ASAS Committees

ASAS has five types of committees or special representative assignments: 1) Board Committees, 2) General Committees/Working Groups, 3) Special Representative appointments to other groups, 4) Awards Committees and 5) Joint Annual Meeting Program Committees. Each type of committee or special representative appointment provides a chance to contribute to the society and to become involved in the society leadership.

Board committees, are committees made up of board members. These committees may be defined within the by-laws or be a special board designated committee. General committees/working groups are generally formed for topics or programming important to the membership. These committees are made up of a combination of general membership and board members. The yearly expectations for these committees are described in the committee assignment documents. Special representatives are usually joint members between the two societies represented and work to keep the two societies updated. Award committees and participation on the committees is defined in the rules associated with an award. We do not post award committees until after we receive all nominations for the year, as the structure of the committee often changes to avoid conflict of interest. JAM Program Committees propose symposia, review abstracts, and help fundraise for the meeting.

Committee assignments are for three years and committee terms are for July to July. Please contact us at asas@asas.org throughout the year if you are interested in serving on committees. We try to ensure that anyone interested in serving on a committee has that opportunity.

BOARD COMMITTEES

Executive Committee
AL–J. L. Sartin (Chair)
IL–M. C. Wulster-Radcliffe (Ex Officio, Non-Voting)
IL–J. Hemmelgarn (Ex Officio, Non-Voting)
WA–M. E. Benson
CO–J. C. Whittier
NE–D. Hamernik
NC–J. C. Weigel
CT–S. A. Zinn
IN–T. A. Armstrong
SD–D. P. Casper
ND–G. P. Lardy

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Finance Committee
IN–T.A. Armstrong (Chair)
SD–D. P. Casper
AL–J. L. Sartin
WA–M. E. Benson

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ASAS Membership Committee
NE–H. C. Freetly (Chair)
FL–J. V. Yelich
CO–J. C. Whittier
CT–T. A. Hoagland
SD–D. P. Casper
IL–N. R. Merchen
WA–M. E. Benson
AR–A. R. Mays

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Strategic Plan Implementation and Review Committee
WA–M. E. Benson (Chair)
OH–L. C. Martin
ND–G. P. Lardy
CT–T. A. Hoagland
AL–J. L. Sartin

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General Committees/Working Groups

ASAS Communications Committee
NC–W. L. Flowers (Chair)
IL–M. C. Wulster-Radcliffe (Ex Officio, Non-Voting)
IL–M. E. McCurry-Schmidt (Ex Officio, Non-Voting)
ND–D. S. Buchanan
CT–H. M. White
CA–B. L. Golden
FL–J. V. Yelich
IN–J. S. Radcliffe

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Graduate Director Nominating Committee

IA–C. K. Jones (Chair)
NE–R. D. Green
IA–S. M. Lonergan
AR–A. R. Mays
OH–L. C. Martin
WA–K. A. Johnson

ASAS International Activities and Involvement Committee
FL–J. V. Yelich (Chair)
IL–M. C. Wulster-Radcliffe (Ex Officio, Non-Voting)
IL–N. R. Merchen
NE–H. C. Freetly
OK–C. L. Maxwell

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Investment Committee
NC–J. C. Weigel (Chair)
IL–M. C. Wulster-Radcliffe (Ex Officio, Non-Voting)
AR–T. A. Armstrong
VA–W. A. Olson
SD–D. P. Casper
WA–M. E. Benson

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ASAS Publication Committee

ND–K. A. Vonnahme (Chair)
CT–S. A. Zinn (Editor-in-Chief)
IL–M. C. Wulster-Radcliffe (Ex Officio, Non-Voting)
ND–G. P. Lardy
AL–J. L. Sartin
AR–E. B. Kegley
AL–F. F. Bartol

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Public Policy Committee
NE–D. Hamernik (Chair)
CA–A. L. Van Eenennaam
TX–D. E. Hawkins
IN–T. A. Armstrong
WA–K. A. Johnson

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Student Involvement and Services Committee
AR–A. R. Mays (Chair)
CT–T. A. Hoagland
OH–L. C. Martin
OK–C. L. Maxwell
WV–M. E. Wilson
TX–A. D. Herring

Ad Hoc JAM Strategic Planning Committee - Joint ASAS-ADSA
IL–M. C. Wulster-Radcliffe (Ex Officio, Non-Voting)
IL–P. Studney (Ex Officio, Non-Voting)
NE–R. D. Green (Co-Chair)
WA–M. E. Benson
ND–G. P. Lardy
AL–J. L. Sartin
NC–J. C. Weigel
PA–R. F. Roberts
CA–P. S. Tong
MN–J. G. Linn
WI–R. R. Grummer
IN–R. K. McGuffey

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Special Representatives

Assn. for Assessment & Accreditation of Lab. Animal Care Int
WY–S. P. Ford

American Association for the Advancement of Science Council
ID–R. A. Hill

American Feed Industry Association Nutrition Council
KY–G. L. Cromwell

American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists
American Society of Agronomy

WI–E. G. Bergfeld

British Society of Animal Science
United Kingdom–C. K. Reynolds

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
IL–N. R. Merchen

European Assoc. for Animal Production

Federation of Animal Science Societies
NE- R. D. Green
NC–J. C. Weigel
WY–B. W. Hess

