Detailed descriptions of our committees can be found in the Leadership Manual

Council

Executive

Greg Watkins-Colwell, President
Suzanne Ryder, President-Elect
J ulian Carter, Past President

Theresa Reilly, Treasurer
Shelley James, Secretary
Scott Rufolo, Managing Editor
Robyn Crowther, Membership

Members-at-Large

Dirk Neumann (2023-2026)
Stéphanie Tessier (2023-2026)
Adania Flemming (2024-2027)
Laura Rincón (2024-2027)
Mariana Di Giacomo (2025-2028)
Jessica Utrup (2025-2028)

Standing Committees

Archives:

Carol Kelloff, Chair
Lisa F. Palmer
Meghann Toner

Best Practices:

Emily Braker, Co-chair
Genevieve Tocci, Co-chair
Miora Andriambelomanana
Andy Bentley
Eva Biedron
Matthew Brown
Christina Byrd
Julian Carter
Julia Colby
Michelle Coyne
Jessica Cundiff
Raharisoanarindra Dianah
Carrie Eaton
Leanne Elder
Nicole Fisher
Marilyn Fox
Anya Friedrichs
Magdalena Grenda-Kurmanow
Shelley James
Mariko Kageyama
Carol Kelloff
Stevie Kennedy-Gold
Adam Kowalczyk

Erica Krimmel
Carrie Levitt-Bussian
Meredith Mahoney
Katherine Mallalieu
Paul Mayer
Tommy McElrath
Amanda Millhouse
William Moser
Dirk Neumann
Katie Pearson
Ann Pinzl
Nicole Seiden
Randy Singer
Hayley Singleton
Jennifer Trimble
Greg Watkins-Colwell
Dan Young
Breda Zimkus

Citations Subcommittee:
Margaret Landis, Chair
Mariko Kageyama
Ann Pinzl

Biodiversity Crisis Response:

Alina Freire Fierro, Co-chair
Mike Rutherford, Co-chair
Sara Abdulla Almarzooqi
Martin Alvarez
Rashed Mohamed Alzaabi
Arturo H. Arino
Usman Atique
Jutta Buschbom
Jason Comer
Elizabeth Downey
Libby Ellwood
Jean-Marc Gagnon
Rachel Hackett
Sara Hansen
Brigitte Howarth
Rachunliu Kamei
Andrew Kitchener
Austin Mast
Anna Monfils
Emma Murphy
Gil Nelson
Austin Plagens
Adelaide Sallema
Emily Sessa
Barbara Thiers
Andrea Thomer
Greg Watkins-Colwell
Erica Wheeler
Martin Wiemers

Bylaws:

J ulian Carter, Chair (Past President)
Laura Abraczinskas
Andy Bentley
Shelley James (Secretary)

Conference:

Suzanne Ryder, Co-chair (President-Elect)
Andy Bentley, Co-chair
LOC 2026 chair – Wayne Florence
Tiffany Adrain
Irene Finkelde
Elise Le Compte
Paul Mayer
Cindy Opitz
Ruth Seyler
Greg Watkins-Colwell

Conservation:

Fran Ritchie, Chair
Gretchen Anderson, Resources (RDU) USA
Julian Carter, Resources (RDU) Europe
Mariana Di Giacomo, Resources (RDU) South America
Luci Cipera, Environmental Specifications & Museum Sustainability
Carolyn Leckie, Environmental Specifications & Museum Sustainability
Robert Waller, Value Change Estimation
Bethany Palumbo, Food Service
Meghan Abercrombie
Rachel Arenstein
Lori Benson
Stephanie Black
Sophie Cersoy
Silvia Da Rocha
Liatte Dotan
Lisa Elkin
Nicole Feldman
Irene Finkelde
Alice Gimat

Lisa Goldberg
Catherine Hawks
Becky Kaczkowski
Devon Lee
Dani Measday
Armando Mendez
Eugenie Milroy
Rebecca Newberry
Cindy Opitz
Shelley Paine
Sophie Phillips
Halina Piasecki
Veronique Rouchon
Dee Stubbs-Lee
Julia Sybalsky
Sheldon Teare
Anastasia van Gaver
Tim White

