The composition of the new Division Steering Committees (DSC) for the next triennium, including the results from the recent elections (closed on 26 June) circulated to the IAU members on 30 June, is given below.

The figures give further details on the election statistics. Note that, for regular DSC member candidates, only those having been elected are indicated. (For better clarity, select an image on the right column, click on it, then select the "Image Format" in the right column instead of just "click to enlarge").

Update on 20 October 2015: Andrea Milani Comparetti was selected as the C.X2 Cross-Division A-F Commission representative in the Steering Committee in Division F, and William Folkner was selected as the representative in the Steering Committee in Division A for the same Commission.

Update on 17 November, 2015: Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann was selected as the C.X1 Cross-Division D-J Commission representative in the Steering Committee in Division J, and on the 6 January 2016, William Richard Forman was selected as the representative in the Steering Committee in Division D for the same Commission.

Division A

Steering Committee Members :

President:
Anne Lemaître (Belgium)

Vice-President:
Daniel Hestroffer (France)

Elected Members, First Term:
Elisa Arias (France), Fernando Roig (Brazil), Ralph Gaume (USA)

Elected Members, Second Term:
Nicole Capitaine (France), Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (Brazil), Susan Stewart (USA)

Ex-Officio Members (Commission Presidents):
Anthony Brown (Netherlands; A1), Richard Gross (USA; A2), Catherine Hohenkerk (UK; A3), Cristian Beaugé (Argentina; A4), William Folkner (USA; VP of X2)

Advisor (Past President):
Sergei Klioner (Germany)

President:
Pietro Ubertini (Italy)

Vice-President:
Michael Burton (Australia)

Elected Members, First Term:
Ana I. Gómez de Castro (Spain), Peter Quinn (Australia), Wenwu Tian (China Nanjing)

Elected Member, Second Term:
Lisa Storrie-Lombardi (USA)

Ex-Officio Members (Commission Presidents):
Simon F. Portegies Zwart (Netherlands; B1), Michael Wise (Netherlands; B2), Eric D. Feigelson (USA; B3), Gabriele Giovannini (Italy; B4), Farid Salama (USA; B5), Saul J. Adelman (USA; B6), Richard F. Green (USA; B7)

Advisor (Past President):
David Silva (USA)

Division C

Steering Committee Members :

President:
John Hearnshaw (New Zealand)

Vice-President:
Susana Deustua (USA)

Elected Members, First Term:
Katrien Kolenberg (Belgium), Linda Strubbe (Canada), Pamela L. Gay (USA), Saeko S. Hayashi (USA)

Elected Members, Second Term:
Michèle Gerbaldi (France), Kazuhiro Sekiguchi (Japan)

Ex-Officio Members (Commission Presidents):
Beatriz Garcia (Argentina; C1), Pedro Russo (Netherlands; C2), Xiaochun Sun (China Nanjing; C3), Clive Ruggles (UK; C4)

Advisor (Past President):
Mary Kay Hemenway (USA)

Division D

Steering Committee Members :

President:
Chryssa Kouveliotou (USA)

Vice-President:
Elena Pian (Italy)

Elected Members, First Term:
Anna Watts (Netherlands), Isabelle Grenier (France), Tadayasu Dotani (Japan)

Elected Members, Second Term:
Anna Wolter (Italy), John Kirk (Germany), Xavier Barcons (Spain)

Ex-Officio Members (Commission Presidents):
Neil Gehrels (USA; D1); William Richard Forman (USA; X1)

Advisor (Past President):
Diana Worrall (UK)

Division E

Steering Committee Members :

President:
Yihua Yan (China Nanjing)

Vice-President:
Sarah Gibson (USA)

Elected Members, First Term:
Toshifumi Shimizu (Japan), Eduard Kontar (UK), Nandita Srivastava (India)

Elected Members, Second Term:
Marc DeRosa (USA), Rudolf von Steiger (Switzerland), Arnab Rai Choudhuri (India)

Ex-Officio Members (Commission Presidents):
Natalie A. Krivova (Germany; E1), Lyndsay Fletcher (UK; E2), Ingrid Mann (Sweden; E3)

Advisor (Past President):
Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi (UK)

Division F

Steering Committee Members :

President:
Nader Haghighipour (USA)

Vice-President:
Gonzalo Tancredi (Uruguay)

Elected Members, First Term:
Maria Barucci (France), Daniela Lazzaro (Brazil), Athena Coustenis (France)

Elected Members, Second Term:
Paul Chodas (USA), William Irvine (USA), Didier Queloz (UK)

Ex-Officio Members (Commission Presidents):
Jiri Borovicka (Czech Republic; F1), Alain Lecavelier des Etangs (France; F2), Sun Kwok (China Nanjing; F3), Andrea Milani Comparetti (Italy; X2)

Advisor (Past President):
Giovanni Valsecchi (Italy)

Division H

Steering Committee Members :

President:
Bruce Elmegreen (USA)

Vice-President:
Leonardo Testi (Italy)

Elected Members, First Term:
Eva Schinnerer (Germany), Francisca Kemper (China Taipei), Cristina Chiappini (Germany)

Elected Members, Second Term:
Holger Baumgardt (Australia), Diego Mardones (Chile), Michael Meyer (Switzerland)

Ex-Officio Members (Commission Presidents):
Eva K. Grebel (Germany; H1), Thomas J. Millar (UK; H2), Letizia Stanghellini (USA; H3), Richard de Grijs (China Nanjing; H4)

Advisor (Past President):
Ewine van Dishoeck (Netherlands)

Division J

Steering Committee Members :

President:
Claus Leitherer (USA)

Vice-President:
Matthew Malkan (USA)

Elected Members, First Term:
Leslie Hunt (Italy), Marcella Carollo (Switzerland), Jeremy Mould (Australia)

Elected Members, Second Term:
Stephane Courteau (Canada), Andy Bunker (UK), Monica Rubio (Chile)

Ex-Officio Members (Commission Presidents):
Denis Burgarella (France; J1), Avery A. Meiksin (UK; J2); Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann (Brazil; VP of X1)

Advisor (Past President):
Françoise Combes (France)

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