In May 2019, my colleague Prof. Meenakshi Wadhwa (https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/957644) was appointed (https://asunow.asu.edu/20190628-discoveries-meenakshi-wadhwa-ready-lead-earth-and-space-exploration-asu) the Director of ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration (https://sese.asu.edu/). This is a really good thing for SESE given Mini’s many strengths and achievements and SESE’s great potential in Earth and Space Sciences. I have continued my role as Deputy Director for SESE (I had done the same for our former Director Lindy Elkins-Tanton (https://sese.asu.edu/node/1343)). It has been an honor to work for both Lindy and Mini. They are inspiring and effective leaders.

I too applied to be the Director and am very happy that Mini is the director. I put some energy into my application materials thinking about SESE and my own leadership experience and vision, so I have decided to post them here. If nothing else, it will help me find them quicker as I tend to refer to them occasionally.

• Curriculum Vitae as of February 8, 2019: LINK (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nYwXgR3fRWbx2iDyRT-VgRBDR1Q3hm5_/view?usp=sharing)

• A Vision for the School of Earth and Space Exploration (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jvj7nfS1HzRR3Fk6MD-TQEDY69f4qCez/view?usp=sharing)

• Presentation PPT (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OwYTFYkon07hFRnASQB5kmmbtx5zfRd9/view?usp=sharing) PDF (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oFTK_0f2RKXX8y2Hraqjj0MRFSUIHWrn/view?usp=sharing) – this was not so great in that I got sick on the second day of the interview and so it was delivered in a hoarse whisper! It was a sign probably that I could not hack it (the job that is; it was a stressful time).