Committees

Board of Directors (Voting Members):

• Thierry Besançon – President
• Katelyn Venner – President Elect
• Kurt Vollmer– Vice President
• Shawn Beam – Treasurer
• Erin Hitchner – Past President
• Maria Gannet – Membership Chair
• Caio Brunharo – Sustaining Membership/Weed Contest Committee
• John Kaminski – Public Relations
• Navdeep Godara – Graduate Student Rep.
• Shawn Beam – Treasurer

Chairs (Non-voting members):

• Vijay Singh – Editor
• Vipan Kumar – Research & Education
• Steve Pyle – WSSA Representative
• Randy Prostak – CAST Representative
• Lynn Sosnoskie – Media Communications
• Laurell Wellman – Graduate Student Rep. Elect
• Lee VanWychen – Science Policy Director

Program Committee: for 2025 meeting

• Katelyn Venner – President Elect (Chair)
• Kurt Vollmer – Vice President
• Navdeep Godara – Graduate Student Rep.
• Vipan Kumar – Research & Education
• Vijay Singh – Editor

Agronomic Crops

• Vipan Kumar – Chair
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Turf and Ornamentals

• Brad Park - Chair

Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb Crops

• Katie Ghantous – Chair
• Thierry Besançon – Chair-Elect

Weed Ecology & Invasive Species

• None - Chair-Elect

Poster Section

• Anthony Witcher – Chair

Site Selection Committee for 2026 Mtg

• Katelyn Venner – President Elect
• Kurt Vollmer – Vice President
• Shawn Beam – Treasurer

Awards Committee

• Erin Hitchner – Chair, Past Presdient
• Wes Everman – 2nd Past President
• Jacob Barney – 3rd Past President
• Caren Schmidt – 4th Past President
• Art Gover – 5th Past President

Nomination Committee

• Hilary Sandler – Chair, Appointed by President
• John Wallace – Appointed by President
• Maria Gannet – Nominated from the floor
• Art Gover – Nominated from the floor
• Mathew Elmore – Nominated from the floor

Resolutions Committee

• Antonio DiTommaso – Chair, Appointed by President
• Mark VanGessel – Appointed by President
• Michael Flessner – Appointed by President

Collegiate Weed Contest Committee (under current system)

• Caio Brunharo – Chair, Sustaining Member/Weed Contest
• Erin Hitchner – Co-chair, Syngenta
• Lynn Sosnoskie – Co-chair, Cornell
• Antonio DiTommaso – Cornell
• Dwight Lingenfelter – Penn State
• Thierry Besançon – Rutgers
• Shawn Askew – Virginia Tech
• Matt Cuttulle – Clemson
• Charles Cahoon – NC State University
• Francois Tardiff – Guelph

Audit Committee

• Shawn Beam – Treasurer
• Larissa Smith – Selected

Archives Committee

• Art Gover – Chair
• Erin Hitchner – Past President

Photo Award Committee

• Rakesh Chandran – Chair
• Randy Prostak
• Art Gover
• Shawn Askew
• Thierry Besançon
• Lynn Sosnoskie

Student Paper Awards Committee

• Wes Everman – Chair, 2nd Past President
• Erin Hitchner– Past President
• Jacob Barney – 3rd Past President
• Caren Schmidt – 4th Past President
• Art Gover – 5th Past President

Poster Award Committee

• Anthony Witcher – Chair
• Kate Venner – Volunteer
• Matt Elmore – Volunteer

Past President’s Committee

• Erin Hitchner– Chair, Past President
• Wes Everman – 2nd Past President
• Jacob Barney – 3rd Past President

Endowment Committee

• Erin Hitchner – Chair, Past President
• Wes Everman – 2nd Past President
• Shawn Beam – Treasurer
• Maria Gannet– Membership Chair
• Jacob Barney – 3rd Past President
• Caren Schmidt – 4th Past President
• Art Gover – 5th Past President
• Rakesh Chandran – Volunteer
• Mark VanGessel – Volunteer
• Hilary Sandler – Volunteer

Student Paper Writing Contest - Judging Committee (needs to be appointed by President)

• Larissa Smith – Chair
• Rakesh Chandran – Volunteer
• Craig Austin – Volunteer
• Matt Cutulle – Volunteer
• Art Gover -– Volunteer