Chapter Leadership
2024-2025 Chapter Leadership
Chair: Luiza Aparecido, PhD
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Vice-chair: Tyson Terry, PhD
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Council Representative: Rebecca Finger-Higgens, PhD
USGS-Southwest Biological Science Center
Moab, UT
Secretary: Adam Mahood, PhD
Postdoctoral Scientist at the USDA-ARS
Fort Collins, CO
Student Representative: Parikrama Sapkota
Graduate student, University of Texas El Paso
El Paso, TX
Mentorship and Event coordinators:
– Eva Deegan: graduate student, Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ)
– Rebecca Senft: graduate student, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
Social Media Manager & Webmaster: Tony Easton
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL
Former Chapter Leadership
2023-2024:
- Rebeca Finger-Higgens, Chair
- Luiza Aparecido, Vice-Chair
- Adam Mahood, Secretary
- Kristina Young, Council Representative
- Parikrama Sapkota, Outreach Manager
- Ryan Pienaar, Student Representative
- Molly Reichenborn and Brandi Wheeler, Mentorship coordinators
2022-2023:
- Kristina Young, Chair
- Rebecca Finger-Higgens, Vice-chair
- Tanner Aiono, Secretary
- Brooke Osborne, Council Representative
- Daniela Aguirre, Webmaster
- Aradhana Roberts, Student Representative
- Jennifer Holguin, Outreach Manager
- Molly Reichenborn and Brandi Wheeler, Mentorship coordinators
- Ben Yang and Tyson Terry, Language services
2022-2023:
- Brooke Osborne, Chair
- Kristina Young, Vice-chair
- Rebecca Finger-Higgens, Secretary
- Aradhana Roberts, Student Representative
- Jennifer Holguin, Social Media coordinator
- Daniela Aguirre, Webmaster
Previous years:
Chair: Akasha Faist, PhD
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
Vice-chair: Daniel Winkler, PhD
United States Geological Survey
Moab, UT
Secretary: Tara Bishop
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Social Media Manager & Webmaster:
Alessandro Filazzola, PhD
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada