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Former Executive Committee Members

Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG)

NameTermInstitution
Lee ArmusNovember 2015–October 2018Caltech
Dominic Benford
COR Program Office,
Ex-Officio		August 2011–September 2013NASA / GSFC
Misty BentzDecember 2017–November 2020Georgia State University
Daniela CalzettiDecember 2013–November 2016University of Massachusetts
Julianne DalcantonOctober 2011–September 2014University of Washington
Dennis EbbettsDecember 2013–November 2016Ball Aerospace
Steve FinkelsteinNovember 2018–October 2021University of Texas
Michael Garcia (Ex-Officio)NASA HQ
Jonathan GardnerSeptember 2010–November 2013NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center
Lisseth Gavilan-MarinNovember 2020–November 2022NASA Ames Research Center
Suvi GezariNovember 2015–October 2018University of Maryland
Paul GoldsmithSeptember 2010–November 2013Jet Propulsion Laboratory
James GreenDecember 2013–November 2016University of Colorado
Matt GreenhouseFebruary 2015–January 2018NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Sara HeapDecember 2013–November 2016NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Lynne HillenbrandOctober 2011–October 2015Caltech
Chris HowkNovember 2015–October 2018University of Notre Dame
Mary Elizabeth KaiserNovember 2014–October 2017Johns Hopkins
Alina KiesslingFebruary 2020–October 2022Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Joseph LazioNovember 2014–October 2018NASA/JPL
Janice Lee
Chair		November 2017–October 2022
Chair-elect/Chair Jan 2021		Gemini / NOIRLab
David LeisawitzOctober 2011–February 2015NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul LightseyNovember 2016–November 2019Ball Aerospace
Charles LillieSeptember 2010–November 2013Northrop Grumman
James LowenthalMarch 2012–March 2015Smith College
Pam MarcumNovember 2014–October 2017NASA / Ames
Chris Martin
Chair		September 2010–July 2013California Institute of Technology
Stephan McCandlissNovember 2018–October 2024Johns Hopkins University
Thomas MegeathNovember 2016–November 2020U. Toledo
Margaret Meixner
Chair		November 2018–October 2021USRA / Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
John O'MearaNovember 2016–November 2019Saint Michael College
Deborah Padget
COR Program Office,
Ex-Officio		March 2014–January 2017NASA/GSFC
Mario Perez
Executive Secretary,
Ex-Officio		2010–February 2020NASA HQ
Alexandra PopeNovember 2018–October 2022University of Massachussetts
Enrique Lopez RodriguezApril 2022–October 2024Stanford University
Claudia ScarlataNovember 2016–November 2020U. Minnesota
Paul Scowen
Chair		December 2011–December 2014
November 2015–April 2019		Arizona State University
Kenneth Sembach
Chair		September 2010–November 2015Space Telescope Science Institute
Jason TumlinsonDecember 2017–November 2020Space Telescope Science Institute
Sarah TuttleNovember 2016–November 2020U. Washington
Christine ChenNovember 2020–January 2024Space Telescope Science Institute
Chris HaywardNovember 2020–January 2024Flatiron Institute

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An illustration of Sun-like star HD 181327 and its surrounding debris disk. The star is at top right. It is surrounded by a far larger debris disk that forms an incomplete ellpitical path and is cut off at right. There’s a huge cavity between the star and the disk. The debris disk is shown in shades of light gray. Toward the top and left, there are finer, more discrete points in a range of sizes. The disk appears hazier and smokier at the bottom. The star is bright white at center, with a hazy blue region around it. The background of space is black. The label Artist's Concept appears at lower left.