Staff Directory

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ESA Headquarters

1990 M Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036

Phone: (202) 833-8773
Fax: (202) 833-8775
Email: gro.asenull@qhase

Executive Office

Executive Director
Catherine O’Riordan (ext. 206)

Chief Financial Officer
Elizabeth Biggs
(ext. 203)
Budgets and any other financial matters

Administration

Director of Information Technology
Thet Oo (ext. 230)
Information Systems Manager
Gordon Potter (ext. 204)
Websites
Finance and Accounting Associate
Aye Thaingi Kyaw (ext. 208)
Questions pertaining to billing
Administrative / Governance Assistant
George Stephan (ext. 201)

Public Affairs Office

Director of Public Affairs
Alison Mize (ext. 205)
Public Information Manager
Heidi Swanson (ext. 211)
Public Affairs Manager
Nicole Zimmerman (ext. 224)

Society Programs Office

Society Programs Director
Adrienne Sponberg (ext. 221)
Program Coordinator
Jessie Ribera (ext. 221)

Education & Diversity Programs

General: gro.asenull@noitacude
Director of Education and Diversity Programs
Teresa Mourad (ext. 234)
Manager of Diversity Programs
Fred Abbott (ext. 235)
Education Programs Coordinator
Jessica Johnston (ext. 222)

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Editor in Chief
Richard Wallace
Managing Editor
Peter Mooreside (ext. 217)
Assistant Editor
Sabrina Levey (ext. 215)

Publishing

Publishing General: gro.asenull@slanruojase
Director of Publishing
Zsolt Silberer (ext. 212)
Production Manager
Ellen Cotter
Production Editor
Heather Carlo
Peer Review Manager
Anne Marie Whelan
Peer Review Specialist
Sarah Schneider
Peer Review Specialist
Bradley Walker
Publications Associate
Mayda Nathan

Meetings

Meeting General: gro.asenull@sgniteem
Director, Conventions and Meetings
Christi R. Nam (ext. 213)
Meeting Program Associate
Jennifer Riem (ext. 218)
Meetings Coordinator
Monica Tinsley (ext. 216)
Exhibit, Sponsorship, and Advertising Manager
Wendy Ashburn (240-416-4227)

Membership

Membership General: gro.asenull@pihsrebmem
Director of Membership and Communications
Jonathan Miller (ext. 236)
Professional Programs Coordinator
Sandra Del Río (ext. 237)

Emeritus Staff

Executive Director Emeritus:
Katherine S. McCarter

News

Where the Red Fox Dens: Fox dens foster tree growth, according to new study

(September 13, 2022) – A study published in Ecosphere reveals that trees growing on and around the sites of fox dens, especially long-established fox dens, grow faster than trees without vulpine intervention.

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Canned salmon dating back to 1970s shows that marine mammals face increasing risks of intestinal parasitism

(August 3, 2022) – Cans of salmon processed between 1979 and 2019 reveal that whales and dolphins have become increasingly likely to consume prey containing parasitic worms that can cause acute gastritis in marine mammals.

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Pathogenic microbes in drying soils could present public health threat

(July 28, 2022) – Research on soil fungal communities in the southwestern United States suggests that spore-producing fungi in increasingly dry soils could represent a future threat to public health.

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Senator Rosa Galvez Selected as the 2022 ESA Regional Policy Award Winner

(July 21, 2022) – ESA will present its 15th annual Regional Policy Award to the Honorable Rosa Galvez, an independent Senator for Quebec, on Sunday, Aug 14, 5:00pm EDT, during the ESA Annual Meeting Opening Plenary.

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Journals and Publications

The Japanese endemic flowering plant Arisaema urashima possesses a spectacular thread-like sterile appendix. The plant's strange shape evokes the image of Urashima Taro—a character in a Japanese folktale—fishing, hence the plant's name. Suetsugu et al. conducted a removal experiment of the thread-like appendix to examine its functional significance. Their study, published in the September issue of Ecology, provides strong evidence for the attraction role of the thread-like appendix targeting its primary pollinators.

Ecology