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 (2026-2027)

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
TX- C.R. Krehbiel (Chair)
OK- A.P. Foote
OK - R.D. Coffey
TX - K.E. Hales
KS - L.A. Motsinger
TX - P.K. Riggs
ND - C.S. Schauer
GA - T.R. Callaway
TX - J.M. Reecy
MI - C.W. Ernst
OR - J. Ranches
IL – J.L. Sartin*
IL – J.E. Bartlett*

Finance Committee
ND - C.S. Schauer (Chair)
NC - D.H. Poole (Vice-Chair)
SD - Z.K. Smith
TX - B.P. Holland
MI - C.W. Ernst
OR - J. Ranches
TX – J.M. Reecy
TX - C.R. Krehbiel
OK - A.P. Foote
OK - R.D. Coffey
IL – J.L. Sartin*
IL - J.E. Bartlett*

Membership Committee
GA - T.R. Callaway (Chair)
PA - T.L. Felix (Vice-Chair)
ND - C.S. Schauer
NC - D.H. Poole
SD - Z.K. Smith
ND - K.M. Hauxwell
TX - H.N. Weidman
TX - C.R. Krehbiel
OK - A.P. Foote
MI - C.W. Ernst
OR - J. RanchesOK - R.D. Coffey
TX - P.K. Riggs
KS - L.A. Motsinger
TX - J.M. Reecy
TX - K.E. Hales
TX - B.P. Holland

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)
PA - T.L. Felix
KY - D.L. Harmon
TX - H.N. Weidman
TX - C.R. Krehbiel
OK - A.P. Foote
OK - R.D. Coffey
CT - S.A. Reed***
IA -  E.J. Huff-Lonergan***
WI – J.J. Parrish***
IL - D.D. Boler***
IL -  J.L. Sartin*
IL - J.E. Bartlett*

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
OH - S. Speight
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
TX - J.M. Reecy (Chair)
TX - B.P. Holland (Vice-Chair)
AL - W.B. Smith
OK - R.D. Coffey
ND - C.S. Schauer
OK - S.L. Armbruster
AR - R.A. Cheek
OH - R.L. Kelley
ND - G.P. Lardy
CO - E.A. Melchior
VA - M.A. Mirando
IL - K.S. Swanson
OK - A.P. Foote
IA - A. Brainard*
IL – J.L. Sartin*

Council for Accreditation
AR – M.L. Looper (Chair)
VA - A.D. Ealy
KS – M.J. Brouk
ND - D.S. Buchanan
IN – S.A. Crowder
KS - R.D. Goodband
VA - M.A. Mirando
IA – J.A. Sterle
ND - K.A. Vonnahme
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 (2026-2027)

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

Overall Programming Committee
2026-2027
MI - C.W. Ernst (Chair)
OR - J. Ranches (Vice-Chair)
TX- H.N. Weidman
ND - K.M. Hauxwell
TX - B.P. Holland
SD - Z.K. Smith
TX - C.R. Krehbiel
OK - A.P. Foote
OK - R.D.Coffey
CANADA - G. Ribeiro
CANADA - G. Medeiros da Silva
CANADA - R.M. Petri
IL – J.L. Sartin*
IL - D. Zagorski*
IL - J.E. Bartlett*
IL - M.E. Burnett*
IA - A. Brainard**

Animal Behavior & Well-Being
NE - J. Morrill (Chair)
MS - P. Fan
CANADA - J. Chou
OR - A. Rezende dos Santos

Animal Breeding & Genetics
CANADA – C. Baes (Chair)
NE - B. Engle
GA - S. Peters
TX - E. Baker

Animal Health
GA - H. Perez (Chair)
MT - C. Yeoman
KY - R. Cole
CANADA - N. Malmuthuge

Beef Species
TX - L. Walter (Chair)
MT - M. Van Emon
SD - Z. Smith
KS - M. King

Companion Animal
IA - J. Guazzelli Pezzali (Chair)
CANADA - C. Cargo-Froom

Comparative Gut Physiology
MN - J. Remus (Chair)
NC - R. Ekmay
ND - S. Amat

Contemporary & Emerging Issues
TX - K. Kaniyamattam (Chair)
TX - E. Memili

Forages & Pastures
OR - T. Mulliniks (Chair)
KS - L. Thompson
TX - A. Norris
OK - I. Maciel

