Current IALE-North America Executive Committee

PRESIDENT

Li An 
​2024 to 2026
​​​Solon & Martha Dixon Endowed Professor
Director, International Center for Global and Climate Change Research
College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment
602 Duncan Drive
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36849  USA

Contact
​IALE-NA
​PRESIDENT

SECRETARY

  ​Anita Morzillo 
​2023 to 2025
Associate Professor
Department of Natural Resources & the Environment
University of Connecticut
Wilfred B. Young Building
1376 Storrs Road, Room 227, Unit 4087
Storrs, CT  06269-4087  USA​

Contact
​IALE-NA
​Secretary

TREASURER

​​​​Amy Frazier
​2024 to 2026
Professor
Dangermond Chair of Conservation Science
Department of Geography
University of California – Santa Barbara
1832 Ellison Hall
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-4060  USA​
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Contact
​IALE-NA 
​​Treasurer

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Erica A.H. Smithwick
Distinguished Professor of Geography
Director, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Director, Penn State Climate Consortium
The Pennsylvania State University
225B Earth and Engineering Sciences Building
University Park, PA  16802  USA

COUNCILLORS-AT-LARGE

​Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis | 2024 to 2026
Research Scientist
​Environment and Climate Change Canada
National Wildlife Research Centre
Carleton University
125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3  Canada
ilona <dot> naujokaitis-lewis <at> ec <dot> gc <dot> ca​

Kevin Potter | 2024 to 2026
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center
3041 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709  USA
kevin <dot> potter <at> usda <dot> gov

Ho Yi Wan | 2025 to 2027
Associate Professor
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
University of Florida
110 Newins-Ziegler Hall, Gainesville, FL  32611 USA
hoyiwan <at> gmail.com

Lilia Stemet | 2025 to 2027
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR  77201 USA
 stemet <at>ark <dot> edu

​STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

Venkatesh Kolluru | 2024 to 2026
Ph.D. Student
Department of Sustainability and Environment
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
Venkatesh.Kolluru <at> coyotes <dot> usd <dot> edu

TBD  | 2025 to 2027

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Past IALE-North America Executive Committee

PRESIDENT

2022 to 2024  Kimberly A. With
2020 to 2022  Nancy E. McIntyre
2018 to 2020  Janet Sibernagel
2016 to 2018  Ross Meentemeyer  
2014 to 2016  Janet Franklin  
2012 to 2014  Kurt Riitters  
2010 to 2012  Dean Urban  
2008 to 2010  Jianguo (Jack) Liu  
2006 to 2008  Robert Gardner  
2004 to 2006  Peter V. August  
2002 to 2004  Eric Gustafson  
2000 to 2002  Virginia Dale  
1998 to 2000  Jack Ahern  
1996 to 1998  Louis R. Iverson  
1994 to 1996  Monica G. Turner  
1992 to 1994  Thomas R. Crow  
1990 to 1992  Joan I. Nassauer  
1988 to 1990  Gary W. Barrett  
1986 to 1988  David M. Sharpe
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SECRETARY 

2019 to 2023  Stephen N. Matthews
2015 to 2019  Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman  
2011 to 2015  Emily Minor  
2007 to 2011  Colleen Hatfield  
2003 to 2007  Robert Keane  
2001 to 2003  Janet L. Ohmann  
1997 to 2001  Steven W. Seagle
1996 to 1997  Robert Gardner  
1994 to 1996  Michael N. DeMers  
1992 to 1994  Scott R. Collins  
1991 to 1992  John L. Vankat  
1990 to 1991  Jack Ahern  
1986 to 1990  Joan I. Nassauer

TREASURER

2020 to 2024  Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman  
2016 to 2020  Jessica Price  
2014 to 2016  Todd J. Hawbaker  
2012 to 2014  Michelle Steen-Adams  
2010 to 2012  Robert M. Scheller  
2008 to 2010  Lisa Schulte  
2006 to 2008  Margaret Livingston  
2002 to 2006  Mary V. Santelmann  
1999 to 2002  Philip A. Townsend  
1997 to 1999  Charlotte Pyle  
1995 to 1997  Sandra J. Turner  
1993 to 1995  Louis R. Iverson  
1991 to 1993  Susan Glenn  
1989 to 1991  Bruce T. Milne  
1986 to 1989  William H. Romme

COUNCILLORS-AT-LARGE

2023 to 2025  Kusum Naithani
​2023 to 2025  Erin Buchholtz
2022 to 2024  Darrel Jenerette
2022 to 2024  Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis ​
2021 to 2023  Kristin Byrd
2021 to 2023  Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo
2020 to 2022  Betty Kreakie
2020 to 2022  Li An
2019 to 2021  Kristin Byrd
2019 to 2021  Yessica Rico Mancebo del Castillo
2018 to 2020  Tom Edwards
2018 to 2020  Jelena Vukomanovic
2017 to 2019  Dan Kashian
2016 to 2018  Sam Cushman  
2016 to 2018  Anita Morzillo  
2015 to 2017  Jennifer Fraterrigo  
2014 to 2016  Helene Wagner  
2014 to 2016  Yolanda Wiersma  



