<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear colleagues,<br><br>We are asking for your help in identifying outstanding candidates for a new Program Manager for the IRIS Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL). Over the past 25 years, PASSCAL has become a cornerstone facility for the US academic Earth Science community and has helped stimulate a new era of seismological field experiments around the world. Jim Fowler, the current (and founding) PASSCAL Program Manager, was instrumental in making this happen and he plans to remain with IRIS in a support position as we transition to new leadership.<br><br>In the years to come, PASSCAL will need experienced, forward thinking leadership to help it continue its current activities while also working creatively to take the program into the future. This person will be instrumental in navigating issues such as identifying technological advances for next-generation portable instrumentation, developing solutions for evolving needs of the PASSCAL community, merging parts of USArray with PASSCAL core operations, and identifying funding to sustain and grow PASSCAL facilities and activities.<br><br>Finding this person won't be easy, and we ask for your help (yes, you!) in identifying and recruiting strong applicants. We are interested in applicants from a broad range of backgrounds, both within and external to the seismological community.<br>Please bring this exciting opportunity (see <a href="http://www.iris.edu/hq/employment)">http://www.iris.edu/hq/employment)</a> to the attention of candidates you see as the future leader for PASSCAL. The Chair and members of the Search Committee also welcome any comments or suggestions.<br><br>Thank you very much in advance for your efforts in helping us find the right person for this vital position.<br><br>Program Manager Search Committee<br>Anne Sheehan (chair) - University of Colorado<br>Matt Fouch - Arizona State University<br>David James - Carnegie Institution<br>David Okaya - University of Southern California<br>Steven Roecker - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<br>Lara Wagner - University of North Carolina<br>Richard Allen - University of California, Berkeley<br>Susan Beck - University of Arizona<br>David Simpson - IRIS Consortium<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>