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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 

University of Waterloo

2017-2027

Chair of Board

Chair of Miller Award Subcommittee

Chair of Kunz Award Subcommittee

Finance Committee




Amanda Adams
Bat Conservation International
2023-2028


Chair of Finance





Mike Fishman

Edgewood Environmental Consulting, LLC

2022-2027

Sponsorship Committee







Dennis Krusac

-
2024-2029

Chair of Policy and Public Relations Committee





Cristina Mac Swiney
Universidad Veracruzana
2023-2028

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





Nathan Muchhala
-
2024-2029


Chair of Nominations Committee








Aja Sherman
-
2024-2029


Chair of Education and Outreach Committee

Secretary








Angelo Soto-Centeno
American Museum of Natural History

2022-2027

Chair of Awards Committee




Elected Student Representatives



Renee Lile

University of Wyoming

2024-2026

Student Representative



Phillip Oelbaum

University of Toronto - Scarborough

2023-2025


Student Representative




Appointed by the Board


Riley Bernard
University of Wyoming

Associate Program Director

Finance Committee




DeeAnn Reeder
Bucknell University


Treasurer



Luis Víquez-R
Bucknell University


Associate Program Director




Emma Wilcox
University of Tennessee


Associate Program Director





Melissa de Waal
Fairleigh Dickinson University


Ombudsperson



LOCAL hosts

Matina Kalcounis-Ruppell
University of Alberta 

Local Host 2025

Former Chair





Jorge Ortega
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
2024

Local Host





Cristina Mac Swiney González 
Universidad Veracruzana
2024

Local Host




Rodrigo A. Medellín
UNAM
2024

Local Host





OTHER VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE MEMBERS (NOT ABOVE)

Auction: Mark Brigham (as auctioneer)
Bernardo Villa Subcommittee Chair: Jorge Ortega Reyes
Education and Outreach Committee: Veronica Brown

Nominations Committee: Burton Lim, Allen Kurta

Spallanzani Subcommittee Chair: Maria Sagot
Webmaster: Beatriz Nogueira e Figueira, Aaron Corcoran

Gerritt Miller Award: All past winners

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