FPN25-18

FPA Leadership Changes

July 11, 2025

A little over a year ago, in March 2024, Fusion Power Associates co-founder and FPA president Steve Dean, and his long-time associate and VP for Administration and Finance Ruth Watkins, advised the FPA Board of their desires to retire around the end of 2024. A Search and Continuity Committee, chaired by FPA Board Chair Susana Reyes was established and met frequently during 2024 to review suggested candidates and organizational issues and provided recommendations to the Board

The FPA Board confirmed the recommendations of the Search and Continuity Committee by mail ballot earlier this year, approving the following:

That E. Michael Campbell be named President-elect, to take office on or about March 1, 2025.

That Farhat Beg of UCSD be named Senior Vice President elect, to take office on or about March 1, 2025.

That current FPA President Steve Dean be given the honorary title of FPA President Emeritus upon his retirement.

That current VP for Administration and Finance Ruth Watkins be given the honorary title of FPA VP for Administration and Finance Emeritus upon her retirement.

Making all necessary arrangements for the transition has resulted in slipping the March 1 2025 target date to the present time.

The transition to new FPA leadership is now complete.

As part of the transition, FPA headquarters is now relocated to 9700 Gilman Drive, PMB 159, La Jolla, CA 92093-5010.

Administrative support for FPA is now being provided by the University of California at San Diego, under the guidance of FPA Senior VP Farhat Beg (UCSD), assisted by Arnetha Whitmore (UCSD) acting as FPA Treasurer.

The FPA website Fusion Power Associates has been updated to reflect these changes.

The FPA annual meeting (46th) will be held December 9-10 at the University of California Washington Center at 1608 Rhode Island Av, NW i in DC. The draft agenda and registration details will be forthcoming shortly.

The current FPA email address fusionpwrassoc@aol.com remains unchanged.

In the future, Steve Dean can be contacted directly at stevedean0512@aol.com

It been a pleasure and honor for me to work with all of you these past many years.

Steve Dean
FPA President Emeritus