Panel Members
Current Panel Members
Chair:
Esteban Muldavin (2021 – 2023)
University of New Mexico
Executive Committee Members:
Scott Franklin (2021-2023)
University of Northern Colorado
Jack Triepke (2022 – 2024)
USDA Forest Service (Region 3)
Tom Wentworth (2021 – 2023)
North Carolina State University
Rachelle Boul (2021 – 2023)
California Department of Fish & Wildlife
Pat Comer (2022 – 2024)
NatureServe
General Members:
Mario Bretfeld (2022 – 2024)
Kennesaw State University
Michelle DePrenger-Levin (2022 – 2023)
Denver Botanic Gardens
Julie Evens (2022 – 2024)
California Native Plant Society
Don Faber-Langendoen (ex-officio)
NatureServe
Kass Green (2022 – 2024)
Kass Green Associates
Lisa Kluesner (2022 – Aug 2023)
US Forest Service
Chris Lea (2021 – 2023)
Ecology and Environment, Inc. (Napa, CA)
Alexa McKerrow (ex-officio)
USGS Core Science Analytics, Synthesis and Libraries
Kyle Ann Palmquist (2022 – Aug 2023)
Marshall University
Robert Peet (2021 – 2023)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Linda Spencer (ex-officio)
Co-Chair, FGDC Vegetation Subcommittee,
USDA Forest Service
Carol Spurrier (ex-officio)
Co-Chair, FGDC Vegetation Subcommittee,
USDA Forest Service
David Tart (2021 – 2023)
Vegetation Ecologist
James VanKley (2022 – 2024)
Stephen F. Austin State University
Alan Weakley (2022 – 2024)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jeffery Ott (2022 – 2024)
USDA Forest Service
Emeritus Members:
Michael D. Jennings
The Nature Conservancy
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: