About

Leadership

Section Officers

President
Colleen Hansel 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Past-President
Margaret Torn
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley, California
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Secretary
Tana Wood 
Forest Service
International Institute of Tropical Forestry

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Fall Meeting Program Representatives (Chair)

2021: Avni Malhotra, University of Zurich

2020: Ben Runkle, University of Arkansas

2019: Kate Lajtha, Oregon State University

2018: Michael Loranty, Colgate University

2017: Oliver Sonnentag, University of Montréal

2016: Jennifer Biddle, U. Delaware

2015: Adrian Rocha. U. Notre Dame

2014: Scott Werts. Winthrop University

2013: Brian Schubert, U. of Louisiana at Lafayette

2012: Mariah Carbone, U. New Hampshire

Sulzman Award Committee

2017 – 2018: Chair: Ruth Varner, University of New Hampshire

2015 – 2016: Michael Weintraub, U. of Toledo

2014: Jennifer Harden, USGS

2013: Jennifer Harden, USGS; and Elise Pendall, U. Wyoming

AGU Council / Early Career Representative

2022– 2023: Stephanie Pennington, US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

2018: Benjamin Sulman, Princeton University

2015 – 2017: Jasmine Crumsey, Cornell University

2014 – 2015: Melanie Harrison, NOAA

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Representative

2020-2023: Maya Almaraz, Princeton University

Web Master / Social Media Coordinator

2018 – 2023: Derek Pierson, USDA Forest Service

2017 – 2019: Jennifer Glass, Georgia Tech

Fellows Committee

2019 – 2020: Chair: Margaret Torn, University of California – Berkley

2017 – 2018: Chair: Elise Pendall, Western Sydney University

2016: Chair: Ariel Anbar, Arizona State University

2014: Chair: Marilyn Fogel, University of California – Merced

2013: Chairs: Patricia Dove, Virginia Tech, and Marilyn Fogel, University of California – Merced