The WCGALP2026 Executive Board
Jack Dekkers (ISU)
Alison Van Eenennaam (UCD)
Guilherme Rosa (UW)
James Sartin (ASAS)
gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following people to the organization of WCGALP2026.
WCGALP Permanent International Committee
Ewa Sell-Kubiak (chair)
Poland
Alessandra Stella
Italy
Filippo Miglior (secretary)
Canada
Yutaka Masuda
Japan
Lusheng Huang
China
Heather Huson
USA
Alexander Kahi
Kenya
Pamela Alexandre
Australia
Maria Wurzinger
Austria/USA
Jeremie van der Plas
Netherlands
Jorn Bennewitz
Germany
Androniki Psifidi
UK
Gopal Gowane
India
Daniela Lourenco
USA
Donagh Berry
Ireland
Helene Gilbert
France
American Society of Animal Science
James Sartin
Melissa Burnett
Debbie Zagorski
Amy Brainard
Ethan Carpenter
WCGALP 2026 Social Committee
Guilherme Rosa (Chair)
Brian Kirkpatrick
James Koltes
Jay Mattison
Katie Olson
Kelli Retallick
Miriam Piles
Nick Wu
Jack Dekkers
Sue Dekkers
WCGALP 2026 Scientific Advisory Committee
Jack Dekkers (chair)
USA
Peter Amer
New Zealand
Julius van der Werf
Australia
Suzanne Rowe
New Zealand
Suzanne Hermesch
Australia
Gareth Difford
Norway
Marcos Vinicius Barbosa da Silva
Brazil
Ewa Sell-Kubiak
Poland
Christine Baes
Canada
Jana Obsteter
Slovenia
Filippo Miglior
Canada
Linky Makgahlela
South Africa
Xiangdong Ding
China
Noelia Ibanez
Spain
Bernt Gulbrantsen
Denmark
Anna Wallenbeck
Sweden
Helene Gilbert
France
Andrea Wilson
UK
Christa Kuehn
Germany
Androniki Psifidi
UK
Jorn Bennewitz
Germany
Alison Van Eenennaam
USA
Gopal Gowane
India
Daniella Lourenco
USA
Donagh Berry
Ireland
Guilherme Rosa
USA
Alessandra Stella
Italy
Hassan Khatib
USA
Yutaka Masuda
Japan
Heather Huson
USA
Pascal Duenk
Netherlands
Juan Steibel
USA
Roel Veerkamp
Netherlands
Luiz Brito
USA
Maria Wurtzinger
USA
WCGALP 2026 Local Co-chairs
Iowa State University
University of California-Davis
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ania Wolc
Alison Van Eenennaam
Brian Kirkpatrick
Austin Putz
Andrea Schreier
Francisco Penagaricano
Chris Tuggle
Guilllermo Martinez Boggio
Guilherme Rosa
Gustavo Guttierez
Hao Cheng
Hassan Khatib
James Koltes
Huaijun Zhou
Joao Dorea
Jennifer Bundy
Kent Weigel
Juan Steibel
Lauren Baker
Maria Wurzinger
Randy Culbertson
WCGALP 2026 Scientific Session Co-chairs and Reviewers
Alesio Cechinato
Dorte Wittenburg
Jorn Bennewitz
Ruidong Xiang
Alessandra Stella
Eileen Wall
Jose Yanez
Sam Clark
Amanda Chamberlain
Elisabetta Guiffra
Julius van der Werf
Sammy Aggrey
Ana Granados
Esther Ellen
Karen Marshall
Shuhong Zhao
Anderson Alves
Ewa Sell Kubiak
Keiichi Inoue
Simon Turner
Andrea Wilson
Fany Blanc
Lars Ronnegard
Sophie Eaglen
Andreson Alves
Filippo Miglior
Linky Makgahlela
Susanne Eriksson
Andrew Hess
Gabor Maszaros
Luis Varona
Susanne Hermesch
Androniki Psifidi
Gareth Difford
Luiz Brito
Suzanne Rowe
Angela Canovas
Georgios Banos
Maci Mueller
Ted Kalbfleisch
Aniek Bouwman
Gustavo de los Campos
Marina Fortes
Tiago Bresollin
Anne Sonesson
Haipeng Yu
Mario Calus
Tom Wishart
Ben Reading
Harvey Blackburn
Mark Knauer
Toni Reverter
Ben Rosen
Heather Huson
Matt Littlejohn
Torsten Pook
Bob Weaber
Hélène Gilbert
Matt Spangler
Tricia Johnson
Brian Davis
Hélène Soyeurt
Mirte Bosse
Troy Rowan
Caeli Richardson
Henk Bovenhuis
Naomi Duijvestein
Wen Huang
Cedric Gondro
Hubert Pausch
Noelia Ibáñez Escriche
Wendy Rauw
Cheryl Quinton
Ino Čurik
Ole Madsen
Xiangdong Ding
Christa Kuehn
Jan Lassen
Oscar Gonzalez-Recio
Xiaolei Liu
Christian Maltecca
Jana Obsteter
Pascal Duenk
YuLong Yin
Craig Lewis
Jicai Jiang
Paul Boettcher
Yutaku Masuda
Daniela Lourenco
Jo Newton
Ricardo PongWong
Yvonne Wientjes
Donagh Berry
Joanna Szyda
Roel Veerkamp
Zexi Cai
Zulma Vitezica
Iowa State University Digital Press
Scott McCleary
Harrison Inefuku
Style Editors
Joel Van Eenennaam
Renaly Dorea
Judges for Graduate Student Scholarship Program
Alison Van Eenennaam
University of California, Davis
Daniela Lourenco
University of Georgia
Jennie Pryce
La Trobe University, Australia
Sophie Eaglen
Select Sires, Inc.
Judges for Early Career Researchers 3-minute Video Competition
Ana Granados Chapatte
ICAR
Jo Newton
Dairy New Zealand
Sophie Eaglen
Select Sires, Inc.
Tracy Sellers
UC Davis CLEAR Center
Contributors to Midconference Tours
ABS-Genus
Genetic Visions - ST
URUS-Transova
UW Arlington Dairy Farm
WCGALP 2026 Additional Technical Reviewers
Abdulraheem Musa
Danielle Ellinghuysen
Isaac Berg
Pamela Alexandre
Adrian Lopez-Catalina
Dirk van Winden
Issabelle Ampofo
Paulino Perez Rodríguez
Andrea Nuñez
Eduard Murani
Jo-Anne Harper
Phillip Gurman
Annika Bunz
Elandri de Bruyen
Johann Sölkner
Rebecca Finchum
Arianna Manunza
Elena Facchini
Laurens van der Giessen
Ricarda Jahnel
Bayode Makanjuola
Emmanuel Okoli Odah
Marco Bink
Samla Cunha
Birgit Fürst-Waltl
Emna Rekik
Max Rothschild
Sara-Joe Burn
Blessing Olabosoye
Gabor Meszaros
Mehmet Kizilaslan
Shweta Sahoo
Britt de Klerk
Gabriela ‘Ella’ Dodd
Michael Aldridge
Sydney Heins
Caitlin Sliger
Henry Reyer
Mina Shumaly
Xiaohan Jiang
Coralie Machefert
Hugo Toledo
Nicholas Jacob
Ye Bi
Yuni Resti
