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) 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.

Committee assignments are for three years and committee terms are from 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 (2025-2026)

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.  *Ex Officio

Executive Committee
OK - R.D. Coffey (Chair)
TX- C.R. Krehbiel
WA - K.A. Johnson
TX - K.E. Hales
KS - L.A. Motsinger
TX - P.K. Riggs
ND - C.S. Schauer
GA - T.R. Callaway
IA - J.M. Reecy
MO - A.M. Meyer
IL – J.L. Sartin*
IL – J.E. Bartlett*

Finance Committee
ND - C.S. Schauer (Chair)
MI - C.W. Ernst
NC - D.H. Poole
IA – J.M. Reecy
OK - R.D. Coffey
TX - C.R. Krehbiel
WA - K.A. Johnson
IL – J.L. Sartin*
IL - J.E. Bartlett*

Membership Committee
GA - T.R. Callaway (Chair)
OK - R.D. Coffey
TX - C.R. Krehbiel
WA- K.A. Johnson
MO - A.M. Meyer
GA - T.R. Callaway
TX - P.K. Riggs
KS - L.A. Motsinger
IA - J.M. Reecy
ND - C.S. Schauer
TX - K.E. Hales
MN - D.L. Hancock
CO - E.A. Melchior
KS - R.D. Goodband
IA - L.L. Greiner
MI - C.W. Ernst
NC - D.H. Poole
CT - C. Summers
ND - K.M. Hauxwell

General Committees/Working Groups (2025-2026)

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. 
*Ex Officio ***EiC

Publications Committee
TX - K.E. Hales (Chair)
KY - D.L. Harmon
IA - L.L. Greiner
KS – R.D. Goodband
CT - C. Summers
OK - R.D. Coffey
WA - K.A. Johnson
CT – S.A. Reed***
IA – E.J. Huff-Lonergan***
WI – J.J. Parrish***
IL - D.D. Boler***
IL – J.L. Sartin*

Public Policy Committee
TX - P.K. Riggs (Chair)
TX – H.R. Cross
TX – R.W. Godfrey
AL - D.R. Mulvaney
VA – L.W. Randel
TX – D.R. Tolleson
MD - C.D. Wray-Cahen
TX - E. Memili
TX - T.A. Davis
OK - R.D. Coffey
IL – J.L. Sartin*

Ethics and Community Committee
NC - R.D. Ekmay
GA - F.L. Fluharty
ND - K.M. Hauxwell
CT - S.A. Reed
OK - R.D. Coffey
IL - J.L. Sartin*

Foundation Committee
IA - J.M. Reecy (Chair)
IA – E. Otto-Tice (Vice Chair)
MN - D.L. Hancock
CO - E.A. Melchior
ND - C.S. Schauer
TX - N.A. Cole
OK - S. Armbruster
TX - B.P. Holland
NE - T.A. Rathje
AR – E.B. Kegley
AL - W.B. Smith
WA - K.A. Johnson
IA - A. Brainard*
IL – J.L. Sartin*

Council for Accreditation
MN – M. Bauer (Chair)
KS – M.J. Brouk
ND - D.S. Buchanan
IN – S.A. Crowder
VA - A.D. Ealy
AL – N.K. Gurung
AR – M.L. Looper
CO - E.A. Melchior
IA – J.A. Sterle
WA – M.E. Benson

Industry Engagement
NC - M.E. Davis (Chair)
MN - D.L. Hancock
MN - A.E. Lutz
IL - J.L. Sartin*
IA - A. Brainard*

Annual Meeting Program Committees (2024-2025)

ASAS Annual Meeting Program Committees propose symposia, review abstracts, and help fundraise for the meeting.  *ASAS Staff, ** ASAS Foundation Staff

Overall Programming Committee (2026)
MO – A.M. Meyer (Chair)
MI - C.W. Ernst (Vice-Chair)
KS - R.D. Goodband
CO - E.A. Melchior
ND - K.M. Hauxwell
OK - R.D. Coffey
CSAS - REP 1
CSAS – REP 2
IL – J.L. Sartin*
IL - D. Zagorski*
IL - J.E. Bartlett*
IL - M.E. Burnett*
IA - A. Brainard**

Animal Behavior & Well-Being
ND – C. Byrd*
OR – J. Ranches
NE - J. Morrill
MS - P. Fan

Animal Breeding & Genetics
CT – B. Fragomeni*
WV – C. Ashwell
CANADA – C. Baes
NE - B. Engle

