American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Meet the DEIB committee here

Committee Members:
Kory Evans
Kassandra Ford (Co-Chair)
Matthew Fujita
Matthew Holding
Lameace Hussain (Co-Chair on EXEC)
Katriina Ilves 
Adela Roa-Varón
Randy Singer
Shanelle Wikramanayake

Email: diversitycommitteeasih@gmail.com

(members updated 2024-6-23)

OFFICERS

César Fuentes-Montejo (2025 Chair) – cefmontejo14@gmail.com
Taegan Perez (Chair-Elect) – tjmperez@yorku.ca
Hadeel Saad (Secretary) – hhsaad@umich.edu
Kaleigh Arnold (Travel Award Coordinator) – Ka63@rice.edu
Esme Macpherson (Web Coordinator) – esb.macpherson@gmail.com
Jackie Galvez (JMIH Liaison) – jacquelyngalvez@berkeley.edu
Miguel Montalvo (International Liaison) – mmontalvo@vims.edu

REPRESENTATIVES

Collections Committee:
Kaleigh Arnold – Ka63@rice.edu

Conservation Committee:
Jack Dirck – jack.dirck.506@my.csun.edu

Long Range Planning and Policy Committee:
Khalil Russell – ktrussell@ucdavis.edu

COSP COMMITTEES

Book Raffle Committee:

Miguel Montalvo (2025 Chair) – mmontalvo@vims.edu
Emma Pollackov, Kaleigh Arnold, Esme Macpherson, Hadeel Saad

Outreach Commitee:
Hadeel Saad (2025 Chair) – hhsaad@umich.edu
Kaleigh Arnold, Aleida Iriarte, Cesar Fuentes-Montejo, Khalil Russell

Social Committee:

Desi Joseph (2025 Chair) – desi.wilson@okstate.edu
Cole Schmitt, Roman Ferraro, Kiedon Bryant

Workshop Committee:

Santoshi Mutyala (2025 Chair) – mutyalas@moravian.edu
Jack Dirck, Griffin Nicholson, Desi Joseph

(updated 2025-04-17)

Chris Distel – cadistel@schreiner.edu
Melissa Youngquist – myoungquist@sheddaquarium.org
Jack K. Dirck (student rep) – jack.dirck.506@my.csun.edu

(updated 2024-09-4)

[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
Matthew Craig (Treasurer) - matthewcraig4@gmail.com
Margaret Neighbors (2023-2028)

(Updated 2024-06-23)

César Fuentes (Chair, Committee on Student Participation) - cefmontejo14@gmail.com
Dean Adams (Co-Chair, ENFC) - dcadams@iastate.edu
Dahiana Arcila (Co-Chair, ENFC) - dkarcila@ucsd.edu
Deanna Stouder (Co-Chair, LRPP) - deanna@execvisionvalue.com
Kassandra Ford (DEIB Committee, Co-Chair with Lameace Hussain) - ford0411@umn.edu; diversitycommitteeasih@gmail.com
Terry Grande (Officer—Editor) - Tgrande@luc.edu
Henry Bart, Jr. (Officer—President [2025]) - hbartjr@tulane.edu
Dustin Siegel (Officer—President Elect [2025]) - dsiegel2@gmail.com
Mark Sabaj (Officer—Secretary [2021-2025]) - mhs58@drexel.edu
Matthew Craig (Officer—Treasurer) - matthewcraig4@gmail.com
Robert Espinoza (Past President [2024]; also as Co-Chair, LRPP) - robert.e.espinoza@csun.edu
Prosanta Chakrabarty (Prior Past President [2023]) - prosanta@lsu.edu

(updated 2025-3-18)

Anna Savage (2025 Chair) – Anna.Savage@ucf.edu
Lauren M. Chan (2026 Chair) – chanlm@calpoly.edu
Daniel Warner – dan.warner@auburn.edu

(updated 2024-11-14)

Lorin A. Neuman-Lee (2025 Chair) – lneumanlee@AState.edu
Alison R. Davis Rabosky (2026 Chair)
Raul Diaz (2027 Chair)

(updated 2024-09-09)

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
Katherine Bemis
Inci Bowman
Eric Hilton
Gregory Watkins-Colwell

(updated 2024-06-23)

