.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has been actually picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is recognized for exceptional service to SPIE and the optics community by means of work that advancements visual systems concept, involves trainees, and also shares the pleasure of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Member, Katie is an energetic contributor to the optics area, having actually presented at many associations and authored pair of magazines along with SPIE Press, featuring Photonics Guidelines as well as Field Guide to Optomechanical Design and Analysis. Her involvement along with the organization extends to offering on association program boards, the Nominating and Leadership Growth Committee, and also as a past SPIE Panel of Directors participant. Additionally, she has joined the SPIE Learning Board and also the Gender Equity Task Force, which aims to boost equal opportunities and also recognition within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has worked with a variety of imaging body styles, tolerancing, studies, and also model examinations in compressed durations for each inner advancement as well as external consumers. She acquired her BS in Optics from the University of Rochester's Principle of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the University of Arizona. She presently functions as a Panel member for the Arizona Modern Technology Council and also Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland industry cluster." We are actually surprisingly happy to find Katie Schwertz identified along with the SPIE President's Honor for her commitment and impactful additions to the optics community," claimed Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Board as well as Main Advertising & Business Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to accelerating visual bodies layout and also motivating the newest generation of developers exhibits the innovation and management our company pursue at Edmund Optics.".