Animal Health
MD – J. Song*
IN - N. Horn
GA - H. Perez
MT - C. Yoeman

Beef Species
TX – J. Sarturi*
TX – M. Beck
TX - L. Walter
MT - M. Van Emon

Cell Biology

CT - S. Reed*

Companion Animal
CANADA – J. Templeman*
IA - J. Guazzelli Pezzali
KS – C.G. Aldrich
MO - K. Barry
IL – M.R. Cattai de Godoy
CANADA – C. Cargo-Froom
PA - A. Dainton
CA - K. Kerr
TN – S.E. Kitts-Morgan
CA - L. Koutsos
MN - A. Millican
KS - L. Motsinger
IL - M. Oba
CANADA – A.K. Shoveller

Comparative Gut Physiology
KY – J. Klotz*
IA – S. Pearce
AL - A. Hines
MN - J. Remus

Contemporary & Emerging Issues

Forages & Pastures
AL - L. Dillard*
NE - J. MacDonald
OR - T. Mulliniks
KS - L. Thompson

Growth & Development
CANADA – M. Duarte*
MI - J. Kim
GA - M. Mendoza
BRAZIL - M. Ladeira

Horse Species
FL – T. Hansen*
ND – C. Hammer
MO - R. Jacobs
KY - C. Vasco

Meat Science & Muscle Biology
TX – S. White-Springer*
TX – J. Cooper
AL - A. Belk
NM - F. Giotto

Nonruminant Nutrition
AL – M. Rudar*
TX – E. Posey
IA - V. Anthony Uyanga
CANADA - O. Babatunde

Physiology & Endocrinology
KS – V.E. Gomez León*
KS - N. Diaz*
WY - J. Block
WA - M. Du
VA - A. Ealy

Production, Management & Environment
CANADA – O. Durunna*
ND – Z. Carlson
TX - J. Prestegaard
MS - B. Roqueto dos Reis

Ruminant Nutrition
KY – D. Harmon*
WA – K. Johnson
LA - M. Vedovatto
UT - K. Thornton

Small Ruminant
ID – M. Ellison*
MT - C. Posbergh
ID - C. Wilson
NC - O. Oderinwale

Swine Species
NC – R. Ekmay*
TX – A. Petry
GA - Y.D. Jang
IA - Megan Bible

Teaching/ Undergraduate & Graduate Education
KY – P. Harrelson*
NE – T. Schmidt
TX - C. Hoffmann
CO - C. Cadaret

Graduate Student Poster Competition - MS
NE - M. Crouse*
MO - C. Rocha
MO - S. Behura
AR - M. Snider

Graduate Student Poster Competition - PhD
NE - B. Neville*
TX - C. Hoffmann
TX - N. Mast
VA - R. Cockrum

Undergraduate Student Poster Competition
SD - A. Baiao Menezes*
GA - H. Perez
GA - P. Batchu
MO - E. Bryan

Award Committees (2023-2024)

Award committees and participation on the committees is defined in the rules associated with an award. Award committees are posted after all nominations are received for the year, as the structure of the committee often changes to avoid conflict of interest.

IN - O. Adeola
NE - K. Anderson
CO - R. Anthony
TX - A. Brandao
MS - C. Bratcher
GA - T. Callaway
ND - J. Caton
KY - R. Coffey
WI - T. Crenshaw
FL - G. Dahl
PA - A. Dainton
NC - E. Davis
TX - T.A. Davis
KS - J. DeRouchey
IL - A. Dilger
WA - M. Du

SC - S. Duckett
NM - G.C. Duff
CO - T. Engle
IA - L. Greiner
MI - K. Halloran
KY - D. Harmon
France - J. Hocquette
AL - C. Huntington
WA - K. Johnson
AR - E.B. Kegley
TX - C. Kerth
ND - G. Lardy
KY - J. Lehmkuhler
NE - C. Lents
NE - R. Lewis
AR - M. Looper

MT - M. MacNeil
NC - C. Maltecca
VA - V. Mercadante
NE - P. Miller
NC - J.A. Moore
FL - P. Moriel
AL - K. Mullenix
VA - D. Notter
MO - D. Patterson
TX - G. Perry
OK - R. Ramananthan
CT - S. Reed
KY - G. Rentfrow
NE - G. Rohrer

FL - J. Scheffler
MI - A. Schroeder
OK - L. Spicer
TX - L. Tedeschi
Canada - J. Templeman
KS - M.D. Tokach
KY - R. Trotta
KY - K. Urschel
MN - A.E. Wertz-Lutz
OK - B. Wettemann
TX - S. White-Springer
IN - J. Woodworth
ID - J. Yelich
CT - S. Zinn

Assn. for Assessment & Accreditation of Lab. Animal Care Int
IL- J. Salak-Johnson

American Association for the Advancement of Science Council
TX - P.K. Riggs

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

American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists
AR - M.L. Looper

British Society of Animal Science
J. Capper

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology

European Assoc. for Animal Production
AL- J. Sartin

Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization
CT - T. Hogland

Society for Range Management
TX - D.R. Tolleson

World Association of Animal Production
AL- J. L. Sartin