Education:

Liz Leith, Chair
Maria Armour
Anthony Baniaga
Jennifer Bauer
Lori Benson
Vicky Chan
Christina Chandler
Jason Comer
Annmarie Fearing
Anja Friederichs
Corinne Fuchs
Jean-Marc Gagnon
Rachel Hackett

Kari Harris
Stephanie Killingsworth
Adam Kowalczyk
Linda Lassiter
Gastón A., Martini
Anna Monfils
Darin Penneys
Molly Phillips
Julia Robinson
Chris Tacker
Jessica Utrup
Greg Watkins-Colwell
Jessa Watters
Luc Willemse

Elections:

Bethany Palumbo, Co-chair
Jean-Marc Gagnon, Co-chair
Jessica Utrup

Emerging Professionals:

(see Networking and Career Development)

Finance:

Greg Watkins-Colwell, President, Co-chair
Barbara Thiers, Co-chair
Theresa Reilly, Treasurer
Janaki Krishna, Deputy Treasurer
Robyn Crowther, SPNHC Membership Committee Chair
Irene Finkelde
Carol Kelloff
Suzanne B. McLaren
Shelley James, SPNHC Secretary
Scott Rufolo, SPNHC Managing Editor
Suzanne Ryder, President-elect

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Committee (IDEA):

Vanessa Delnavaz, Chair
Molly Phillips, Co-secretary
Hayley Singleton Hyde, Co-secretary
Gretchen Anderson
Lyndell Bade
John Bates
Alnycea Blackwell
Laura Briscoe
Julian Carter
Bianca Crowley
Amalia Diaz
Ron Eng
Adania Flemming
Lisa Goldberg
Shelley James
Talia Karim
Jennifer Lanman
Paul Mayer
Anna Monfils
Rebecca Newberry
Deb Paul
Theresa Reilly
Marcy Revelez
Fran Ritchie
Randy Singer
Barbara Thiers
Genevieve Tocci
Richard Wittie
Breda Zimkus

Legislation and Regulations:

Dirk Neumann, Co-chair
Breda Zimkus, Co-chair
Jutta Buschbom
Mariel Campbell
Stephanie Carson
Emily Conforto
Olwen Grace
Alaina Harmon
Benjamin Hess
Shelley James
William (Geoff) Keel

Jeremy Kisala
Adam Kowalczyk
Sarah Loudin
Mariana Marques
Jacqueline Miller
William Moser
Jessica Nakano
Trina Roberts
Lori Schlenker
Fiona Ware
Greg Watkins-Colwell

Long-Range Planning:

Suzanne Ryder, Co-chair (Interim President Elect)
OPEN POSITION, Co-chair
Cindy Opitz
Laura Abraczinskas
Tiffany Adrain
Shelley James
Anna Monfils

Membership:

Robyn Crowther, Chair
Tiffany Adrain
Elena Benamy
Talia Karim

Ann Pinzl
Suzanne Ryder
Greg Watkins-Colwell
SPNHC Treasurer

Networking and Career Development:

Hannah Bendull, Co-chair
Megan King, Co-chair
Meg Phillips, Co-chair
Tokay Alberts
Vijay Barve
Elana Benamy
Veronica Bueno
Brenna Decker
Mariana Di Giacomo
Caleb Eubanks
Destiny Gonzalez
Lily Hart
Abbey Hines

Erin Kuprewicz
Ana Mendoza Maya
Siubhan Mora-Bruce
Austin Plagens
Enrique Santoyo-Brito
Sarah Taylor
Chris Thigpen
Miranda Zwingelberg

Elise LeCompte, Chair – Travel Grants subcommittee
Open Position, Co-chair – Mentorship subcommittee
Open Position, Co-chair – Mentorship subcommittee

Professional Development:

(see Networking and Career Development)

Publications:

