Leadership

 

President: Shawn E. Krosnick, Tennessee Tech University, skrosnick@tntech.edu, 2026-2028
President–Elect: TBD
Past-President: Mark Fishbein, Oklahoma State University, mark.fishbein@okstate.edu, 2024-2026
Secretary: Abigail Moore, University of Oklahoma, abigail.j.moore@ou.edu, 2023–2026
Treasurer: Lisa Wallace, Old Dominion University, lewallac@odu.edu, 2024-2026
Webmaster: Michael Thomas, michael.thomas@hawaii.edu, 2013–onwards
Newsletter Editor: open

Members at Large
Oyetola Oyebanji, 2024–2027, oyebanjioyetola@gmail.com
Angela McDonnell, 2026-2028, angela.mcdonnell@stcloudstate.edu

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Standing Committees

Affiliate Society Liaison Committee
ASPT liaison – Shawn Krosnick, Tennesee Tech, skrosnick@tntech.edu, 2026–2029
BSA liaison – open
IAPT liaison – open
SPNHC liaison – Alina Freire-Fierro, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, alina.freire@utc.edu.ec, 2026–2029

Auditing Committee
Mark Mayfield (Chair) –  Kansas State University, markherb@ksu.edu, 2024-27
Deborah Lewis, Iowa State University, dlewis@iastate.edu, 2024-25
George Yatskievych, Austin Texas, george.yatskievych@austin.utexas.edu, 2024-2027

Herbarium Assistance Committee
Ashley Bales (Chair), abales@fwbg.org, 2026-2029
Chris Waters, waters.c@wvwc.edu, 2026-2029
Uhunwa Igho-Osagie, ighoo001@umn.edu, 2026-2029

Membership Committee
Ryan Schmidt (Chair), Harvard University, ryanschmidt1399@gmail.com, 2023–2026
Lucas Majure, University of Florida, lmajure@floridamuseum.ufl.edu, 2025–2028
Aliya Davenport, a.davenport@wingate.edu, 2026-2029
Sarita Munoz Gomez, smunozg@clemson.edu, 2026-2029

Nominating Committee
Mark Fishbein (Chair), Oklahoma State University, mark.fishbein@okstate.edu, 2026-2028
Katya Romoleroux, kromoleroux@puce.edu.ec, 2026-2027
Oyetola Oyebanji, 2026–2027

Grants Committee
Jocelyn Hall (Chair), jocelyn.hall@ualberta.ca, 2023–2026
Lynsey Worcester, Morton Arboretum, worcester.07@gmail.com, 2023–2026
Mac Alford, mac.alford@usm.edu, 2023–2026
Lova Marline, lmarline@fas.harvard.edu, 2023–2026

Investment Committee
Lisa Wallace (Chair), Old Dominion University, lewallac@odu.edu, 2024-2028
Shawn E. Krosnick, Tennessee Tech University, skrosnick@tntech.edu, 2026-2028
Mark Mayfield, Kansas State University, markherb@ksu.edu, 2024-27
Michael Thomas, michael.thomas@hawaii.edu, 2023–2026

Newsletter Editorial Committee
Harlan Svoboda, U.S. National Arboretum, Harlan.Svoboda@usda.gov, 2020 onward
Abigail Moore, Associate Editor, University of Oklahoma, abigail.j.moore@ou.edu, 2017 onward
Tanisha Williams, Associate Editor, Tanisha.Williams1@uga.edu
Michael Thomas, Webmaster, michael.thomas@hawaii.edu, 2013 onward

Early Career Committee
Erika Gardener (President), GardnerE@si.edu
Christian Lopez (Past President), christianlopezs@utexas.edu

Chapters Southeastern U.S.
Jennie Kluse (President), jkluse@lsu.edu, 2026-2028

Past Presidents
Mark Fishbein, Oklahoma State University, mark.fishbein@okstate.edu, 2024-2026
Anna Monfils, anna.monfils@cmich.edu, 2022–2024
Erin Tripp-Manzitto, University of Colorado, erin.tripp@colorado.edu, 2020–2022
Patrick Sweeney, Yale University, 2018–2020
Austin Mast, Florida State University, 2016–2018
Andrea Weeks, George Mason University, 2015–2016
Alexander Krings, North Carolina State University, 2013–2014
Michael Vincent, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 2011–2012
John Nelson, University of South Carolina, 2009–2010
Zack Murrell, Appalachian State University, 2007–2008
Michael Woods, Troy University, 2006
Dan Evans, 2005