President

Gabriel Ribeiro, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor and Saskatchewan Beef Industry Chair
Department of Animal and Poultry Science
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A8
Email: gabriel.ribeiro@usask.ca

Vice-President

Gleise Medeiros da Silva
Assistant Professor and BCRC - Hays Chair in Beef Production Systems
Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science
University of Alberta
410 Agriculture/Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5 
Email: gleise.silva@ualberta.ca

President-Elect

Renée M. Petri, PhD
Research Scientist, Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre
Science and Technology Branch
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Government of Canada
Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada J1M 1Z7
Email: renee.petri@agr.gc.ca

Past-President

Ángela Cánovas, PhD
Professor, Beef Cattle and Small Ruminant Genomics
Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) Research Chair in Phenomics and Systems Biology
Department of Animal Biosciences | Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1a
Email: acanovas@uoguelph.ca

Secretary/Treasurer

Rodolpho Martin do Prado, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dép. des sciences animales – FSAA
Université Laval
Pavillon Paul-Comtois, Local 4131
2425, rue de l'Agriculture
Québec, Canada G1V 0A6
Email: rodolpho.martin-do-prado.1@ulaval.ca

Awards Program Chair

Robert Gruninger, PhD
Research Scientist 
Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
5403 1st Avenue South
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
Email: robert.gruninger@agr.gc.ca

Membership & Communications Committee Chair

Dr. Ghader Manafiaza
Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture
Dalhousie University
PO Box 550, Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
Email: manafiazar@dal.ca

Director-At-Large

Dr. Atta Kofi Agyekum
Research Scientist
Prarie Swine Centre
PO Box 21057, 2105 8th Street East
Saskatoon, SK, S7H 5N9
Email: atta.agyekum@usask.ca

Director-At-Large (Industry Rep)

Daniel Columbus, PhD
Senior Nutrition Research Scientist
Champion Petfoods Holding Inc
305-1103 95 Street SW
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6X 0P8
Email: dcolumbus@championpetfoods.com

Director-At-Large (Industry Rep)

Laura Eastwood, PhD
Animal Nutrition Manager
KWS Seeds Canada, Ltd.
909 17 Ave SW Suite 400
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2T 0A4
Email: laura.eastwood@kws.com

Eastern Director (Junior)

Dr. Danyel Bueno Dalto
Research Scientist
Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
2000, College Street,
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1M 0C8
Email: Danyel.buenodalto@agr.gc.ca

Western Director (Junior)

Dr. Jing (Jessica) Wang
Assistant Professor
University of the Fraser Valley
25-45500 Campus Drive, Chilliwack, BC, Canada V2R6E
Email: jing.wang@ufv.ca

Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Tim McAllister, PhD
Research Scientist, Ruminant Nutrition and Microbiology
Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
5403 1st Avenue South
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
Email: tim.mcallister@agr.gc.ca

Eastern Student Ambassador

Justice Bless Dorleku
Department of Animal Biosciences
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Email: jdorleku@uoguelph.ca

Western Student Ambassador

Ireland Kyrzyk-Smith
Department of Animal Science
University of Manitoba
201 Animal Science/Entomology Building
12 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2
Email: smithi2@myumanitoba.ca

ASAS Staff Support

Membership Manager CSAS/Director of Meetings and Membership

Melissa Burnett
American Society of Animal Science
PO Box 7410
Champaign, Illinois, United States 61826-7410
Email: melissab@asas.org

CSAS Website Coordinator/ASAS Chief Operations Officer

Justin Bartlett
American Society of Animal Science
PO Box 7410
Champaign, Illinois, United States 61826-7410
Email: justinb@asas.org