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 and 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 Mr 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.