National Council of NASA Space Grant Directors

Council History and Meeting Minutes

The National Council of Space Grant Directors is comprised of Directors from each of the 52 Space Grant Consortia (all 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico).  The Council elects an Executive Committee or Ex-Comm.  The Council holds two National Meetings, in the Fall and Spring.  The Spring meeting is held every year and the Fall meeting is held every other year. The Chair of the Ex-Comm is the person responsible for these meetings as well as maintaining the records of all the meetings.

In 2011, Chris Kohler (Colorado) and Eric Day (Washington, DC) endeavored to collect and preserve the history of the Council and the result of that effort is organized here.  The minutes from most of our national meetings since the creation of our program are organized in pdf format below:

Chair's Photo	Name / State	Years Served	Meeting Minutes
	Scott Tarry Nebraska	2022 -	Spring 2023, Washington, DC (coming soon)
	Luke Flynn Hawaii	2020 - 2022	October, 2020 (virtual) March, 2021 (virtual)
	Angela Des Jardins Montana	2018 - 2020	September, 2018 Stowe, VT March, 2019 Washington, DC March, 2020 Washington, DC
	Stephen Ruffin Georgia	2014 - 2018	March, 2015 Washington, DC October, 2015 Tucson, AZ March, 2016 Washington, DC  March, 2017 Washington, DC September, 2017 Grand Forks, ND
	Yervant Terzian New York	2012 - 2014	October, 2012 Seattle, WA February, 2013 Washington, DC October, 2013 South Carolina February, 2014 Washington, DC
	Chris Koehler Colorado	2008 - 2012	March, 2008 Washington, DC October, 2008 Atlanta, GA March, 2009 Washington, DC October, 2009  Portland, OR March, 2010 Washington, DC October, 2010  Portland, ME March, 2011 Washington, DC September, 2012 Green Bay, WI
	Bill Garrard Minnesota	2006 - 2008	October, 2006 New York, NY March, 2007 Washington, DC October, 2007 New Mexico
	John Gregory Alabama	2004 - 2006	October, 2004 California March, 2005 Washington, DC October, 2005 Florida March, 2006 Washington, DC
	Bill Hiscock Montana	2002 - 2004	October, 2002 Puerto Rico March, 2003 Washington, DC October, 2003 Kansas March, 2004 Washington, DC
	John Wefel Louisiana	2000 - 2002	October, 2000 Utah March, 2001 Washington, DC September, 2001 Alaska March, 2002 Washington, DC
	Dick Henry Maryland	1998 - 2000	October, 1999 Hawaii March, 2000 Washington, DC
	Mary Sandy Virginia	1996 - 1998	November, 1996 Colorado March, 1997 Washington, DC October, 1997 South Dakota April, 1998 Nevada
	Steve Horan New Mexico	1994 - 1996	May, 1996 Virginia *need minutes from Spring & Fall 1995
	Marth Eisenberg Florida	1992 - 1994	January, 1993 Texas April, 1994 Missouri
	Steve  Nichols Texas	1990 - 1992	January, 1990 Maryland March, 1991 Alabama

 

The very first Space Grant meeting took place from January 16-19, 1990 in Maryland, at JPL.  Click Here to see a group photo from that meeting.

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