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Board of Directors

The Board of Directors serves as the governing board of Society and reviews and establishes policies and procedures. To conduct the business of the society, the Board meets throughout the year remotely and annually in-person at each NASBR symposium. Responsibilities can be found in the Board of Directors Guide

To nominate yourself or someone else for the NASBR Board, fill out this form.

Members do NOT need to be on the Board of Directors to serve on one of these committees: (1) Auction; (2) Awards; (3) Bernado Villa Award Subcommittee; (4) Education and Outreach; (5) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; (6) Nominations; (7) Policy and Public Relations; (8) Spallanzani Award; and (9) Sponsorship. To join, contact the Chair of the Committee (listed below).

2024 Board Members

Elected Board Members


Liam McGuire 

NASBR Chair
University of Waterloo

2017-2027; Chair of BoardFinance; Miller Award; Kunz Award Chair






Amanda Adams
Bat Conservation International
2023-2028; Chair of Finance






Gerald Carter
The Ohio State University
2019-2024; Chair of Nominations; Chair of Policy & Public Relations





Michael Fishman

Edgewood Environmental Consulting, LLC
2022-2027; Secretary, Sponsorship





Cristina Mac Swiney González 
Universidad Veracruzana
2023-2028; Chair of Education and Outreach; Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)





Catherine G Haase
Austin Peay State University
2023-2028; Chair of Sponsorship; Chair of Auction; Policy & Public Relations; Education and Outreach








Maria Sagot
State University of New York at Oswego
2014-2024; Spallanzani Chair







Angelo Soto-Centeno
American Museum of Natural History
2022-2027; Awards Chair; Spallanzani; Kunz Award; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)






Heather York
Buena Vista University
2014-2024; Awards



Elected Student Representatives


Amanda Bevan

University of Northern Colorado

Student Representative 2022-2024; Kunz Award




Phillip Oelbaum

University of Toronto - Scarborough

Student Representative 2023-2025; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion





Appointed by the Board


Riley Bernard
University of Wyoming
Associate Program Director




DeeAnn Reeder
Bucknell University
Treasurer





Luis Víquez-R
Bucknell University
Program Director; Finance






Emma Wilcox
University of Tennessee
Associate Program Director





         Melissa Ingala
            Fairleigh Dickinson University
           Ombudsperson




Terry Zinn
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Ombudsperson





Local Hosts

Craig Willis | The Erica and Arnold Rogers Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship | The University of Winnipeg

Craig Willis
University of Winnipeg
2023 Local Host




Jorge Ortega
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
2024 Local Host




Cristina Mac Swiney González 
Universidad Veracruzana
2024 Local Host




Rodrigo A. Medellín
UNAM
2024 Local Host
(pic by Raul Ivan Martinez)



Matina Kalcounis-Ruppell
University of Alberta 
Local Host 2025, Former Chair



OTHER VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE MEMBERS (NOT ABOVE)

Award: Beth Clare, Loren Ammerman
Auction: Mark Brigham (as auctioneer)
Bernardo Villa: Jorge Ortega Reyes
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Amy Russell
Education and Outreach: Aja Sherman, Veronica Brown, Laura Navarro
Policy and Public Relations: Dana Green, Krista Patriquin
Gerritt Miller Award: All past winners
Nominations: Allen Kurta, Burton Lim
Spallanzani: Tigga Kingston, Paul Racey, Craig Willis, Mark Brigham
Kunz Award: Winifred Frick, Brock Fenton
Webmaster: Aaron Corcoran

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