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.

2019 - 2020 Governing Board

Title	First Name	Last Name	Organization	Email Link
President	Scott	Bonar	USGS Arizona Coop Fish & Wildlife Reseach	SBonar@ag.arizona.edu
Emerging Leader	Aaron	Bunch	Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries	fishhead1021@gmail.com
Science Communication Section	Julie	Claussen	Fisheries Conservation Foundation	juliec@illinois.edu
North Central Division	Joseph	Conroy	Ohio Division of Wildlife	joseph.conroy@dnr.state.oh.us
International Fisheries Section	Patrick	Cooney	Smith-Root	pcooney@smith-root.com
Second Vice President	April	Croxton		april.croxton@noaa.gov
Western Division	Daniel	Dauwalter	Trout Unlimited	ddauwalter@tu.org
Fish Habitat Section	Kimberly	Dibble	U.S. Geological Survey	klellisdibble@gmail.com
Socioeconomics Section	Joshua	Etherton		rajabinoculata@gmail.com
Fisheries Administration Section	James	Fredericks	Idaho Dept. Fish and Game	jim.fredericks@idfg.idaho.gov
Northeastern Division	Edward	Hale	University of Delaware-Delaware Sea Grant	ehale@udel.edu
Invasive and Introduced Species Section	Kevin	Irons	Illinois DNR	kevin.irons@illinois.gov
Water Quality Section	Henriette	Jager	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	jagerhi@ornl.gov
Estuaries Section	Catherine	Johnston		catherine_johnston@fws.gov
North Central Division	Jeffery	Kopaska	IA Dept of Natural Resources	jeff.kopaska@dnr.iowa.gov
Emerging Leader	Nick	Kramer		nickkramer68@gmail.com
Northeastern Division	Jud	Kratzer	Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife	jud.kratzer@vermont.gov
Southern Division	Thomas	Kwak	USGS, NC Coop Research Unit	tkwak@ncsu.edu
Fish Health Section	Benjamin	LaFrentz	USDA-ARS	benjamin.lafrentz@ars.usda.gov
Canadian Aquatic Resources Section	Nicholas	Mandrak	University of Toronto Scarborough	nicholas.mandrak@utoronto.ca
Marine Fisheries Section	Richard	Methot	NOAA	richard.methot@noaa.gov
President-elect	Brian	Murphy	Virginia Tech	murphybr@vt.edu
Physiology Section	Christopher	Myrick	Colorado State University	Chris.Myrick@colostate.edu
Equal Opportunities Section	Shivonne	Nesbit		shivonne@nesbit.net
Western Division	Todd	Pearsons	Grant Cnty PUD No. 2	tpearso@gcpud.org
Emerging Leader	Brooke	Penaluna	PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service	brooke.penaluna@oregonstate.edu
Fisheries Management Section	Quinton	Phelps	Missouri State University	quintonphelps@missouristate.edu
Bioengineering Section	Dana	Postlewait	R2 Resource Consultants, Inc.	dpostlewait@r2usa.com
First Vice President	Leanne	Roulson	HydroSolutions Inc	Leanne.h.roulson@gmail.com
Constitutional Consultant	Randall	Schultz	Iowa DNR	randy.schultz@dnr.iowa.gov
Student and Early Career Subsection	Heather	Stewart	McGill University	hadar.stewart@gmail.com
Education Section	Trent	Sutton	University of Alaska Fairbanks	tmsutton@alaska.edu
Past President	Jesse	Trushenski	Evaqua Farms	jesse@riverence.com
Fisheries Information and Technology Section	Paul	Venturelli	Ball State University	paventurelli@bsu.edu
Fish Culture Section	Michelle L.	Walsh	The College of the Florida Keys	michelle.walsh@fkcc.edu
Genetics Section	Andrew	Whiteley	University of Montana	andrew.whiteley@umontana.edu
Southern Division	Cindy	Williams	SD AFS	cawranch@msn.com

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

2019 - 2020 Governing Board

GOVERNING BOARD

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