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Officers & Committees

SFS Operations Manual (PDF)

Executive Committee (ExComm)

Chair (President): David Arscott
Past President: Sherri Johnson
President-Elect: Sally Entrekin
Vice President: Wil Wollheim
Vice President-Elect: Natalie Griffiths
Treasurer: Peter Levi
Secretary: AJ Reisinger
FinComm Chair: Anna Hamilton
Communications Committee Rep: Lauren Kinsman-Costello
Executive Director: Andreas Leidolf

Board of Directors (BoD)

Chair (President): David Arscott
Past President: Sherri Johnson
President-Elect: Sally Entrekin
Vice President: Wil Wollheim
Past Vice President: Erin Hotchkiss
Vice President-Elect: Natalie Griffiths
Treasurer: Peter Levi
Secretary: AJ Reisinger
Academic Delegate: Jim Hood
Early Career Delegate: Frank Akamagwuna
Non-academic Delegate: Zanethia Barnett
International Delegate: Erasme Uyizeye
Student Resource Committe Rep: Abagael Pruitt
Communications Committee Rep: Lauren Kinsman-Costello
PubComm Chair: Amy Burgin
FinComm Chair: Anna Hamilton
Council of Underrepresented Voices Rep: Manda Kambikambi
Executive Director: Andreas Leidolf

Finance Committee (FC)

Chair: Anna Hamilton
President: David Arscott
President-Elect: Sally Entrekin
Past President: Sherri Johnson
Treasurer: Peter Levi
Member: Jennifer Tank
Member: Bob Hughes
Member: Seth Wenger
PubComm Chair: Amy Burgin
Executive Director: Andreas Leidolf

Board of Trustees of the Endowment

Co-chair: Amanda Rugenski
Co-chair: Ben Block
PaulaFurey
Scott Collins
Jacqueline Gerson
Kurt Anderson
Pablo Esteban Gutiérrez-Fonseca
Diana Oviedo Vargas
President: David Arscott
Treasurer: Peter Levi
FinComm Chair: Anna Hamilton

Elections and Place (EPC)

Chair (Past President): Sherri Johnson
Past President: Steve Thomas
Alba Argerich
Joanna Blaszczak
John Olson
Aileen Lozie
AJ Reisinger
Executive Director: Andreas Leidolf

SFS Fellows Adminstrative Body

Co-chair / Point of Contact: Steve Hamilton
Co-chair / Selection Committee: Emma Rosi

Awards Selection Committees

Sally Entrekin (President-Elect)

Awards of Excellence, Distinguished Service, and Environmental Stewardship Subcommittee

Chair: Jim Heffernan
Sherri Johnson
Steve Thomas
Ashley Moerke
Becky Bixby
Marc Peipoch

Hynes Award Subcommittee

Chair: Rafael Almeida
Amanda Subalusky
Kelly Fritz
Jess Brandt
Aaron Koning
Michael Bogan

Student Awards Selection Subcommittee

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

Long-Range Planning (LRPC)

Co-chair: John Kominoski
Co-chair (PubComm liaison): Allison Roy
Fred Benfield
Amy Hansen
Meryl Mims
Shannon Speir
Eric Moody
Checo Colon Gaud
Erin Hotchkiss
William Ota
Kelsey Solomon
Michelle Busch
Courtney Larson
Executive Director: Andreas Leidolf

Annual Meeting

Program Chair and Plenaries: Bill McDowell
Co-Chair, Plenaries and Local Arrangements: Alonso Ramírez
SFS President: David Arscott
Field Trips Co-Coordinator: Carla López Loreda
Field Trips Co-Coordinator: Bianca Rodríguez
Workshop Coordinator: Omar Perez-Reyes
Special Session Co-Coordinator: Katherine Pérez-Rivera
Special Session Co-Coordinator: Omar Perez-Reyes
Poster Co-Coordinator: Pablo Guttiérez-Fonseca
Poster Co-Coordinator: Omar Perez-Reyes
Local Arrangements (incl. Fun Run and Off-site Social) Co-Coordinator: Bianca Rodríguez
Local Arrangements (incl. Fun Run and Off-site Social) Co-Coordinator: Nick Aumen
CUV Representative: Manda Kambikambi
SRC Representative: Lindsey Rasnake
Emerge Program Coordinator: Bre Ondich
ASN Events, Project Director: Hannah Pickford
ASN Events, Project Manager: Aileen Lozie
ASN Events, Sponsorship: Chad Murphy
Assistant to President: Susan Fitzpatrick (Ex Officio)
SFS Executive Director: Andreas Leidolf (Ex Officio)
SFS Communications: Andrea Ward (Ex Officio)

