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Officers & Committees

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Executive Committee (ExComm)

Chair (President): Sherri Johnson (president@freshwater-science.org)
Past President: Steven Thomas (sathomas16@ua.edu)
President-Elect: David Arscott (darscott@stroudcenter.org)
Vice President: Erin Hotchkiss (ehotchkiss@vt.edu)
Vice President-Elect: Wil Wollheim
Treasurer: Peter Levi (treasurer@freshwater-science.org)
Secretary: Eugenia Marti
FinComm Chair: Anna Hamilton
PIP Rep: Katherine O'Reilly (keo@illinois.edu)
Executive Director: Andreas Leidolf (exec.director@freshwater-science.org)

Board of Directors (BoD)

Chair (President): Sherri Johnson (president@freshwater-science.org)
Past President: Steven Thomas (sathomas16@ua.edu)
President-Elect: David Arscott (darscott@stroudcenter.org)
Vice President: Erin Hotchkiss (ehotchkiss@vt.edu)
Past Vice President: John Kominoski
Vice President-Elect: Wil Wollheim
Treasurer: Peter Levi (treasurer@freshwater-science.org)
Secretary: Eugenia Marti
Academic Rep: Lauren Kinsman-Costello
Early Career Rep: Ann Marie Reinhold
Non-academic Rep: Zanethia Barnett
International Delegate: Erasme Uyizeye
SRC Rep: Anna Vincent
PIP Rep: Katherine O'Reilly
PubComm Chair: Amy Burgin
FinComm Co-Chair: Anna Hamilton
Past EDC Chair/EDC Rep: TBD
Executive Director: Andreas Leidolf (exec.director@freshwater-science.org)

Finance Committee (FC)

Chair: Anna Hamilton
Co-Chair: Betsy Colburn
President: Sherri Johnson
President-Elect: David Arscott
Past President: Steven Thomas
Treasurer: Peter Levi
Member: Jennifer Tank
Member: Bob Hughes
Member: Natalie Griffiths
PubComm Chair: Amy Burgin
Executive Director: Andreas Leidolf

Board of Trustees of the Endowment

Amanda Rugenski
Michelle Evans-White
Scott Collins
Paula Furey
Ben Block
Jacqueline Gerson
Kurt Anderson
Pablo Esteban Gutiérrez-Fonseca
Sherri Johnson
Peter Levi
Anna Hamilton

Elections and Place (EPC)

Steve Thomas
Ashley Moerke
Amy Marcarelli
Alba Argerich
Joanna Blaszczak
Aileen Lozie
Eugenia Marti
Andreas Leidolf

SFS Fellows Adminstrative Body

Point of Contact: Matt Whiles (mwhiles@ufl.edu)

Awards Selection Committees

David Arscott (President-Elect)

Awards of Excellence, Distinguished Service, and Environmental Stewardship Subcommittee

Chair: Eric Benbow
Steve Thomas
Ashley Moerke
Alonso Ramirez
Jim Heffernan
Becky Bixby

Hynes Award Subcommittee

Chair: Pete McIntyre
Emma Rosi
Rana El-Sabaawi
Rafael Almeida
Kelly Fritz

Student Awards Selection Subcommittee

Co-Chair: Matthew Troia
Co-Chair: PJ Torres

Long-Range Planning (LRPC)

Co-Chair: Checo Colon Gaud
Co-Chair: Allison Roy
Fred Benfield
Amy Hansen
Meryl Mims
Shannon Speir
Eric Moody
John Kominoski
William Ota
Andreas Leidolf (Executive Director)

Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting Chair and Plenaries: Dave Arscott, President-Elect
Annual Meeting Co-Chair and Local Arrangements Coordinator: Laura Craig
Field Trips Coordinator: Megan Fork
Workshops Coordinator: Matt McTammany
Special Sessions Coordinator: Christina Murphy
Posters Coordinator: Marc Peipoch
SFS President: Sherri Johnson
SFS Executive Director: Andreas Leidolf
Event Coordinator: Melanie Ercanbrack (Utah State University)

Publications (PubCom)

