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Section Leadership

Agroecology

  • Sarah Davis, Chair (2018 – 2020 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • Amber Kerr, Vice Chair | Email
  • Julie Davis, Secretary | Email

Applied Ecology

  • Ajay Sharma, Chair | Email
  • Zakiya Leggett, Vice-Chair | Email
  • Sarah Whipple. Secretary | Email

Aquatic Ecology

  • John Kominoski, Chair (2019 – 2021 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • David Manning, Vice Chair | Email
  • Gaston “Chip” Small, Secretary | Email

Asian Ecology

  • Lin Jiang, Chair (2019 – 2021) | Email
  • Shaopeng Wang, Secretary | Email
  • Qianna Xu, Student Liaison | Email

Biogeosciences

  • Steven Allison, Chair (Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2021) | Email
  • Debjani Sihi, Secretary (Jan. 2020 – Dec. 2021) | Email

Black Ecologists

  • Senay Yitbarek, Chair | Email
  • Nyeema C. Harris, Vice Chair | Email
  • Jasmine Crumsey, Secretary | Email

Communication and Engagement

  • Robert Newman, Chair (2020 – 2021 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • Elizabeth Cook, Chairperson-Elect | Email
  • Skylar Bayer, Secretary (2020 – 2021) | Email
  • Kirsten Schwarz, Past Chairperson | Email

Disease Ecology

  • Clay Cressler, Chair (2019 – 2020) | Email
  • Sarah Budischak, Vice Chair | Email
  • Briana Betke, Student Liaison | Email
  • Ana Bento, Webmaster | Email

Early Career Ecologist

  • Cari Ficken, Chair (2020 – 2021 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • Molly Reichenhorn, Secretary/Treasurer | Email
  • Angee Doerr, Past Chair | Email
  • Caitlin Rottler, Member-at-Large
  • Justin Suraci, Member-at-Large

Ecological Restoration

  • Jonathan Bauer, Chair 
  • Elise Gornish, Vice Chair | Email
  • Mark Brunson, Outreach Coordinator | Email

Education

  • Tracy Gartner, Chair (2020 – 2021) | Email
  • David Bowne, Chair-Elect (2020 – 2021) | Email
  • Erica Tietjen, Secretary-Treasurer (2019 – 2021) | Email
  • Jennifer Doherty, Past Chair (2020 – 2021) | Email

Environmental Justice

  • Jorge Ramos, Chair | Email
  • Jeramie Strickland, Vice-Chair | Email
  • Amber Finley, Secretary

Human Ecology

  • V. Beth Olsen, Chair | Email
  • Phyllis Pouyat-Thibodeau, Secretary | Email
  • Lin Meng, Student Section Liaison | Email
  • Dee Lôbo, Webmaster | Email
  • Rob Dyball, Past-Chair | Email

Inclusive Ecology

  • Allyson Salisbury, Chair (2020-2021) | Email
  • Sam Davis, Past Chair

Invasion Ecology

  • Lauren Smith-Ramesh, Chair (1/1/2020 – 12/31/2020) | Email
  • Jessica Welch, Vice Chair | Email
  • Rebecca Bunn, Secretary | Email
  • Sara Kuebbing, Past-Chair | Email

Long Term Studies

  • Morgan Ernest, Chair | Email
  • Kendi Davies, Vice Chair | Email
  • Christie Bahlai, Secretary | Email

Microbial Ecology

  • Mario Muscarella, Chair | Email
  • Adriana Romano-Olivares, Secretary | Email
  • Jennifer Bhatnagar, Fundraising Coordinator | Email
  • Nathan Cude, Industry Representative

Natural History

  • Thomas Fleischner, Chair (2018-2020 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • Louise Weber, Vice Chair | Email
  • Andrea Adams, Secretary | Email

Open Science

  • Leadership positions are open

Paleoecology

  • Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, Chair (2019 – 2020)

Physiological Ecology

  • Michael Loik, Chair (Jan. 2020 – Dec. 2021) | Email
  • Jia Hu, Secretary | Email
  • Shan Kothari, Student Liaison

Plant Population Ecology

  • Nicole Rafferty, Chair (2019 – 2021 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • Matthew Koski, Vice Chair (2019 – 2021) | Email
  • Gaurav Kandlikar, Secretary (2020 – 2022) | Email

Policy

  • Caroline Ridley, Chair (2019 – 2020 Fall Section Meeting) | Email
  • Charlotte Levy, Chair-elect | Email
  • Linh Anh Cat, Secretary | Email
  • Anjali Kumar, Past Chair | Email

Rangeland Ecology

  • Daniel Rubenstein, Chair (2020 – 2021 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • Elizabeth King, Secretary | Email
  • Joseph Gazing-Wolf, Student Liaison
  • Sheri Spiegal, Past Chair | Email

Researchers at Undergraduate Institution

  • Daniel Scholes, Chair | Email

Soil Ecology

  • Daniel Stover, Chair (2019 – 2021 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • Lydia Zeglin, Vice Chair | Email
  • Stephanie Kivlin, Secretary | Email
  • Andre Franco, Early Career Representative | Email

Statistical Ecology

  • Masami Fujiwara, Chair (2019 – 2021 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • Dennis Valle, Vice Chair | Email
  • Joshua Cullen, Secretary | Email

Student

  • Callie Oldfield, Chair | Email
  • Vanessa Blevines, Treasurer
  • Josette McLean, Secretary
  • Ajisha Alwin, Webmaster

Theoretical Ecology

  • James O’Dwyer, Chair | Email
  • Jasmine Kreig, Student Liaison

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

  • Leslie “Leke” Hutchins, Interim Chair | Email

Urban Ecosystem Ecology

  • Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman, Co-Chair (2018 – 2020 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • Olyssa Starry, Vice Chair | Email
  • David Lowenstein, Secretary / Webmaster | Email

Vegetation

  • Kyle Palmquist, Chair (2019 – 2021 Annual Meeting) | Email
  • Martin Dovciak, Vice-Chair | Email
  • Loretta Battaglia, Secretary | Email
    Andrew Andrade, Student Representative | Email
  • George Malanson, Past Chair | Email