Leadership Matters

This letter from past president Kathleen Weathers details some of our major accomplishments in support more inclusion in science and our Society, while this message from Executive Director Catherine O’Riordan digs into the successes of the leadership and staff working together.

2021 Governing Board

President-Elect Dennis Ojima Colorado State University President Kathleen Weathers Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Past President Osvaldo Sala Arizona State University
Vice President for Finance Jeannine Cavender-Bares University of Minnesota	Secretary Jessica Gurevitch Stony Brook University
Vice President for Education and Human Resources Carmen Cid Eastern Connecticut State University	Vice President for Public Affairs Laura Petes National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association
Vice President for Science Diane Pataki Arizona State University	Member At-large Zoe Cardon Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
Member At-large Jacqueline Gill University of Maine	Member At-large Sasha Reed U.S. Geological Survey Southwest Biological Center

2021 Board of Professional Certification

Chair Tim Nuttle Oikos Ecology LLC
Steven Archer University of Arizona	Mary Barber RTI International
Steven Jones GFD Pty, Ltd	Zakiya Leggett North Carolina State University
Paul Schmalzer NASA Kennedy Space Center, IMSS	Diane Wickland NASA

2021 Editors in Chief

Ecology Kathryn Cottingham Dartmouth College	Ecological Applications Juan Corley Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina
Ecological Monographs Aimee Classen University of Michigan	Ecosphere Debra Peters USDA/ARS
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Rich Wallace Ecological Society of America	Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Ed Johnson University of Calgary
Issues in Ecology Serita Frey University of New Hampshire	Book Review Editor Stephen Matter University of Cincinnati

2021 Committee Members

See this page for a full list of ESA’s Board, program and administrative committees; note that the Society’s governance reform changed the

2021 Section and Chapter Chairs

Section Chairs
Agroecology Andrew Cartmill	Applied Ecology Ajay Sharma	Aquatic Ecology John Kominoski
Asian Ecology Lin Jiang	Biogeosciences Steven Allison	Black Ecologists Nyeema Harris
Communication & Engagement Robert Newman	Disease Ecology Sarah Budischak	Early Career Ecologists Cari Ficken
Ecological Restoration Jonathan Bauer	Education Tracy Gartner	Environmental Justice Jorge Ramos
Human Ecology V. Beth Kueser	Inclusive Ecology Allyson Salisbury	Invasion Ecology Jessica Welch
Long-term Studies Morgan Ernest	Microbial Ecology Mario Muscarella	Natural History Susannah Lerman
Paleoecology Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie	Physiological Ecology Michael Loik	Plant Population Ecology Nicole Rafferty
Policy Charlotte Levy	Rangeland Ecology Daniel Rubenstein	Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions Daniel Scholes
Soil Ecology Daniel Stover	Statistical Ecology Masami Fujiwara	Student Section Callie Oldfield
Theoretical Ecology James O’Dwyer	Traditional Ecological Knowledge James Rattling Leaf	Urban Ecosystem Ecology Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman
Vegetation Kyle Palmquist

Chapter Chairs
Canada Mark Boyce	Great Lakes Kenneth Zidell	Latin America Diogo Provete
Mid-Atlantic Vince D’Amico	Southeastern Charles Kwit	Southwestern Tara Bishop

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