IALE-North America Committees

Awards Committee:

Betty Kreakie, Chair
US EPA
27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882
kreakie <dot> betty <at> epa <dot> gov

Other members:  Jennifer Costanza (NCSU), Sarah Goslee (USDA), Dan Kashian (Wayne State University), Emily Minor (University of Illinois at Chicago), Brian Pickard (Tetra Tech), and ​Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis (Environment and Climate Change Canada) 

Foreign Scholar Committee:

Anne Kuhn-Hines​, Chair
US Environmental Protection Agency
Atlantic Ecology Division
27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02835
kuhn dot anne<at>epa dot gov
usiale dot foreignscholar<at>gmail dot com

​Other members: Kathy Vigness-Raposa, Deahn DonnerWright, Robert Corry

Nominating Committee:

Todd Lookingbill, Chair
Department of Geography and the Environment 
University of Richmond 
Richmond, VA 23173
804-289-8265
tlooking<at>richmond <dot> edu

Other members: Darrel Jenerette, Carly Ziter, Nathan Gill

Site Selection Committee:

Dra. Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo, Chair
CONACYT, Instituto de Ecología, A. C.
Red de Diversidad Biológica del Occidente Mexicano, 
Yessica <dot> rico <at> inecol <dot> mx

Other members: Jennifer Miller, Matt Baker, Jeff Hollister, Kurt Riitters, Anita Morzillo

Sponsorship Committee: 

Brian Buma, Chair
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Biology
University of Colorado
brian<dot>buma<at>ucdenver <dot> edu

Other members: Pete August, Bruce Jones, Brian R. Sturtevant

Policy Committee:

Audrey Mayer, Chair
Associate Professor
School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences and Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Dr 
Houghton, MI 49931
almayer<at>mtu <dot> edu

​Other members: Jonathan Bossenbroek, Amy Daniels, Amelie Davis, Yolanda Wiersma

Communications Committee (ad hoc):

Yolanda Wiersma, Chair
Professor, Department of Biology
Memorial University
​St.  John’s, NL, Canada
(709) 864-7499
ywiersma<at>mun <dot> ca

Other members: Peter August, Whalen Dillon, Rob Scheller, Anita Morzillo, Amelie Davis, Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman

Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Committee:

Kristin Byrd, Chair
kbyrd<at>usgs <dot> gov

​Other members: Li An, Dave Bell, Kristin Brazunias, Nancy McIntyre, Kusum Naithani, Georgina Sanchez, Kelly Green Guilbeau, Sandra Haire, Sophie Taddeo, Miguel Villarreal

Additional Contacts: 

Delaney Meeting & Event Management
Leslie Pelch (annual meeting logistics) leslie <at> delaneymeetingevent <dot> com 
Marie Romanelli (website maintenance) marie <at> delaneymeetingevent <dot> com