President

Angela Canovas, PhD
Professor and OAC Research Chair in Phenomics and Systems Biology
Department of Animal Biosciences
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Email: acanovas@uoguelph.ca

Vice-President

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

President-Elect

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

Past-President

Obioha (Obi) Durunna, PhD
Livestock Research Scientist
Lakeland College Canada
5707 College Drive
Vermilion, Alberta, Canada T9X 1K5
Email: obioha.durunna@lakelandcollege.ca

Secretary/Treasurer

Stephanie Terry, PhD
Research Scientist, Beef Cattle Systems Science
Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
5403 1st Avenue South
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
Email: stephanie.terry@agr.gc.ca

Awards Program Chair

Stephanie Collins
Associate Professor, Monogastric Nutrition
Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture
Dalhousie University 
58 Sipu Road, PO Box 550
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3 
Email: s.collins@dal.ca

Membership & Communications Committee Chair

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

Director-At-Large (Industry Rep)

Francesca Malchiodi, PhD
Research Geneticist
Semex Alliance
5653 ON-6
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1H 6J2
Email: fmalchiodi@semex.com

Eastern Director

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

Western Director

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

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

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

Greg Penner, PhD
Associate Professor
U of S Centennial Enhancement Chair in Ruminant Nutritional Physiology
Department of Animal and Poultry Science
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A8
Email: greg.penner@usask.ca

Eastern Student Ambassador

Titouan Chapelain
Department of Animal Biosciences
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Email: tchapela@uoguelph.ca

Western Student Ambassador

Erika Cornand
Department of Animal and Poultry Science
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A8
Email: erika.cornand@usask.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