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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: Jessica Ware, 2025
President-Elect: Tracy Heath, 2025
Past President: Corrie Moreau, 2025
Executive Vice President: Elizabeth Jockusch, 2023-2025
Treasurer: Lacey Knowles, 2025-2027
Diversity Equity, & Inclusion Director: Anahí Espíndola, 2024-2026
Program Director: Alison Davis Rabosky, 2023-2025
Awards Director: Rebecca Chong, 2024-2027
Communications Director: April Wright, 2025-2027
Joint Meeting Council Representative: Josef Uyeda, 2025-2027

Editor-in-Chief, Systematic Biology: Isabel Sanmartín, 2023-2025
Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists: Bryan Carstens

Elected Councilors

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)

Kayce Bell (until Dec. 2027)
Daniel Caetano
 (until Dec. 2027)
Megan Smith (until Dec. 2027)
Rebecca Tarvin (until Dec. 2027)
Thais Vasconcelos (until Dec 2027)

Student representatives

Diego Paredes-Burneo (until July 2025)
Sigournie Brock (until July 2026)
Click here to see a list of past presidents and council members.
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