Leadership and Governance

GOVERNING BOARD: The Organization of Biological Field Stations is governed by its Members and a Board of Directors composed of Member-elected and Board-selected Officers, and Organizational Standing Committee Chairs. The Historian and Subcommittee chairs are non-voting participants.

The definitions, charges, duties, and responsibilities of the Board are explicitly defined and limited in the Constitution and Bylaws. Primary responsibilities include: selecting Annual Meeting sites and participating in Annual Meetings; coordinating and executing organization activities, goals and responsibilities as mandated by the Constitution, Bylaws, and the membership; researching new areas and initiating personal and organizational connections to promote OBFS activities, and exploring opportunities for OBFS and its members. Members of the Board work to further the goals, ideals, and vitality of the OBFS. They also represent the individual interests of the organization’s diverse membership.

Past minutes, document archive, Policies and Procedures Manual, and other organizational material useful to Members and Directors is available with member log-in.

Contact governance@obfs.org with any questions.

For more on the roles of the positions see governance.

The Executive Committee:

The Executive Committee is composed of all member-elected officers and the Past President, an ex officio position assumed by the out-going President.


President
Rhonda Struminger
2024-2026
president@obfs.org

Past-President
Lara Roketenetz
2024-2026
pastpresident@obfs.org

Vice President
Skip Van Bloem
2023-2024
vicepresident@obfs.org

Treasurer
Paul Wetzel
2023-2025
treasurer@obfs.org


Secretary
Beth Norman
2022-2024
secretary@obfs.org
Member at Large 1
Sonia Nobrega
2023-2025
MAL1@obfs.org

Member at Large 2
Megan DiNapoli
2024-2026
MAL2@obfs.org
 

Member at Large Early Career
Sofia Rodriguez
2024-2026 Earlycareer@obfs.org

 

Board Selected Officers:


Editor
Stacy McNulty
2022-2024
editor@obfs.org

Network Coordinator
Sarah Oktay
2024-2025
web_admin@obfs.org

 

Committee Chairs:

For more on the Committee activities see committees.

Annual Meeting Planning Committee
Chair: Skip Van Bloem
Collaborations Committee
Chair: Itchung Cheung
Development Committee
Co-chair: Brian Kloeppel
Co-chair: Sarah Oktay
Governance and Sustainability Committee
Chair: Shane Waddell
IDEA+ Committee
Co-chair: Tori McDermott; vmmcdermott@alaska.edu
Co-chair: Phoebe Jekielek;
International Committee
Chair: David Maneli
Membership Committee
Chair: Paul Wetzel
Outreach and Communications Committee
Chair: Conner Philson

 

Non-voting, Board Selected Positions:

Historian
Mary Hufty
AIBS Liaison
Paul Foster