Audit Committee (Reports to VP for Finance)

• Frank Davis, Chair
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  Email: fwd@bren.ucsb.edu
• Jayne Belnap
• Laura Huenneke

Awards

• Katharine Suding, Chair (2018 – 2021)
  University of Colorado 
  INSTAAR
  Email: suding@colorado.edu

Student Awards (Buell/Braun) Subcommittee

• Phoebe Zarnetske, Chair
• Jennifer Bhatnagar
• Carolyn Kurle
• Daniel Laughlin
• Sean Menke

Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award Subcommittee

• Carmen R. Cid, Chair
  Eastern Connecticut State University
  Email: cid@easternct.edu
• Jacoby Carter
• Concepcion Rodriguez Fourquet
• Greg Hitzhusen
• Brenda Bergman
• Nyheema Harris

Cooper Award Subcommittee

• Jacquelyn Gill, Chair (2019 – 2021)
  University of Maine
  Climate Change Institute
  Email: jacquelyn.gill@maine.edu 
• Carissa Brown
• William Hoffman
• Etienne Laliberte 
• Andrew Trant

Eminent Ecologist Award Subcommittee

• Mark A. McPeek, Chair (2018-2020)
  Dartmouth College
  Hanover, NH 03755
  Email: mark.mcpeek@dartmouth.edu
• Elizabeth Borer
• Judie Bronstein
• Susan Harrison
• Lars Hedin
• Alan Knapp

Distinguished Service Citation Subcommittee

• Jill Baron, Chair
  Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
  Colorado State University
  Email: jill.baron@colostate.edu
• Carla d’Antonio
• Louis Pitelka
• Sunny Power 
• Les Real
• Ray Dueser

Fellows and Early Career Fellows Selection Subcommittee

• Sarah Hobbie, Chair (2016-2020)
  University of Minnesota
  Email: shobbie@umn.edu
• Cherie Briggs
• Nick Haddad
• Kenneth Klemow
• Jennifer Martiny
• Craig Osenberg

Forest Shreve Award, Whittaker Travel Award, Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist Awards Subcommittee

• Sasha Reed, Chair (2019-2021)
  U.S. Geological Survey
  E-mail: screed@usgs.gov 
• Brandon Bestelmeyer
• Amy Dunham
• Songlin Fei
• Jonathan Giddens
• Mauricio Quesada
• Nickolas Waser
• Daniel Winkler

Honorary Member Award Subcommittee

• Osvaldo Sala, Chair (2015 – 2018)
  Arizona State University
  Email: Osvaldo.Sala@ASU.edu
• Rodolfo Dirzo
• Serita Frey
• Whendee Silver

MacArthur Award Subcommittee

• Antony Ives, Chair (2016 – 2020)
  University of Wisconsin – Madison
  Email: arives@wisc.edu
• Anurag Agrawal 
• May Berenbaum
• David D. Breshears
• Gary G. Mittelbach
• Saran Twombly

Mercer Award Subcommittee

• Meghan Duffy, Chair
  University of Michigan
  Email: duffmeg@umich.edu
• Marcelo Ardon-Sayao
• Jen Lau
• Cathy Pfister
• Brian Enquist

National and International Award Nominations Subcommittee

• (vacant)

Odum Education Award Subcommittee

• Vikki Rodgers, Chair (2019 – 2021)
  Babson College
  Email: vrodgers@babson.edu 
• Gillian Bowser
• Catherine Kleier
• Luanna Prevost
• Sara Scanga
• Kathy Williams
• Ben Wu

Sustainability Science Award Subcommittee

• Matt Liebman, Chair (2019 – 2021)
  Iowa State University
  Email: mliebman@iastate.edu 
• Laura Dee
• David Hart
• Stephanie Hampton
• Katherine O’Neill
• Lauren Ponisio

Grants and Fellowships (to be appointed by VP of Education)

• Jessica Gurevitch, Chair
  Stony Brook University
  Email: Jessica.Gurevitch@stonybrook.edu

Committee on Diversity and Education (Chaired by VP of Education & HR)