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​2013 to 2015  Sara Gagné  ​
​2012 to 2014  Jeffrey Hollister  ​
​2012 to 2014  Audrey Mayer  
2011 to 2013  Jason J. Taylor  
2010 to 2012  Janet Franklin  
2010 to 2012  Ed Laurent  
2009 to 2011  Michael Wimberly  
2008 to 2010  Sarah Gergel  ​
2007 to 2009  Janet Silbernagel  
2006 to 2008  Sam Riffell  
2005 to 2007  Patrick Zollner  
2004 to 2006  Kurt Riitters  ​
2003 to 2005  Nancy E. McIntyre  
2002 to 2004  Bruce Jones  
2002 to 2004  Laura Musacchio  
2001 to 2003  Jianguo (Jingle) Wu 
​2000 to 2002  Anthony W. King  
1999 to 2001  Allan Johnson  
1998 to 2000  Pete August  

​​​​1998 to 2000  Kimberly A. With
​1997 to 1999  Sandra J. Turner
​1996 to 1998  Jeff Klopatek  
1995 to 1997  Marie-Josée Fortin  
1995 to 1996  Joseph Means  
1994 to 1996  Kathryn Freemark  
1993 to 1995  Eric J. Gustafson  
1993 to 1995  David J. Mladenoff  
1992 to 1994  David W. Hulse  
1991 to 1993  Ronald P. Neilson  
1991 to 1993  Richard A. Park  
1990 to 1992  Monica G. Turner  
1989 to 1991  Thomas R. Crow  
1989 to 1991  Robert V. O'Neill  
1988 to 1990  Vernon G. Meentemeyer  
1986 to 1989  Jerry F. Franklin  
1986 to 1989  Paul G. Risser  
1986 to 1988  John A. Wiens

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

2023 to 2025  Richard Magala
2022 to 2024  Animesh Ghose
2021 to 2023  Payton Phillips
2020 to 2022  Caitlin Cunningham
2019 to 2021  Kate Hayes
2018 to 2020  Kristin Braziunas
2017 to 2019  Erin Buchholtz
2016 to 2018  Brian Pickard  
2015 to 2017  Rose Graves  


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2014 to 2016  Whalen Dillon  ​
​2013 to 2015  Karl Jarvis  ​
​2012 to 2014  Julie Ripplinger  
2011 to 2013  Molly Van Appledorn  
2010 to 2012  Jessica Price  
2009 to 2011  Tabitha Graves  
2008 to 2010  Namrata Shrestha  
2007 to 2009  Martin Simard  
2006 to 2008  Deahn M. Donner-Wright  
 

2005 to 2007  Kimberly Mattson ​
​2004 to 2006  Matt Luck  
2003 to 2005  C. Ashton Drew  
2002 to 2004  Jennifer Fraterrigo  
2001 to 2003  Nita Tallent-Halsell  
2000 to 2002  Rebecca Hess (Kennedy)  
1999 to 2001  Marlene Cole  
1998 to 2000  Sarah Gergel  
1997 to 1999  Samuel Riffell
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PROGRAM CHAIR

2024 to 2025  Kevin Potter
2023 to 2024  Michael Wimberly
2023 to 2024  Jennifer Koch
​2022 to 2023  Darrel Jenerette
2021 to 2022  Janet Franklin 
2021 to 2022  Helen Regan
2020 to 2021  Tom Albright
2019 to 2020  Helene Wagner
2018 to 2019  David Theobald
2017 to 2018  Emily Minor
2016 to 2017  Todd Lookingbill

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2015 to 2016  William Hargrove
​2014 to 2015  Robert Scheller *** ​
​2013 to 2014  Falk Huettmann
2012 to 2013  Timothy Keitt
2012 to 2013  Kenneth Young
2011 to 2012  Jeff Hollister
2010 to 2011  Rebecca Kennedy ​
​2009 to 2010  Gary Barrett   
2009 to 2010  Terry Barrett
2008 to 2009  Tom Edwards  
2005 to 2007  Don McKenzie  
2003 to 2005  George Hess  ​
2002 to 2004  K. Bruce Jones  
 

2001 to 2003  Bruce T. Milne ​
​2000 to 2002  Geoff Henebry
​1999 to 2001  Jianguo (Jingle) Wu  
1999 to 2001  Laura Musacchio
1998 to 2000  Fred Sklar  
1997 to 1999  John A. Wiens *** ​
1996 to 1998  Kevin Gutzwiller  
1995 to 1997  Dean Urban  
1994 to 1996  Jeffrey C. Klopatek  
1993 to 1995  Margaret M. Moore  
1991 to 1993  Louis R. Iverson  
1989 to 1991  James F. Thorne  
1986 to 1989  Monica G. Turner

*** IALE World Congress Program Chair
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MEMBERSHIP LIAISON/COORDINATOR

2024 to now    Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman
2018 to 2020  Amélie Davis
2016 to 2018  Yolanda Wiersma
2012 to 2016  Anita Morzillo