Against the backdrop of recent membership discussions focused on what SEG will look like in the next decade lies an important question: who will be the members of this future SEG? It should come as no surprise to most readers that the SEG membership is aging; having a mean membership age increase by nearly one year every year is not sustainable in the long run. Increasing the number of students and young professionals transitioning to longer-term SEG membership must remain an important goal of the Society. Doing so, though, requires that our future members see SEG as a forward-looking organization that is career relevant and supportive of their professional development. Ideally, SEG should strive to be the global top-of-mind organization of applied geophysicists that inspires and motivates young professionals to take up the manifold challenges of responsible production and stewardship of natural resources while protecting the environment and the communities that we applied geophysicists serve.