.Katie Schwertz, Senior Citizen Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually selected as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is acknowledged for outstanding service to SPIE and the optics neighborhood via work that advances optical systems concept, interacts students, and shares the enjoyment of optics with everyone.As an SPIE Senior Participant, Katie is actually an active contributor to the optics community, having shown at numerous events and authored 2 magazines with SPIE Press, featuring Photonics Guidelines as well as Guidebook to Optomechanical Layout and also Review. Her involvement with the association includes providing on association program committees, the Nominating and also Management Development Committee, and also as a previous SPIE Panel of Directors member. Also, she has actually taken part in the SPIE Education Committee as well as the Gender Equity Task Force, which strives to enhance level playing fields as well as acknowledgment within the optics neighborhood.For Edmund Optics, Katie has serviced various image resolution unit styles, tolerancing, analyses, and model examinations in pressed durations for both internal advancement and external consumers. She acquired her BS in Optics coming from the College of Rochester's Principle of Optics and her MS in Optical Sciences from the College of Arizona. She currently acts as a Panel participant for the Arizona Modern Technology Authorities and also Co-Chair of their Optics Valley industry bunch." Our team are astonishingly glad to view Katie Schwertz recognized with the SPIE Head of state's Honor for her commitment and also impactful contributions to the optics community," claimed Marisa Edmund, Chairman of the Panel and also Chief Advertising & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to accelerating visual systems design and uplifting the next generation of designers shows the advancement and also leadership our experts pursue at Edmund Optics.".