About Us

Save Standard Time is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, donor-funded, volunteer-supported effort to preserve and extend the observation of longitudinally cor­rect Stand­ard Time.

We raise awareness among the public, the press, state legislators, and members of Congress about the evidence for continuation of Standard Time in winter and for cessation of clock change by permanent Standard Time. We consult with researchers, physicians, teachers, and community leaders, and we operate on volunteered time and donated funds. Our efforts are reducing the number of bills for permanent Daylight Saving Time, increasing those for permanent Standard Time.

Awards

In 2023, Save Standard Time was awarded the annual Sleep Champion Award by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation.

Also in 2023, Save Standard Time’s president and vice president were each awarded the annual Mark O Hatfield Public Policy or Advocacy Award by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Partners

Save Standard Time is a founding member of the Coalition for Permanent Standard Time, established in 2023 with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, National Sleep Foundation, Sleep Research Society, and Society for Research on Biological Rhythms.

Save Standard Time is a founding member of the International Alliance for Natural Time, established in 2020 with many partner organizations in Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Founding

Save Standard Time was founded by Jay Pea, a resident of greater Phoenix who hails from rural Iowa. Jay is a software engineer, a graphic designer, a former member of the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers’ board of directors, and an enthusiast for circadian health. As a child, his great-grandfather (a farmer) taught him to tell time from the sun.

In 2019, Jay began Save Standard Time as an online and letter-writing campaign, in response to the rush of permanent-DST bills that contradicted historical and scientific evidence. The nonprofit was registered 501(c)(4) in 2021.

Board of Directors

Board of Advisors

• Mariah Baughn MD, Pathologist, Scripps Clinic Medical Group, La Jolla, California (LinkedIn)
• Andrew Binder MD FCCP FAASM, Medical Director, Ventura Sleep Disorder Center, California (California Sleep Society)
• Kindra Crick, Neurology Artist, Northwest Noggin Neuroscience Outreach Group, Portland, Oregon (LinkedIn)
• Spencer Dawson PhD DBSM, Assistant Clinical Professor & Associate Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (LinkedIn)
• Horacio de la Iglesia PhD, Biology Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (LinkedIn)
• Grant Denn PhD, Physics Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado (X)
• Myriam Juda PhD, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Simon Fraser University (LinkedIn)
• Royan Kamyar MD MBA, Founder & CEO, Owaves, San Diego, California (LinkedIn)
• Joyce Lee-Iannotti MD, Medical Director of the Sleep Disorders Center, Banner University, Phoenix, Arizona (LinkedIn)
• Travis Longcore PhD, Environmental Science Professor, UCLA, Los Angeles, California (LinkedIn)
• Sameh Morkous MD FAAP FAAN FAASM, Medical Director, Pediatric Neurology & Sleep Medicine Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital, Pennsylvania; Clinical Professor, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pennsylvania (LinkedIn)
• Logan Schneider MD, Neurology Professor, Stanford University, Redwood City, California (LinkedIn)
• Terra Ziporyn PhD, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Start School Later, Severna Park, Maryland (LinkedIn)

Board members represent their personal views in their participation with Save Standard Time; they do not serve as representatives of their employers.