
E-mail: education (at) aiaa-sf.org
Honors & Awards Director
(vacant)
E-mail: honors (at) aiaa-sf.org
Membership Director
Laurel Stell
E-mail: membership (at) aiaa-sf.org
Pre-college Outreach Director
Samantha Infeld
E-mail: precollege (at) aiaa-sf.org
Professional Development Director
Steven Cerri
E-mail: career (at) aiaa-sf.org
Programs Director
Sylvee Walenczewski
E-mail: programs (at) aiaa-sf.org
Public Policy Director
Kathleen Starmer
E-mail: pubpol (at) aiaa-sf.org
Technical Development Director
Balachandar Ramamurthy
E-mail: technical (at) aiaa-sf.org
Webmaster
Corwin H. Lakin
Laurel Stell
E-mail: webmaster (at) aiaa-sf.org
Young Professional Director
Tamika Rentas
E-mail: youngprof (at) aiaa-sf.org
Advisory Council (former chairs)
Norm Bergrum
Gano Chatterji
Todd C. Farley
Prasad Gogineni
Gary Kuhn
Seth Kurasaki
Rick Kwan
Eric R. Mueller
Juanita Ryan
Fanny Zuniga
Stanford University
Advisor: Steve Rock
Stanford University, Aero/Astro Dept., Stanford, CA 94305 USA
Santa Clara University
Advisor: Dr. Mark Ardema
Phone: (408) 554-4173
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (408) 554-4937
Fax: (408) 554-5474
San Jose State University
Advisor: Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos
Phone: (408) 924-7168
E-mail: ppapado1 (at) email.sjsu.edu
University of California - Berkeley
Advisor: Professor Omar Savas
Chairman: Suparn Vats
E-mail: suparn (at) uclink4.berekeley.edu
University of California - Davis
Advisor: Professor Ron Hess
Phone: (530) 752-1513
E-mail: rahess (at) ucdavis.edu
Chairman: Albert Dato
E-mail: amdato (at) ucdavis.edu
AIAA Western Region Office
999 Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 440
El Segundo, CA 90425
Phone: (310) 726-5001
Fax: (310) 726-5004
Director
Bruce Wilson
E-mail: bruce.w.wilson (at) boeing.com
Deputy Director-at-Large
Norman Bergrun
E-mail: ddatlarge (at) aiaa-sf.org
Manager, AIAA Honors and Awards (National)
Carol Stewart
Phone: (703) 264-7623
E-mail: carols (at) aiaa.org