Each section selects its president-elect and secretary candidates. The current president-elect will move up to assume the president position, ensuring leadership continuity. Some sections also asked current secretaries to serve a second term.
Section presidents and presidents-elect serve as members of the AGU Council, along with the AGU president-elect, the chairs of three standing committees (Honors and Recognition, Meetings, and Publications), six students and early career scientists, the AGU president (nonvoting), the executive director/CEO (nonvoting), and up to five at-large appointed positions. The Council code of conduct and leadership criteria are posted on the leadership pages of the AGU website.
Atmospheric and Space Electricity
Continuing: President Maribeth Stolzenburg and Past President Timothy J. Lang
President-elect: Morris Cohen and Yoav Y. Yair
Secretary: Sonja A. Behnke and Amitabh Nag
Atmospheric Sciences
Continuing: President James W. Hurrell; Past President Joyce Penner; Secretary, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Composition V. Faye McNeill
President-elect: Paul A. Newman and Lynn M. Russell
Secretary, Physics, Dynamics, and Climate: Hui Su and Susan C. van den Heever
Biogeosciences
Continuing: President Elise Pendall and Past President Ariel D. Anbar
President-elect: Margaret S. Torn and Kathleen C. Weathers
Secretary: Jennifer Glass and Jennifer Pett-Ridge
Cryosphere Sciences
Continuing: President Lora Koenig and Past President Tavi Murray
President-elect: Michele Koppes and Åsa K Rennermalm
Secretary: Anna Hogg and Peter Neff
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Continuing: President Dorothy Merritts; Past President William E. Dietrich; Secretary Gregory S. Hancock
President-elect: Gordon E. Grant and Kelin Whipple
Earth and Space Science Informatics
Continuing: President Denise J. Hills and Past President Ruth Duerr
President-elect: Jeff de La Beaujardière and Douglas Fils
Secretary: Sean Gordon and Sarah Ramdeen
Geodesy
Continuing: President M. Meghan Miller and Past President Susan E. Owen
President-elect: Anny Cazenave and Freysteinn Sigmundsson
Secretary: Enrique Cabral-Cano and Jennifer S. Haase
Geohealth
The new GeoHealth section is not participating in the 2018 AGU Election. The founding leadership appointed by the Governance Committee will continue to serve to ensure leadership continuity at this time. The leaders are: President Aubrey Miller; President-elect Claire Horwell; Secretary Benjamin Zaitchik.
Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism
Continuing: President Catherine Johnson and Past President Laurie L. Brown
President-elect: Gary D. Egbert and France Lagroix
Secretary: Ioan Lascu and Ron Shaar
Global Environmental Change
Continuing: President Philip Mote and Past President Ellen Mosley-Thompson
President-elect: Julie Brigham-Grette and James T. Randerson
Secretary: Nick Bond and Wenhong Li
Hydrology
Continuing: President Scott Tyler; Past President Jeffery McDonnell; Secretary Charles H. Luce
President-elect: Larry Band and Ana Barros
Mineral and Rock Physics
Continuing: President Wenlu Zhu and Past President Andrew Campbell
President-elect: Afu Lin and Sébastien Merkel
Secretary: Hiroko Kitajima and Jin Zhang
Natural Hazards
Continuing: President Seth Stein and Past President Ramesh P. Singh
President-elect: Dalia Kirschbaum and Y. Tony Song
Secretary: Suzana J. Camargo and Guido Cervone
Near Surface Geophysics
Continuing: President Xavier Comas and Past President Sarah Kruse
President-elect: Burke J. Minsley and Stephen Moysey
Secretary: Kisa Mwakanyamale and Judy Robinson
Nonlinear Geophysics
Continuing: President Sarah F. Tebbens and Past President Annick Pouquet
President-elect: Steven J. Fletcher and Juan M. Restrepo
Secretary: Raffaele Marino and Subbarao Yelisetti
Ocean Sciences
Continuing: President Robert F. Anderson and Past President Eileen Hofmann; Secretary, Marine Geochemistry Claudia Benitez-Nelson; Secretary, Marine Geology and Geophysics Chuck Nittrouer
President-elect: Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli and Clare E. Reimers
Secretary, Biological Oceanography: Kendra Daly and Matthew J. Oliver
Secretary, Physical Oceanography: Enrique Curchitser and Janet Sprintall
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Continuing: President Petra Dekens and Past President Figen Mekik
President-elect: Ingrid Hendy and Aradhna Tripati
Secretary: Michèle LaVigne and Branwen Williams
Planetary Sciences
Continuing: President Rosaly M.C. Lopes and Past President Sarah T. Steward
President-elect: Steven A. Hauck, II and Michael Mischna
Secretary: Seth A. Jacobson and David A. Williams
Seismology
Continuing: President Anne Sheehan and Past President Douglas Wiens
President-elect: Michael Bostock and Suzan van der Lee
Secretary: Heather DeShon and German A. Prieto
Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Continuing: President Maggie Walser and Past President Linda R. Rowan
President-elect: Kristin Ludwig and Julie Vano
Secretary: Ian Bolliger and Maya K. Buchanan
Space Physics and Aeronomy
Continuing: President Christina Cohen; Past President Larry J. Paxton; Secretary, Magnetospheric Physics Elizabeth MacDonald
President-elect: Jimmy Raeder and Geoff Reeves
Secretary, Aeronomy: Aroh Barjatya and Romina Nikoukar
Secretary, Solar and Heliospheric Physics: Christina O. Lee and Brian Welsch
Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior
Continuing: President Scott D. King and Past President Allen K. McNamara
President-elect: Kanani K. M. Lee and Laurent Montesi
Secretary: Jessica Irving and Max Rudolph
Tectonophysics
Continuing: President Julia Morgan and Past President Ross S. Stein
President-elect: Jean-Philippe Avouac and Yann Klinger
Secretary: Mark D. Behn and Suzanne Carbotte
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Continuing: President Michael Manga and Past President William F. McDonough
President-elect: Marc M. Hirschmann and Dominique Weis
Secretary, Geochemistry: Matthew Jackson and Fang-Zhen Teng
Secretary, Volcanology and Petrology: Paul D. Asimow and Christy Till