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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: Mitchell Liddick
Co-Chair: Aaliyah Wright
Past Chair (BoD Rep): Champagne Cunningham
 
Silent Auction Chair: Caroline Anscombe
Live Auction Chair: Vanessa Czeszynski
Merchandise Chair: Karessa De La Paz
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Co-Chairs: Hazel Quarterman & Jennoa Fleming
Undergraduate Affairs Co-Chairs: Tori Hebert & Renn Schipper
Social Media Co-Chairs: Jacqueline Todd & Deandre Presswood
Virtual Events Chair: Andrew Ali
Local Arrangements Chair: John Buster
Student Workshop/Fieldtrip Chair: Justin Sturtz
Student-Mentor Mixer Chair: Zacharie Loveless
International Representation Co-Chairs: Nguyen Tien “Anh” Quach & Jason Aguirre
Elections & Governance Chair: Annabel Schreiber
SRC/Early Career Committee Liaisons: Lindsey Rasnake and Leanne Stepchinski
 

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
Austin Gray
Catherine Masatani
Champagne Cunningham
Denzell Cross
Enahoro Owowenu
Felisha Walls
Francine Mejia
Guido A. Herrera
Jaylen Powell
Jessica Miller
Manda Kambikambi
Megan Stubbs
Nicholas Macias
Olufemi Akinnifesi

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