Growth & Development
FL - M. Ladeira (Chair)
AL - J. Odhiambo
OH - B. Bohrer
AL - W. Diniz

Horse Species
TX - S. White-Springer (Chair)
KY - C. Latham
GA - R. Jacobs

Meat Science & Muscle Biology
NM - F. Giotto (Chair)
OK - A. Ghnenis
OK - R. Ramanathan
GA - P. Batchu

Nonruminant Nutrition
IA - V. Anthony Uyanga (Chair)
CANADA - O. Babatunde
MN - A.J. Mercado
OH - S. Oluwayemi

Physiology & Endocrinology
WA - M. Du (Chair)
VA - A. Ealy
SD - J. Drum
MS - K. Harvey

Production, Management & Environment
TX - J. Prestegaard (Chair)
IA - D Smerchek
SD - E. DeHaan
ND - V. de Souza Izquierdo

Ruminant Nutrition
UT - K. Thornton (Chair)
IL - J. Loor
IA - C. Dornbach
SD - A.C. Baiao Menezes

Small Ruminant
ID - C. Wilson (Chair)
NC - O. Oderinwale
MS - L. Rios
AR - D. Quadros

Swine Species
GA - Y.D. Jang (Chair)
IA - Megan Bible
IL - M. Duarte
IL - C. Archer

Teaching/ Undergraduate & Graduate Education
TX - C. Hoffmann (Chair)
CO - C. Cadaret
MN - Y. Hung
SD - C. Wright

Graduate Student Poster Competition - MS
AR - M. Snider (Chair)
TX - E. Memili
IN - Z. Yang

Graduate Student Poster Competition - PhD
VA - R. Cockrum (Chair)
IL - J. Loor
IA - D. Smerchek

Undergraduate Student Poster Competition
GA - H. Perez (Chair)
GA - P. Batchu
MO - E. Bryan
KY - R. Cole

Award Committees (2025-2026)

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
KS - R. Amachawadi
CO - R. Anthony
NM - D. Bailey
IA - L. Baumgard
WA - M. Benson
Netherlands - G. Bosch
TX - R. Broadway
GA - T. Callaway
ND - J. Caton
KY - R. Coffey
WA - K. Davenport
TX - T.A. Davis
FL - V. de Souza Izquierdo
IL - A. Dilger
WA - M. Du
SC - S. Duckett
NM - G. Duff
Australia - F. Dunshea
CO - T. Engle
MI - C. Ernst
FL - A. Faciola

DC - C. Gambino
VA - D. Gerrard
KS - R. Goodband
AL - W. Green
IA - L. Greiner
TX - K. Hales
ND - C. Hammer
MO - D. Hancock
IA - S. Hansen
France - J. Hocquette
AL - C. Huntington
WA - N. Irlbeck
TX - B. Johnson
WA - K. Johnson
AR - E.B. Kegley
IN - B. Kim
TX - C. Krehbiel
TX - C. Lamb
NE - C. Lents
KY - M. Lindmann
AR - M. Looper
IL - J. Loor
GA - D. Lourenco

NC - C. Maltecca
MN - K. Martinson
TN - K. Mason
KY - J. Matthews
MO - A. Meyer
NE - P. Miller
AL - D. Mulvaney
WA - G. Murdoch
WA - H. Neibergs
VA - D. Notter
IA - J. Patience
Australia - J. Pluski
TX - K. Pohler
OK - R. Ramananthan
OR - J. Ranches
IA - J. Reecey
CT - S. Reed
NE - G. Rohrer

ND - C. Schauer
MI - A. Schroeder
OK - L. Spicer
KS - M.D. Tokach
KY - K. Urschel
TX - J. Vendramini
OK - T. Ward
OK - B. Wettemann
IL - M. Wheeler
TX - S. White-Springer
KS - J. Woodworth
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

National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research (NCFAR)
TX - L. Randel

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
AL - J. Sartin

European Assoc. for Animal Production
AL- J. Sartin

Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization
NE - R. Woiwode
CO - L. Edwards-Callaway

Society for Range Management
TX - D.R. Tolleson

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