SSB Council

The SSB Council comprises the Executive Committee plus 15 elected councilors and two graduate student representatives. Contact information for officers may be found on the separate Executive Committee page.

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Executive Committee

President: Corrie Moreau, 2024
President-Elect: Jessica Ware, 2024
Past President: David Baum, 2024
Executive Vice President: Elizabeth Jockusch, 2023-2025
Treasurer: Emily Jane McTavish, 2022-2024
Diversity Equity, & Inclusion Director: Anahí Espíndola, 2024-2026
Program Director: Alison Davis Rabosky, 2023-2025
Awards Director: Rebecca Chong, 2024-2026
Communications Director: Jeremy Brown, 2022-2024
Joint Meeting Council Representative: Tracy Heath, 2024-2026
Editor-in-Chief, Systematic Biology: Isabel Sanmartín, 2023-2025
Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists: Bryan Carstens

Elected Councilors

Tiago Bosisio Quental  (until Dec. 2024)
Janet Buckner  (until Dec. 2024)
Christine Parent (until Dec. 2024)
Sonal Singhal (until Dec. 2024)
Ya Yang ​(until Dec. 2024)

Dahiana Arcila (until Dec. 2025)
Erin Manzitto-Tripp (until Dec. 2025)
Jennifer Tate (until Dec. 2025)
Robert Thomson (until Dec. 2025)
Yalma Vargas ​(until Dec. 2025)

Ivalú Cacho (until Dec. 2026)
Santiago Claramunt (until Dec. 2026)
Matthew Fujita (until Dec. 2026)
Vinita Gowda (until Dec. 2026)
Sarah Jacobs (until Dec. 2026)

Student representatives

Rowan French (until July 2025)
Diego Paredes-Burneo (until July 2025)
Sigournie Brock (until July 2026)

Click here to see a list of past presidents and council members.