.Katie Schwertz, Senior Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been chosen as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is identified for impressive solution to SPIE as well as the optics neighborhood via work that advances visual devices layout, involves students, as well as portions the exhilaration of optics along with the public.As an SPIE Elderly Person Member, Katie is actually an energetic contributor to the optics neighborhood, having actually offered at many events and authored two magazines with SPIE Press, featuring Photonics Rules of Thumb as well as Field Guide to Optomechanical Design as well as Review. Her involvement with the organization encompasses offering on event system committees, the Nominating and Management Development Board, and also as a past SPIE Board of Supervisors member. In addition, she has taken part in the SPIE Learning Board and also the Gender Equity Commando, which aims to improve level playing fields and recognition within the optics area.For Edmund Optics, Katie has worked with several imaging system styles, tolerancing, evaluations, and also model examinations in compressed timeframes for both inner growth as well as outside clients. She acquired her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Principle of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the College of Arizona. She currently works as a Board participant for the Arizona Technology Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Lowland sector bunch." Our company are actually very honored to see Katie Schwertz identified along with the SPIE President's Award for her commitment and impactful payments to the optics community," said Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Board and Main Marketing & Business Policeman at Edmund Optics. "Her dedication to evolving optical units style and also impressive the future generation of engineers exhibits the advancement as well as management our team pursue at Edmund Optics.".