Publications (PubCom)

Chair: Amy Burgin
LRPC Co-Chair: Alison Roy
Communications Committee Chair: Lauren Kinsman-Costello
Ryan Sponseller
Bob Hall
Deb Finn
Journal Editor: Elizabeth Anderson
Communications Specialist: Andrea Ward

Communications

Co-Chair: Lauren Kinsman-Costello
Co-Chair: Laura Naslund
Communications Specialist: Andrea Ward
Andreas Leidolf
Jen Merrill
Emilio Williams-Subiza
Sherri Johnson
Erin Hotchkiss (interim)

Social Media Guidelines

Constitutional Revision

Chair: Caleb Robbins
Sarah Whorley
Jeffrey Muehlbauer
Sarah Roley
Gadfly Stratton
Andreas Leidolf

Student Resources (SRC)

Co-Chair: Champagne Cunningham 
Co-Chair: Lindsey Rasnake 
Past Chair (BoD Rep): Abagael Pruitt

Merchandise Subcommittee

Chair: Mitchell Liddick
Hannah Kim
Hope Romero

DEI Subcommittee

Chair: Aaliyah Wright
Vic Secondine
Kylie Wadkowski
Anna French
Wade Boys
Augustine Sitati
Isabella Errigo
Carla López Lloreda

Live Auction Subcommittee

Chair: Kathleen Cutting
Vanessa Czeszynski
Emma Thrift-Cahall
Caroline Anscombe
Katherine Pérez Rivera

Silent Auction Subcommittee

Chair: Tanya Iyer
Hayley Oakland
Mikaelis Anderson
Jacob Dorris

Undergraduate Affairs

Chair: Tori Hebert
Lexi Yokomizo
Renn Schipper
Alyssa Graziano
Marilee Claire Hoyle
Vamery González Hernández

Social Media Subcommittee

Co-chair: Amaryllis Adey
Co-chair: Jacqueline Todd
Deandre
Fahmida Akhter

Local Arrangements Subcommittee

Chair: Adriana G. Villanueva Cruz

Student-Mentor Mixer Subcommittee

Co-chair: Chelsea Smith
Co-chair: Nudrat Fatima
Zack Loveless
Sarah Flynn
Nguyen Tien Anh Quach
Jason Aguirre
Bre Waterman
Grace O'Malley

Virtual Events Subcommitee

Co-chair: Hazel Quarterman
Co-chair: Angelika Kurthen
Lauren Emer
Sabrina Jaffe

Workshop/Field Trip Subcommittee

Chair: Justin Sturtz
Caleigh Meehan
Alexis Griffin
Israt Jahan Tama
Stefanie Farrington

International Representation Subcommittee

Chair: Molly Bridger
Luiza Costa

 

Taxonomic Certification

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

Science and Policy (SPC)

Chair: Sandra Clinton
Mike Paul

International Coordination (ICC)

Co-chair: Diana Oviedo
Co-chair and BOD rep: Erasme Uyizeye
Janine Rüegg
Viviana Bravo
John Morse
David Penrose
Marco Cantonati
Jonathan Tonkin
Mark Gessner
Christina Linkem
Jinjun Kan

Conservation and Environmental Issues (CEIC)

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

Education (EdComm)

Co-chair: Elizabeth Sudduth
Co-chair: Fred Govedich
Aaliyah Wright
Bonny Bain
Patty Saunders
Sabrina Moore
Carissa Ganong
Lauren Kinsman-Costello
Vanessa Czeszynski

Journal Endowment (JEC)

Chair: David Strayer
Journal Editor: Elizabeth Anderson
PubComm Chair: Amy Burgin
Timothy Hoellein
Tadeu Siqueira
Amanda Rugenski

Early Career Development (ECD)

Co-Chair: Courtney Krabbenhoft
Co-Chair: Megan Fork
BoD Rep: Frank Akamagwuna
LRPC Rep: Courtney Larson
Pablo Gutierrez
Dustin Kincaid
Daniela Cortes Guzman
Ariel Shogren
Jacqueline Gerson
Rae McNeish
Katie Irving
Marc Peipoch
Action Simon (HLA)
Suman Jumani (HLA)
Bradley Strickland (HLA)
Anya Metcalfe
Lienne Sethna
Maggie Petersen
Ann Marie Reinhold

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
Alexa Herschberger
Z Compson
Janine Rüegg
Shaley Valentine
Jim Junker
AJ Reisinger

Consortium of Aquatic Science Society (CASS) Delegates

Amy Marcarelli
Nick Aumen