.Katie Schwertz, Senior Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Modern Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been actually decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually realized for excellent service to SPIE as well as the optics community by means of job that advancements visual devices style, involves students, and shares the pleasure of optics along with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Member, Katie is actually an energetic factor to the optics community, having actually shown at various events and also authored two magazines along with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics Guidelines as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Design and Evaluation. Her involvement along with the association encompasses serving on event system committees, the Nominating and Management Progression Committee, and as a past SPIE Board of Supervisors member. Furthermore, she has joined the SPIE Education And Learning Board and the Gender Equity Commando, which intends to enhance equal opportunities and acknowledgment within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has worked on numerous imaging device concepts, tolerancing, studies, and model evaluations in squeezed timeframes for each internal advancement and also external clients. She got her BS in Optics from the Educational institution of Rochester's Principle of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She currently serves as a Board member for the Arizona Innovation Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland business collection." Our company are actually very proud to find Katie Schwertz realized with the SPIE President's Honor for her dedication as well as impactful contributions to the optics area," said Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel as well as Principal Advertising And Marketing & Marketing Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to progressing optical systems style as well as motivating the next generation of designers embodies the innovation and also leadership we pursue at Edmund Optics.".