American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Meet the DEIB committee here

Committee Members:
Cory Black
Hank Bart
Kassandra Ford (Co-Chair)
Matt Holding (Cashner Award contact)
Lameace Hussain (Co-Chair on EXEC)
Chris Martinez

Email: diversitycommitteeasih@gmail.com

(members updated 2024-4-1)

OFFICERS

Khalil Russell (2024 Chair) - ktrussell@ucdavis.edu
César Fuentes (Chair-Elect)
Hadeel Saad (Secretary)
Taegan Perez (Travel Award Coordinator)
Kaleigh Arnold (Web Coordinator)
Jackie Galvez (JMIH Liaison)
Patricia Torres-Pineda (International Liaison)

REPRESENTATIVES

Collections Committee:
Khalil Russel - ktrussell@ucdavis.edu

Conservation Committee:
Victoria Assad

Long Range Planning and Policy Committee:
Khalil Russell

COSP COMMITTEES

Book Raffle Committee:

Kaleigh Arnold (2024 Chair)
Lauren Houstoun
Esme Macpherson
Taegan Perez
Patricia Torres-Pineda

Outreach Commitee:
Kaleigh Arnold (2024 Chair)
Cesar Fuentes
Patricia Torres-Pineda

Social Committee:

Jackie Galvez (2024 Chair)
Adania Flemming
Hadeel Saad
Jonas Santos

Workshop Committee:

Jack Dirck (2024 Chair)
Kaleigh Arnold
Lauren Houstoun
Adania Flemming
Patricia Torres-Pineda

(updated 2024-01-19)

[last Chaired by Matthew Craig in 2020]

(updated 2023-07-02)

[last chaired by Michael Pauers and Sara Ruane in 2021]

(updated 2023-07-02)

Dean Adams (co-chair 2021-2025) - dcadams@iastate.edu
Dahiana Arcila (co-chair 2023-2028) - dahiana.arcila@ou.edu
Chris Beachy (2023-2028) - christopher.beachy@southeastern.edu
Catherine Malone (2019-2024) - catherine.malone.isg@gmail.com
Katherine Maslenikov (Treasurer) - pearsonk@uw.edu
Margaret Neighbors (2023-2028)

(Updated 2023-01-16)

Dean Adams (Co-Chair ENFC 2021-2025) - dcadams@iastate.edu
Dahiana Arcila (Co-Chair ENFC) - dahiana.arcila@ou.edu
Prosanta Chakrabarty (President) – prosanta@lsu.edu
Robert Espinoza (President-elect and Co-Chair LRPP)
Allison Litmer (Chair CoSP) - arlitmer@uark.edu
Katherine Maslenikov (Treasurer)
Frank McCormick (Prior Past President) - frank.h.mccormick@usda.gov
Adela Roa-Varón (Co-Chair, DEIB Committee) - diversitycommitteeasih@gmail.com
Mark Sabaj (Secretary) - mhs58@drexel.edu
W. Leo Smith (Editor) - leo@ichsandherps.org
Deanna Stouder (Co-Chair LRPP)
Emily Taylor (Past President) - etaylor@calpoly.edu

(updated 2023-07-02)

Daniel Warner (Chair) - dan.warner@auburn.edu
Lauren M. Chan - chanlm@calpoly.edu
Anna Savage - Anna.Savage@ucf.edu

(updated 2024-04-16)

Rayna Bell (2024 Chair) – rbell@calacademy.org
Lorin A. Neuman-Lee (2025 Chair)
Alison R. Davis Rabosky (2026 Chair)

(updated 2023-07-18)

Christopher Parkinson (Chair) - viper@clemson.edu
Jennifer Deitloff
Matthew Gifford
Sean Graham
Alan Savitzky
David Steen

(reviewed 2021-02-16)

David G. Smith (Co-Chair) - smithd@si.edu
Aaron Bauer (Co-Chair) - aaron.bauer@villanova.edu
Inci Bowman
Eric Hilton
Vic Hutchison
Susan Walls
Gregory Watkins-Colwell

(updated 2022-10-14)

Terry Grande - Tgrande@luc.edu - ICH, appointed in 2023
Kirk O. Winemiller - Kirk.Winemiller@ag.tamu.edu - ICH, appointed in 2023

Sarah Huber (Chair) – skhuber@vims.edu
Jessa Watters (Vice Chair) – jwatters@ou.edu
Khalil Russell (Student Representative) – ktrussell@ucdavis.edu
Calder Atta
Yesin Bakis
Hank Bart
Andy Bentley
Sara Cartwright
Greg Watkins-Colwell
Emily DeArmon
James Erdmann
Tom Giermakowski
Bill Ludt
Katherine Maslenikov
Joshua Mata
Caleb McMahon
Susan Mochel
Carol Spencer

(updated 2023-03-22)

[last chaired by Phil Harris ca. 2019]

(updated 2023-07-02)

Luiz Rocha (2024 Chair)
Matthew Girard (2025 Chair)
Thomas J. Near (2026 Chair)

(updated 2024-1-23)

Juan Schmitter-Soto (Chair) - juan.schmitter-soto@fulbrightmail.org

Kate Bemis
Thomas Dowling 
Lloyd Findley
Matthew G. Girard
Dean A. Hendrickson
Katriina Ilves 
Katherine Maslenikov 
Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos 
Christopher Scharpf 
H.J. Walker, Jr.

