Committees
Board of Directors (Voting Members):
- Erin Hitchner – President
- Thierry Besançon – President Elect
- Katelyn Venner – Vice President
- Larissa Smith – Treasurer
- Wes Everman – Past President
- Matt Elmore – Membership Chair
- Caio Brunharo – Sustaining Membership/Weed Contest Committee
- John Kaminski – Public Relations
- Eli Russell – Graduate Student Rep.
- Shawn Beam – Treasurer-elect (Non-voting member)
Chairs (Non-voting members):
- Vijay Singh – Editor
- Carolyn Lowry – Research & Education
- Steve Pyle – WSSA Representative
- Anthony Witcher – CAST Representative
- Lynn Sosnoskie – Media Communications
- Navdeep Godara – Graduate Studen Rep. Elect
- Lee VanWychen – Science Policy Director
Program Committee: for 2025 meeting
- Thierry Besançon – President Elect (Chair)
- Katelyn Venner – Vice President
- Eli Russell – Graduate Student Rep.
- Carolyn Lowry – Research & Education
- Vijay Singh – Editor
Agronomic Crops
- Ramon Leon – Chair
- Vipan Kumar – Chair-Elect
Turf and Ornamentals
- David Hillger – Chair
- Brad Park – Chair-Elect
Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb Crops
- Roger Batts – Chair
- Katie Ghantous – Chair-Elect
Weed Ecology & Invasive Species
- Sarah Kezar – Chair
- None – Chair-Elect
Poster Section
- Kate Venner – Chair
- Anthony Witcher – Chair-Elect
Site Selection Committee for 2026 Mtg
- Thierry Besançon – President Elect
- Katelyn Venner – Vice President
- Larissa Smith – Treasurer
Awards Committee
- Wes Everman – Chair, Past President
- Jacob Barney – 2nd Past President
- Caren Schmidt – 3rd Past President
- Art Gover – 4th Past President
- Dan Kunkel – 5th Past President
Nomination Committee
- Dwight Lingenfelter – Chair, Appointed by President
- Larissa Smith – Appointed by President
- Lynn Sosnoskie – Nominated from the floor
- Maria Gannett – Nominated from the floor
- Vijay Singh – Nominated from the floor
Resolutions Committee
- Hilary Sandler – Chair, Appointed by President
- Kurt Vollmer – Appointed by President
- Matt Cutulle – Appointed by President
Collegiate Weed Contest Committee (under current system)
- Caio Brunharo – Chair, Sustaining Member/Weed Contest
- Wes Everman – Co-chair, NCState
- Tony DiTommasso – Cornell
- Dwight Lingenfelter – Penn State
- Thierry Besançon – Rutgers
- Shawn Askew – VATech
- Matt Cuttulle – Clemson
- Francois Tardiff – Guelph
Audit Committee
- Larissa Smith – Treasurer
- Shawn Beam – Treasurer-Elect
- Kurt Vollmer – Selected
Archives Committee
- Art Gover – Chair
- Wes Everman – Past President
Photo Award Committee
- Hilary Sandler – Chair
- Erin Hitchner
- Art Gover
- Shawn Askew
- Rakesh Chandran
- Thierry Besançon
Student Paper Awards Committee
- Jacob Barney – Chair, 2nd Past President
- Wes Everman – Past President
- Caren Schmidt – 3rd Past President
- Art Gover – 4th Past President
- Dan Kunkel – 5th Past President
Poster Award Committee
- Anthony Witcher – Chair
- Kate Venner – Volunteer
- Matt Elmore – Volunteer
- Open – Volunteer
Past President’s Committee
- Wes Everman – Chair, Past President
- Jacob Barney – 2nd Past President
- Caren Schmidt – 3rd Past President
Endowment Committee
- Wes Everman – Chair, Past President
- Jacob Barney – 2nd Past President
- Caren Schmidt – Appointed by President
- Larissa Smith – Treasurer
- Matt Elmore – Membership Chair
- Caren Schmidt – 3rd Past President
- Art Gover – 4th Past President
- Dan Kunkel – 5th Past President
- Rakesh Chandran – Volunteer
- Mark VanGessel – Volunteer
- Jeff Derr – Volunteer
- Hilary Sandler – Volunteer
Student Paper Writing Contest – Judging Committee (needs to be appointed by President)
