GOVERNING BOARD

The Governing Board is the ultimate authority for the operation of the society.

AFS is led by two governing bodies:
The Governing Board decides Society policies, leads Society strategic planning initiatives, and reviews Society business matters that need membership approval.

The Management Committee handles general oversight of Society operations, including budget approval; Executive Director activities and, through him/her, staff activities; society-wide meetings; communications with membership, external partners, and government entities; and matters related to and affecting Society Procedures.
See the AFS Rules for additional information on these two governing bodies including composition, voting status and responsibilities.

2024-2025 Governing Board

Title	First Name	Last Name	Organization	Email Link
Northeastern Division	Andrew	Bade	CT Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection	andrew.bade@ct.gov
Southern Division	Jessica	Baumann	North Carolina State University	jessrbaumann@gmail.com
Emerging Leader	Zachary	Beard	Arizona Game and Fish Department	zbeard@azgfd.gov
Student and Early Career Subsection of the Education Section	Hadley	Boehm	Minnesota DNR	hadley.boehm@state.mn.us
Emerging Leader	Hadley	Boehm	Minnesota DNR	hadley.boehm@state.mn.us
International Fisheries Section	Sara	Cannon	University of British Columbia	s.cannon@oceans.ubc.ca
Fisheries Management Section	Julie	Carter	Arizona Game and Fish Department	jcarter@azgfd.gov
Emerging Leader	Manuel	Coffill-Rivera	University of South Alabama	manuelcoffill@gmail.com
Northeastern Divsion	Kathryn	Collet	New Brunswick Dept. of Natural Resources and Energy Development	Kathryn.Collet@gnb.ca
Data and Technology Section	Patrick	Cooney	Smith-Root	pcooney@smith-root.com
Western Division	Timothy	Copeland		tim.copeland@idfg.idaho.gov
Socioeconomics Section	Chelsey	Crandall	University of FL	chelsey.crandall@myfwc.com
	Dan	Daugherty	Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.	Dan.Daugherty@tpwd.texas.gov
	Dan	Daugherty	Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.	Dan.Daugherty@tpwd.texas.gov
Equal Opportunities Section	Julie	DeFilippi Simpson	Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission	julie.simpson@accsp.org
Second Vice President	Marlis	Douglas	University of Arkansas	mrdp539@gmail.com
Physiology Section	Erika	Eliason	University of California, Santa Barbara	erika.eliason@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Presidente	Miguel	Garcia	AFS Puerto Rico Chapter	isladelamona@gmail.com
Science Communication Section	Kamden	Glade	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	kamden.glade@state.mn.us
Fish Health Section	Sascha	Hallett	Oregon State University	halletts@oregonstate.edu
Education Section	Martin	Hamel	University of Georgia, Warnell School	hamel@uga.edu
North Central Division	Drew	Holloway	Muncie Sanitary District Bureau of Water Quality	dholloway@msdeng.com
Proxy - Fish Habitat Section	Michael	Homer	Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept	michael.homer@tpwd.texas.gov
Genetics Section	Jared	Homola	Michigan State University	homolaj1@msu.edu
North Central Division	Daniel	Isermann	USGS-WI Co-op Fishery Research Unit	daniel.isermann@uwsp.edu
Imperiled Aquatic Species Section	Howard	Jelks	Retired	jelkshl@gmail.com
Past President	Cecil	Jennings	University of Georgia	cjennings@fisheries.org
Fish History Section	Jeffrey	Jolley	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	JolleyJ1@michigan.gov
Fisheries Management Section	Jeff	Koch	Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks	jeff.koch@ks.gov
AFS Executive Director	Jeffery	Kopaska	American Fisheries Society	jkopaska@fisheries.org
Invasive and Introduced Species Section	Nathan	Lederman		nathaniel.lederman@gmail.com
Water Quality Section	Jonathan	Leiman		leimanjs@gmail.com
Canadian Aquatic Resources Section	Fielding	Montgomery	Canadian Wildlife Federation	Fieldingm@cwf-fcf.org
Fish Culture Section	Dan	Mosier	KS Wildlife & Parks	danmosierii@gmail.com
First Vice President	Margaret	Murphy	Vermont Fish And Wildlife Department	margaret.murphy@vermont.gov
Marine Fisheries Section	Susan	Piacenza	Oregon State University	susiepiacenza@gmail.com
Bioengineering Section	Jessica	Pica	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service	jessica_pica@fws.gov
Fisheries Adminstration Section	Lynn	Quattro	SC DNR	QuattroL@dnr.sc.gov
Early Life History Section	Dominique	Robert	Université du Québec à Rimouski	dominique_robert@uqar.ca
Cooperative Research with Stakeholders Section	Jocelyn	Runnebaum	The Nature Conservancy - Brunswick, ME	jocelynrunnebaum@gmail.com
Constitutional Consultant	Randall	Schultz	Iowa DNR	randy.schultz@dnr.iowa.gov
Estuaries Section	Justin	Stevens	Maine Sea Grant - Orono ME	justin.stevens@maine.edu
Emerging Leader	Sarah	Vogel		sfree4all@msn.com
President-Elect	Gary	Whelan	MI Dept of Natural Resources	gwhelan1957@gmail.com

GOVERNING BOARD The Governing Board is the ultimate authority for the operation of the society.

2024-2025 Governing Board

GOVERNING BOARD

The Governing Board is the ultimate authority for the operation of the society.