(updated 2024-03-04)

Guillermo Ortí (2024 Chair) – guilleorti@gmail.com
Sarah Z. Gibson (2025 Chair)
Carole Baldwin (2026 Chair)

(updated 2023-07-18)

Robert Espinoza - robert.e.espinoza@csun.edu
Deanna Stouder - deanna@execvisionvalue.com
Eric Hilton - ehilton@vims.edu
Hannah Owens - howens@flmnh.ufl.edu
Margaret Neighbors - mneighbors@prodigy.net
Larry Allen - larry.allen@csun.edu

Terry Grande - tgrande@luc.edu

(reviewed 2022-07-07)

Luiz Rocha (2023 Chair ICH) - lrocha@calacademy.org
Nancy Staub (2024 Chair HERP)
Wm. Leo Smith (2025 Chair ICH)

(updated 2023-03-22)

Kyle Piller (Chair) – kyle.piller@selu.edu
Rebecca Johansen (2022–) – johansenr@apsu.edu
Rocky Parker (2023–) – parke3mr@jmu.edu

(updated 2023-01-02)

Alison Davis-Rabosky (2024 Chair)
Brian Todd (2025 Chair)
Jennifer Moore (2026 Chair)

(updated 2024-01-31)

Ed Heist (2023 Chair) - edheist@siu.edu
Chris Lowe (2024 Chair)
Marianne Porter (2025 Chair)

updated 2022-10-24

Larry Allen - larry.allen@csun.edu
Hank Bart, Jr. - hbartjr@tulane.edu
Frank McCormick (ex officio & Chair) - Francis.Mccormick@usda.gov
Carol Spencer - atrox@berkeley.edu
Michael Britton - michaelryan.britton@gmail.com

(updated 2022-11-29)

W. Leo Smith (chair) - leo@ichsandherps.org
Mia Adreani
Catherine Bevier
Matthew T. Craig
Jon Davenport
Matthew P. Davis
Robert Espinoza
Julián Faivovich
Matthew G. Girard
Terry Grande
Malorie M. Hayes
Jacob Kerby
Jennifer Lamb
Jacqueline Litzgus
James W. Orr
Roberto E. Reis
Dustin Siegel
Joel W. Snodgrass
Bryan L. Stuart
Kathleen R. Smith

(updated 2022-01-17)

Kevin Tang (2024) Chair – kltang@umich.edu
Pam Hart (2025 Chair)
Bill Ludt (2026 Chair)

(updated 2024-02-28)

Devin Bloom
Chris Murray
Emily Taylor

(updated 2022)

Eric Hilton (2024 Chair) – ehilton@vims.edu
Kate Bemis (2025 Chair)
Thomas Munroe (2026 Chair)

(updated 2023-07-18)

William Ludt (2024 Chair) - wludt@nhm.org
Bree Putnam (2025 Chair)
Carol Johnston (2026 Chair)

(updated 2024-02-28)

Katherine Bemis (2024 Chair ICH) – bemisk@si.edu
Jessa Watters (2025 Chair HERP)
Randy Singer (2026 Chair ICH)

(updated 2023-07-18)

Robert Espinoza (ex officio Chair) — robert.e.espinoza@csun.edu

(updated 2023-07-03)

Melissa Gibbs
Anat Belasen
Kassandra Ford
Caleb McMahan (Chair)
James Watling
Jackie Webb

(updated 2022-10-3)

Publication Strategy Committee
[incl. Assessment of BioOne Contract; est. 7 Apr 2022 by President Emily Taylor]

Maureen Donnelly (Chair)
Katherine Maslenikov
Steve Mullin
Margaret Neighbors
Brian Sidlauskas
Wm. Leo Smith

Symposium Review Committee
[est. 2019]

Eric Hilton
Ralph Saporito
Ben Frable
Rocky Parker

American Elasmobranch Society
Charles "Chip" Cotton - ccotton@fsu.edu

American Fisheries Society
Marlis R. Douglas - mrd1@uark.edu

American Institute of Biological Sciences
Alan Savitzky - savitzky@usu.edu

BioOne
Alan Savitzky - savitzky@usu.edu

Herpetologist' League
Alan Savitzky - savitzky@usu.edu

Natural Science Collections Alliance
Larry M. Page - lpage1@ufl.edu

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Randy Singer - rsinger@flmnh.ufl.edu

Society for Study of Amphibiams and Reptiles
Alan Savitzky - savitzky@usu.edu

Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM
Lynne Parenti - parentil@si.edu

(reviewed 2021-2-17)

Prosanta Chakrabarty — Facebook (Moderator) — prosanta@lsu.edu
Adela Roa-Varon — Facebook (Moderator) — Roa-VaronA@si.edu
Luiz Rocha — Facebook (Admin) — lrocha@calacademy.org
Mark Sabaj — Facebook (Admin) — mhs58@drexel.edu
Wm. Leo Smith — Facebook (Admin) — leo@ichsandherps.org
Sarah Gibson — Instagram — Szgibson@stcloudstate.edu
Dustin Siegel — Twitter — dsiegel2@gmail.com
Milton Tan — Twitter — miltont@illinois.edu

updated 2022-07-07