Chair: Amy Burgin
LRPC Co-Chair: Allison Roy
PIP Chair/Co-Chair: To be determined
Deb Finn
Ryan Sponseller
Bob Hall
Journal Editor: Todd Royer
Communications Specialist: Andrea Ward (communications@freshwater-science.org)

Public Information and Publicity (PIP)

Social Media Guidelines

To be determined

Constitutional Revision

Chair: Caleb Robbins
Sarah Whorley
Jeffrey Muehlbauer
Sarah Roley
Andreas Leidolf (Executive Director)

Student Resources (SRC)

Chair: Abagael Pruitt
Past Co-Chair (BoD Rep): Anna Vincent
Past Co-Chair: Emily Taylor

SRC Subcommittee Chairs

Silent Auction Chair: Lindsey Rasnake
Live Auction Chair: Elise Snyder
Merchandise Chair: Aaliyah Wright
Social Media Chair: Amaryllis Adey
Undergraduate Affairs Chair: Champagne Cunningham
Diversity and Inclusivity Co-Chair: Michelle Wolford
Diversity and Inclusivity Co-Chair: Noelle Gadfly Stratton
Virtual Events Chair: Angelika Kurthen
Local Arrangements Chair: Eva Bacmeister
Student Workshop Chair: TBD
Student-Mentor Mixer Chair: Sarah Flynn

SRC Members

Mohsin Khan
Vanessa Czeszynski
Tyler Allen
Amelia Grose
Zacharie Loveless
Erik Curtis
Mitchell Liddick
Hazel Quarterman
Jamie Cochran
Alia Benedict
Love Kumar
Katherine Perez Rivera
Renn Schipper
Bana Kabalan
Emma Thrift
Liz D Ortiz Munoz
Gabriel Borba
Grace O’Malley
Chelsea Smith

Taxonomic Certification

Chair: Bern Sweeney (sweeney@stroudcenter.org)
Sam Stribling
Tony Roux
Gary Lester
Andrew E.Z. Short 
Richard Mitchell
Mark Wetzel
Mike Floyd
Sarah Spaulding

Science and Policy (SPC)

Sandra Clinton
Mike Paul
Jason Taylor
Bob Hughes
Mitchell Owens

International Coordination (ICC)

Co-Chair: Erasme Uyizeye
Co-Chair: Diana Oviedo
Christina Linkem 
Dave Penrose 
Janine Rüegg 
Jinjun Kan 
John Morse 
Jonathan Tonkin 
Ly Trung Nguyen
Marco Cantonati
Mark Gessner
Viviana Bravo

Conservation and Environmental Issues (CEIC)

Chair: Steven Reir
Karen Gaines
Nick Aumen
Barry Baldigo
David J. Berg
Darrin Hunt
Timothy Fernandes
Sergio Sabat
Bernardo Traversari

Education (EdComm)

Chair: Elizabeth Suddeth
Patina Mendez

Journal Endowment (JEC)

Chair: David Strayer
Journal Editor: Todd Royer
Amy Burgin
Timothy Hoellein
Tadeu Siqueira
Amanda Rugenski

Early Career Development (ECD)

Co-chair: Courtney Krabbenhoft
Co-chair: Megan Fork
Ann Marie Reinhold
Courtney Larson
Pablo Gutierrez
Dustin Kincaid
Daniela Cortes Guzman
Ariel Shogren
Jacqueline Gerson
Katie Irving
Marc Peipoch
Frank Akamagwuna
Suman Jumani
Bradley Strickland

Councils, Special Committees & Task Forces

Council of Underrepresented Voices (CUV)

Chair: Zanethia Barnett
Manda Kambikambi
Lauren Diaz
Lenin Chari
Francine Mejia
Megan Stubbs
Umarfarooq Abdulwahab
Olufemi Akinnifesi
Guido A. Herrera
Moustapha Moussa

Membership & Data (MDC)

Chair: Dave Costello
Ryan Hill
Meg Woller-Skar

SFS Journal Task Force

Chair: Emma Rosi
Steve Thomas
Ashley Helton

SFS Conference & Membership Management Services

Co-Chair: Dave Costello
Co-Chair: Andreas Leidolf (Executive Director)
Jen Tank
Ryan Hill
Randy Fuller