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McEntee to end 9-year tenure at science group

CEO plans to pursue a balance of personal and professional interests after stepping down; board is organizing search processMcEntee When Chris McEntee joined the American Geophysical Union as executive director in 2010, she followed a scientist who had held the role for nearly 40 years. Since then, McEntee has helped steer major changes at the group—including outsourcing publications, renovating its Washington, D.C., headquarters to be "net-zero energy" and raising AGU's profile as a voice for the value and integrity of science. AGU announced Oct. 8 that McEntee had informed the board she would step down by the end of March 2020. The group supports 60,000 members in the… Read More