Scott Rufolo, Chair, Managing Editor
Mariel Campbell, Associate Editor
Mariana Di Giacomo, Associate Editor, Collection Forum
Shelley James, Associate Editor, Collection Forum
Cindy Opitz, Associate Editor, Collection Forum
Genevieve Tocci, Associate Editor, Collection Forum
Liath Appleton, Editor, SPNHC Connection

Lori Schlenker, Associate Editor, SPNHC Connection
Lisa Goldberg, Associate Editor Book Reviews
Breda Zimkus, Technical Leaflets Editor
Carol Kelloff, Archives Chair

Recognition and Grants:

Julian Carter, Chair (Past President)
Andy Bentley
Mariana Di Giacomo
Jean-Marc Gagnon
Suzanne B. McLaren

US Federal Collections:

Janaki Krishna, Co-chair
Carrie A. Eaton, Co-chair
Greg Liggett, Co-chair
Bernd Bock
Stephanie Carson
Fernando A. Cervantes
Lauren Cohen
Rachel Delovio
Katrina Derieg
Kelsey Falquero
Julia Grasso
Erin Gredell
John Harwick
Jasmine Heckman
Kathy A. Hollis
Kelly Hood
Mariko Kageyama
Anya Kitterman
Laura Knutson Murray
Erica Krimmel
Jennifer Leasor

Liz Leith
Carrie Levitt Bussian
Kirsten MacKenzie
William Moser
Jessica Nakano
Conni O’Connor
Kari Alyssa Prassack
Tiana F. Rehman
L. Catherine Riddle
Fran E Ritchie
Shannen Robson
Adam Rountrey
Kara Schneiderman
Bruce Schumacher
Steven Sullivan
Meghan Truckey
Jacob Van Veldhuizen
Nicole Volden
Miriam Watson
Justin Wilkins

Web and Social Media:

Liath Appleton, Chair
Jessica Utrup, Jobs Board Manager
Open Position, Events Calendar Manager
Jessica Utrup, NHCOLL-L List Manager

Social Media Team
Mariana Di Giacomo – X
Liath Appleton – Instagram, Facebook

Website Editors
Laura Abraczinskas, Bylaws
Tiffany Adrain, Secretary
Suzanne Ryder, Membership
Shelley James
Anna Monfils
Molly Phillips
Theresa Reilly, Treasurer
Lori Schlenker, SPNHC Connection
Jessica Utrup, Jobs Board Manager

YouTube Managers
Andy Bentley
Emily Braker, Best Practices
Genevieve Tocci, Best Practices
Paul Mayer

Slack Administration
Mariana Di Giacomo
Deborah Paul
Genevieve Tocci
Greg Watkins-Colwell

Sessional Committees

California Institute of Biodiversity

Irene Finkelde, Chair
Greg Watkins-Colwell
Paul Mayer
Theresa Reilly
Laura Eklund
Moe Flannery
Megan King
Hannah Bendull

Representatives/Liaisons

The Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada (ANHMC): Jean-Marc Gagnon
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC): POSITION OPEN
American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS): Anna Monfils
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH): Randy Singer
The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM): POSITION OPEN
American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT): Harlan Svoboda
Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology (AMMP): Christina Byrd
Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists (ARCS): John E Simmons
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG): James Macklin
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – Jutta Buschbom
SPNHC Liaison to the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) – Jutta Buschbom
Entomological Collections Network (ECN): Dan Young
Geological Curators’ Group (GCG): Andrew Haycock
The Geological Society of America (GSA): OPEN POSITION
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): James Macklin
Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF): OPEN POSITION
Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio): Katelin Pearson
International Council of Museums – Natural History (ICOM-NATHIST): OPEN POSITION
International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER): Cynthia Wang-Claypool
The Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA): Bethany Palumbo
Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA ): John Bates
Managers of Australasian Herbarium Collections — Councils of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (MAHC–CHAH) — Alison Vaughan
The Paleontological Society (paleosoc): Jessica D. Cundiff
Small Collections Network (SCNet): Anna Monfils
Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC): Harlan Svoboda
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP): Matthew Brown