• Pamela Templer, Chair (2018 – 2021)
  Boston University
  Email: ptempler@bu.edu 
• Wendy Gram 
• David Hawthorne
• Bethann Garramon Merkle (Communication and Engagement Section)
• Betsy Bancroft 
• Senay Yitbarek (Black Ecologists Section)
• George Middendorf (Environmental Justice Section)
• Tiffany Carey (Inclusive Ecology Section)
• Kathy Shea (Education Section)
• Leonardo Calle (Student Section)
• Tim Nuttle (Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section)

Meetings Committee (Reports to VP of Science)

• Ryan McEwan, 2019 Programs Chair
  University of Dayton
  Email: ryan.mcewan@udayton.edu
• Sarah Emery, 2019 Local Host 
  University of Louisville
  Email: sarah.emery@louisville.edu 
• Tim Schowalter (Future Meetings Chair and 2018 Program Chair)
• Chris Swan (Future Meetings Ch-Chair)
• Rob Crystal Ornelas (Student Section)
• Kiona Ogle (2020 Program Chair)
• Diane Pataki (2020 Local Host Chair)
• Caz Taylor (2018 Local Host)
• Steve Sheffield
• Sarah Anderson

Historical Records (Reports to Secretary)

• Sharon Kingsland, Chair
  Johns Hopkins University
  Email: sharon@jhu.edu
• Vice Chair – NONE
• Secretary – NONE
• Hal Balbach (2014 – 2017)
• Eva Dettweiler-Robinson (2013 – 2016)
• Robert Jones (2013 – 2016)
• Juliana Mulroy (2014 – 2017)
• Robert Peet (2012 – 2015)
• Dan Song (2012 – 2015)
• Doug Sprugel (2012 – 2015)
• Terry Wheeler (2013 – 2016)
• Sally White (2014 – 2017)

Nominations

• Rich Pouyat, Chair
• Manuel Morales
• Gillian Bowser
• Kathleen Treseder

Professional Ethics and Appeals (Reports to VP of Education & HR)

• Patricia A Flebbe
  US Forest Service (retired)
• George Middendorf
• Naupaka Zimmerman

Public Affairs (Chaired by VP of Public Affairs)

• Frank Davis, VP for Public Affairs (2017 – 2020)
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  Email: fwd@bren.ucsb.edu
• Bruce A. Byers (2017 – 2020)
• Astrid Caldas (2017 – 2020)
• Melissa Kenney (2016 – 2019)
• Tim Male (2017 – 2020)
• Laura Petes (2015 – 2018)

Ex-officio

• Laura Huenneke (2018 – 2019)

Publications (Reports to VP of Science)

• Robert Jackson, Chair (2017 – 2020)
• Email: rob.jackson@stanford.edu
• Sara Baer (2016 – 2018)
• Brandon Bestelmeyer (2016 – 2018)
• Andy Blaustein (2016 – 2018)
• Hall Cushman (2016 – 2018)
• Christine Hawkes (2012 – 2017)
• Selina Heppel (2016 – 2018)
• William Michener (2012 – 2017)
• Sasha Reed (2016 – 2018)
• Jennifer Talbot (2016 – 2018)
• Mark Urban (2016 – 2018)

Science Committee (Chaired by VP of Science)

• Jayne Belnap (2016 – 2019) 
  U.S. Geological Survey
  Email: jayne_belnap@usgs.gov
• Elena Bennett (2015 – 2018)
• Brandon Bestelmeyer (2016 – 2019)
• James Boyd (2016 – 2019)
• Mike Duniway (2016 – 2019)
• Valerie Eviner (2016 – 2019)
• Stephanie Hampton (2015 – 2018)
• Jessica Hellmann (2014 – 2017)
• Lori Hidinger (2016 – 2019)
• Daniel Scholes (2014 – 2017)

Vegetation Panel (Reports to VP of Science)

• Esteban Muldavin, Chair
  University of New Mexico
  Email: muldavin@unm.edu 
• Janet Franklin
• Todd Keeler-Wolf
• Robert Peet
• David Roberts
• Pat Comer
• Julie Evens
• Exequiel Ezcurra
• Don Faber-Langendoen
• Michael D. Jennings
• Chris Lea
• Alexa McKerrow
• Serguei Ponomarenko
• Ayzik Solomeshch
• David Tart
• Jack Triepke
• James VanKley
• Alan Weakley
• Tom Wentworth
• Carol Spurrier, Co-Chair, FGDC Vegetation Subcommittee
• Linda Spencer, Co-Chair, FGDC Vegetation Subcommittee