Panel Members

 

Current Panel Members

Chair:

Esteban Muldavin (2021 – 2025)
University of New Mexico

Executive Committee Members:

Rachelle Boul (2021 – 2024)
California Department of Fish & Wildlife

Mario Bretfeld (2024 – 2027)
Kennesaw State University

Scott Franklin (2024 – 2027)
University of Northern Colorado

Patrick McIntyre (2023 – 2026)
NatureServe

Jack Triepke (2022 – 2025)
USDA Forest Service (Region 3)

General Members:

Anne Davidson (ex-officio)
Boise State University

Michelle DePrenger-Levin (2024 – 2026)
Denver Botanic Gardens

Julie Evens (2022 – 2025)
California Native Plant Society

Don Faber-Langendoen (ex-officio)
NatureServe

Kass Green (2022 – 2025)
Kass Green Associates

Chris Lea (2023 – 2026)
Ecology and Environment, Inc. (Napa, CA)

Alexa McKerrow (ex-officio)
USGS Core Science Analytics, Synthesis and Libraries

Kyle Ann Palmquist (2022 – 2025)
Marshall University

Marji Patz (2024 – 2027)
USDA – NRCS Soil and Plant Sciences Division

Robert Peet (2023 – 2026)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Jeffery Ott (2022 – 2025)
USDA Forest Service

Jaime Ratchford (2024 – 2027)
California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Joe Rocchio (2023 – 2026)
Washington Department of Natural Resources

Carol Spurrier (ex-officio)
Co-Chair, FGDC Vegetation Subcommittee,
USDA Forest Service

James VanKley (2022 – 2025)
Stephen F. Austin State University

Aaron Wells (2023 – 2026)
AECOM Technical Services

Tom Wentworth (2024 – 2027)
North Carolina State University

Mark Wiltermuth (ex-officio)
USGS Core Science, Science, Synthesis, Analysis, and Research

 

Emeritus Members:

 

Former Members

The ESA Panel on Vegetation Classification was constituted in January 1995, by the Ecological Society of America, and became a Permanent Standing Committee in 2009.

Throughout the years, many vegetation ecologists have served on the Panel.  A list of past and present members is available at the link below:

ESA Panel Member History

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