Latin American Association of Animal Production
NE–E. Casas
NV–L. Gomez-Raya

Mexican Association for Animal Science

Mexico–G. Villalobos

Society for Range Management
OR–T. DelCurto

World Association of Animal Production
WI–D. L. Thomas

Joint Annual Meeting Program Committees

ASAS Overall Programming Committee
CO–J. C. Whittier (ASAS Chair 2012, Overall 2013 Vice Chair)
TX–D. E. Hawkins (ASAS Vice Chair 2013, Overall Chair 2014)

Beef Cattle Nutrition Symposium
TX–M. Branine (2013)
WA–K. Johnson (2013)
IN–R. Lemenager (2014)
CO–J. Ahola (2014)
OK-D. Lalman (2015)
CA-R. Zinn (2015)

Animal Behavior & Well-Being - Joint ASAS-ADSA
CAN–G. Cochrane (2013) (Chair)
CAN–M. von Keyserlingk (2014)
IN–C. Corwney (2015)

Animal Health- Joint ASAS-ADSA
KS–F. Prouty (2013) (Chair)
OK–C. Krehbiel (2014)
MD-T. Elsasser (2015)

Beef

TX–A. Herring (2013) (Chair)
ID–T. Bodine (2014)
WY- A. Meyer (2015)

Bio Ethics - Joint ASAS-ADSA
DC–R. Reynnells (2013)  (Chair)
ND–D. Newman (2014)
AL- F. Bartol (2015)

Breeding and Genetics - Joint ASAS-ADSA
TN–S. Newman (2013) (Chair)
IA–R. Tait (2014)
Ireland-A. Fahey (2015)

Cell Biology Symposium
ND- L. Reynolds(2014) (Co-Chair)
A.Miyamoto (2014) (Co-Chair
VA–H. Jiang (2013)
MO–M. Lucy (2013)
China- R. Zhao (2015)
TX- T. Davis (2015)

Companion Animals
KY–M. Godoy (2014)
GA-Beth Kitts-Morgan (2015)
Austalia-A. Barnes (2015)

Contemporary & Emerging Issues
- Joint ASAS-ADSA
DC–M. Boggess (2013) (Vice Chair)
CA–A. Van Eenennaam (2014)
IL-J. Pettigrew (2015)

Extension Education - Joint ASAS-ADSA
SD-R. Thaler (2013) (Chair)
WI–A. Radunz (2014)
TX-J. Banta (2015)

Food Safety - Joint ASAS-ADSA
SC–S. Duckett (2013) (Chair)
WA–J. Busboom (2014)
MD-M. Alewynse (2015)

Forages and Pastures - Joint ASAS-ADSA
MO–D. Spiers (2013) (chair)
NC–M. Poore (2014)
KY-J. Lehmkuhler (2015)

Graduate Student Symposium
- Joint ASAS-ADSA
AR–A. Mays (2013) (Chair)
OH–H. Zerby (2013) (Vice Chair)
OK–J. Hernandez Gifford (2014)
NE-C. Lents (2015)

Growth and Development - Joint ASAS-ADSA
OK–J. Blanton (2013)
ID–G. Murdoch (2014)
Germany-H. Sauerwein (2015)

Horse
KY–R. Coleman (2013) (Chair)
ND–E. Berg (2014)
IN–T. Lescun (2015)

International Animal Agriculture
- Joint ASAS-ADSA
AZ–E. Grings (2014)
Argentina-H. Areloviche (2015)

Lactation Biology - Joint ASAS-ADSA
NM–E. Scholljegerdes (2013) (Vice Chair)
ID–M. McGuire (2014)
Switzerland-R. Bruckmaier (2015)

Meat Science and Muscle Biology
WY–M. Du (2013) (Vice Chair)
OK–P. Kuber (2014)
MS-T. Schmidt (2015)

Nonruminant Nutrition
Switzerland–D. Bravo (2013) (Chair)
IN–M. Rincker (2014)
OK–K. Sadoris (2015)

Physiology & Endocrinology
- Joint ASAS-ADSA
IA–J. Ross (2013) (Chair)
OK–K. Caires (2014)
TN-B. Whitlock (2015)

Production, Management & the Environment - Joint ASAS-ADSA
AR–M. Gadberry (2013) (Vice Chair)
WA–J. Capper (2014)
IN-J. Radcliffe (2015)

Ruminant Nutrition - Joint ASAS-ADSA
LA–G. Scaglia (2013) (Vice Chair)
CO–S. Archibeque (2014)
SD-R. Pritchard (2015)

Small Ruminant (Sheep & Goat combined)
GA–G. Kannan (2013) (Chair)
ND–R. Redden (2014)
GA-Will Getz (2015) 

Swine

IN–S. Radcliffe (2013) (Chair)
TX–C. Starkey (2014)
IL-H. Stein (2015)

Teaching/Undergraduate & Graduate Education)
AL–D. Mulvaney (2013) (Chair)
VA–S. Greiner (2014)
GA-J. Daniel (2015)

Triennial Reproduction Symposium (2015)

ID–G. Lewis (2015) (Chair)
TX-G. Wu (2015)
AL–F. Bartol (2015)
Japan–A. Miyamoto (2015)
ND–K. Vonnahme (2015)