AGU CEO Announces Leadership Transition

8 October 2019


WASHINGTON–Chris McEntee, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) CEO and executive director, announced today that she will be departing AGU at the end of the first quarter 2020. You can read the full announcement here.

Inquiries about the executive search are premature at this time.

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