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
Daniel Akin, Kate Bemis, Dave Boyd, Emily DeArmon, James Erdman, Ben Frable, Cesar Fuentes, Andrew Gallardo, Matt Girard, Terry Grande, Marta Hess, Allison Julien, Chun Kamei, Esther Langan, Bill Ludt, Leo Macleod, Rene Martin, Katherine Maslenikov, Joshua Mata, Caleb McMahan, Susan Mochel, Diance Pitassy, Sinlan Poo, Anthony Rajkumar, Abby Reft, Coleman Sheehy, Randy Singer, Daniel Sinopoli, Carol Spencer, H.J. Walker, Rowan Ward, Greg Watkins-Colwell, David Werneke

(updated 2024-06-24)

[last chaired by Phil Harris ca. 2019]

(updated 2023-07-02)

Matthew Girard (2025 Chair)
Thomas J. Near (2026 Chair)

Diego Elias (2027 Chair)

(updated 2025-2-25)

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)

Sarah Z. Gibson (2025 Chair) – szgibson@stcloudstate.edu
Carole Baldwin (2026 Chair)
Eric Hilton (2027 Chair)

(updated 2024-09-09)

Robert Espinoza (Co-Chair) — robert.e.espinoza@csun.edu
Deanna Stouder (Co-Chair) — deanna@execvisionvalue.com
Larry Allen — larry.allen@csun.edu
Terry Grande — tgrande@luc.edu
Eric Hilton — ehilton@vims.edu
Margaret Neighbors — mneighbors@prodigy.net
Hanna Lois Owens — howens@flmnh.ufl.edu
Helen Plylar — helen.plylar@usu.edu
Khalil Russell — ktrussell@ucdavis.edu

(reviewed 2024-07-07)

Wm. Leo Smith (2025 Chair ICH)
Karen Lips (2026 Chair HERP)

(updated 2024-11-18)

Kyle Piller (Chair) – kyle.piller@selu.edu
Rebecca Johansen (2022–) – johansenr@apsu.edu
Rocky Parker (2023–) – parke3mr@jmu.edu
Chip Cotton (AES representative)
Allyson Fenwick (SSAR representative)
David Green (ex officio as Program Officer)

(updated 2024-06-23)

Brian Todd (2025 Chair) – btodd@ucdavis.edu
Jennifer Moore (2026 Chair)
Robert Espinoza (2027 Chair)

updated 2025-1-7

Marianne Porter (2025 Chair) – mporte26@fau.edu
Adam Summers (2026 Chair) –fishguy@uw.edu
William Bemis (2027 Chair) – web24@cornell.edu

updated 2025-1-13

Adela Roa-Varón (elected in 2023, became Chair in 2025) – Roa-VaronA@si.edu

Lisa Barrow (elected in 2024 HERP)
Rayna Bell (elected in 2023 HERP)
Prosanta Chakrabarty (ex. officio ICH)
Adam Summers (elected in 2024 ICH)
Molly Womack (elected in 2024 HERP)

(updated 2025-02-02)

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

(updated 2024-06-23)

Pam Hart (2025 Chair) – pbhart@ua.edu
Bill Ludt (2026 Chair)
Emily DeArmon (appointed in Feb 2025)

(updated 2025-02-27)

Bobby Espinoza
Ben Frable
Malorie Hayes
Frank McCormick
Chris Murray
Randy Singer
Luke Tornabene

(updated 2024-06-23)

Kate Bemis (2025 Chair) – bemisk@si.edu
Thomas Munroe (2026 Chair)
Jonathan Armbruster (2027 Chair)

(updated 2024-09-09)

Breanna J. Putman (2025 Chair) – putman.bree@gmail.com
Carol Johnston (2026 Chair)
Malorie Hayes (2027 Chair)

(updated 2024-09-09)

Jessa Watters (2025 Chair HERP) – jwatters@ou.edu
Randy Singer (2026 Chair ICH)
Lauren Scheinberg (2027 Chair HERP)

(updated 2024-09-09)

Henry Bart, Jr. (ex officio Chair) — hbartjr@tulane.edu

(updated 2024-06-23)

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

(updated 2022-10-3)

Eric Hilton (Chair)
Ben Frable
Ralph Saporito
Jessica Tingle

updated 2024-7-20

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
VACANT

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