.Katie Schwertz, Senior Manager of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has actually been decided on as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually recognized for impressive company to SPIE as well as the optics neighborhood by means of work that innovations optical units design, engages trainees, and also allotments the pleasure of optics along with everyone.As an SPIE Senior Member, Katie is an energetic factor to the optics community, having presented at numerous events as well as authored pair of magazines with SPIE Press, featuring Photonics General Rules and also Field Guide to Optomechanical Style as well as Study. Her engagement with the association extends to offering on event course committees, the Nominating as well as Management Advancement Board, and also as a past SPIE Board of Supervisors participant. Furthermore, she has joined the SPIE Education And Learning Committee as well as the Gender Equity Task Force, which intends to enrich equal opportunities as well as acknowledgment within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has worked on various image resolution body designs, tolerancing, analyses, and model assessments in pressed timeframes for both internal development as well as outside customers. She obtained her BS in Optics coming from the College of Rochester's Principle of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the Educational Institution of Arizona. She presently acts as a Panel participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland sector set." We are extremely honored to observe Katie Schwertz recognized along with the SPIE President's Award for her devotion and also impactful additions to the optics area," pointed out Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board and Principal Marketing & Sales Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to accelerating visual bodies concept and inspiring the newest generation of designers embodies the innovation as well as management our experts strive for at Edmund Optics.".