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.
Executive Committee
President: David Baum, 2023
President-Elect: Corrie Moreau, 2023
Past President: Brian O'Meara, 2023
Executive Vice President: Elizabeth Jockusch, 2023-2025
Treasurer: Emily Jane McTavish, 2022-2024
Diversity Equity, & Inclusion Director: Jessica Ware, 2020-2023
Program Director: Alison Davis Rabosky, 2023-2025
Awards Director: Liliana Dávalos, 2021-2023
Communications Director: Jeremy Brown, 2022-2024
Joint Meeting Council Representative: Luke Harmon, 2021-2022
Editor-in-Chief, Systematic Biology: Isabel Sanmartín, 2023-2025
Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists: Bryan Carstens
President-Elect: Corrie Moreau, 2023
Past President: Brian O'Meara, 2023
Executive Vice President: Elizabeth Jockusch, 2023-2025
Treasurer: Emily Jane McTavish, 2022-2024
Diversity Equity, & Inclusion Director: Jessica Ware, 2020-2023
Program Director: Alison Davis Rabosky, 2023-2025
Awards Director: Liliana Dávalos, 2021-2023
Communications Director: Jeremy Brown, 2022-2024
Joint Meeting Council Representative: Luke Harmon, 2021-2022
Editor-in-Chief, Systematic Biology: Isabel Sanmartín, 2023-2025
Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists: Bryan Carstens
Elected Councilors
Jeremy Beaulieu (until Dec. 2023)
Becky Chong (until Dec. 2023)
Lauren Esposito (until Dec. 2023)
Brant Faircloth (until Dec. 2023)
Claudia Solis-Lemus (until Dec. 2023)
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)
Anahí Espíndola (until Dec. 2025)
Erin Manzitto-Tripp (until Dec. 2025)
Jennifer Tate (until Dec. 2025)
Robert Thomson (until Dec. 2025)
Yalma Vargas (until Dec. 2025)
Becky Chong (until Dec. 2023)
Lauren Esposito (until Dec. 2023)
Brant Faircloth (until Dec. 2023)
Claudia Solis-Lemus (until Dec. 2023)
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)
Anahí Espíndola (until Dec. 2025)
Erin Manzitto-Tripp (until Dec. 2025)
Jennifer Tate (until Dec. 2025)
Robert Thomson (until Dec. 2025)
Yalma Vargas (until Dec. 2025)
Student representatives
Jhan Carlos Salazar-Salazar (until July 2023)
Rowan French (until July 2024)
Rowan French (until July 2024)
Click here to see a list of past presidents and council members.