.Katie Schwertz, Senior Manager of Optical Assemblies & Innovation at Edmund Optics, has been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually acknowledged for outstanding solution to SPIE as well as the optics neighborhood by means of work that developments optical units layout, interacts students, as well as portions the enthusiasm of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Senior Citizen Member, Katie is actually an active contributor to the optics area, having actually offered at various events and authored two publications along with SPIE Press, including Photonics Rules of Thumb as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Design and also Review. Her interaction along with the organization reaches offering on association system boards, the Nominating and Leadership Growth Board, and also as a previous SPIE Panel of Directors participant. Furthermore, she has actually joined the SPIE Education And Learning Board and the Sex Equity Task Force, which strives to improve level playing fields and recognition within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has worked on different imaging device concepts, tolerancing, analyses, and prototype examinations in compressed timeframes for each internal advancement as well as outside customers. She acquired her BS in Optics from the Educational institution of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. She currently serves as a Board participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Council and Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland industry cluster." We are very pleased to find Katie Schwertz recognized with the SPIE President's Honor for her devotion as well as impactful contributions to the optics community," claimed Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel as well as Main Marketing & Marketing Police Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her commitment to evolving optical bodies style and also inspiring the next generation of developers displays the innovation and management our company pursue at Edmund Optics.".