Board
Current BSG Officers (2023 - 2025)
Chair: Jeremy Johnson (Michigan State University)
Board Members :
Elections: Parveen Chhetri (California State University - Dominguez Hills)
Awards: Jim Speer (Indian State University)
Student Grant Awards: Dianna Gielstra (Prescott College)
Student Paper Awards: Kim Diver (University of Michigan)
Treasurer: Nathan Gill (Texas Tech)
Grad Student Representative: Raju Bista (Michigan State University)
Newsletter and Webpage Editor: Arvind Bhuta (USDA Forest Service)
Past BSG Chairs
2021-2023: Stockton Maxwell (Radford University)
2010-2021: Daehyun Kim (Seoul National University)
2017-2019: Tony Stallins (University of Kentucky)
2015-2017: Jake Bendix (Syracuse University)
2013-2015: Lynn Resler (Virginia Tech)
2011-2013: David Cairns (Texas A&M University)
2009-2011: Lesley Rigg (Northern Illinois University)
2007-2009: Lori Daniels (University of British Columbia)
2005-2007: Joy (Nystrom) Mast (Carthage College)
2003-2005: John Kupfer (University of South Carolina)
2001-2003: Ken Young (University of Texas at Austin)
1999-2001: Glen MacDonald (University of California, Los Angeles)
1997-1999: George Malanson (University of Iowa)
1995-1997: Melissa Savage (University of California, Los Angeles)
1993-1995: Sally Horn (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
1991-1993: Alan Taylor (Pennsylvania State University)
1989-1991: Susan Beatty (University of Colorado)
1987-1989: Thomas Veblen (University of Colorado)
1985-1987: Albert Parker (University of Georgia)
1983-1985: Dean Wilder (University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse)
1981-1983: Jerry McDonald (Radford University)
Past BSG Board Members
2022-2023: Tommy Patterson (University of Southern Mississippi); Arvind Bhuta (USDA Forest Service)
2020-2022: Maegen Rochner (University of Louisville); Jeremy Johnson (Prescott College)
2019-2021: Will Flatley (University of Central Arkansas)
2018-2020: Christy Briles (University of Colorado-Denver); Nina Hewitt (University of British Columbia-Vancouver)
2017-2019: Grant Harley (University of Idaho); Daehyun Kim (Seoul National University)
2016-2018: Maria Caffrey (University of Colorado-Boulder; Brenden McNeil (West Virginia University)
2015-2017: Matt Bekker (Brigham Young University); Melanie Stine (University of Texas-San Antonio)
2014-2016: Carissa Brown (Memorial University of Newfoundland); Joy Fritschle (West Chester University)
2013-2015: Grant Elliott (University of Missouri); Justin Hart (University of Alabama)
2012-1014: Curt Holder (University of Colorado-Colorado Springs); Evan Larson (University of Wisconsin-Platteville)
2011-2013: David Goldblum (Northern Illinois University); Ross Meentemeyer (University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
2010-2012: Kurt Kipfmueller (University of Minnesota); Lynn Resler (Virginia Tech)
2009-2011: Amy Hessl (West Virginia University); Gabrielle Katz (Appalachian State University)
2008-2010: David Butler (Texas State University); Colin Long (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
2007-2009: Michelle Goman (Cornell University); Henri Grissino-Mayer (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
2006-2008: Catherine Yansa (Michigan State University); Rosemary Sherriff (University of Hawaii, Hilo)
2005-2007: Jim Speer (Indiana State University); Charles Lafon (Texas A&M University)
2004-2006: David Cairns (Texas A&M University); Mary Ann Cunningham (Vassar College)
2003-2005: Lesley Rigg (Northern Illinois University); Joy Wolf (University of Wisconsin-Parkside)
2002-2004: Karen Arabas (Willamette University); Lori Daniels (University of British Columbia)
2001-2003: Mark Cowell (University of Missouri); Susy Svatek Ziegler (University of Minnesota)
2000-2002: James Dyer (Ohio University); Joan Welch (West Chester University)
1999-2001: Keith Hadley (Portland State University); Katrina Moser (University of Utah)
1998-2000: Philip Keating (University of Miami); John Kupfer (University of Arizona)
1997-1999: Kimberly Medley (Miami University); Cathy Whitlock (University of Oregon)
1996-1998: Joy (Nystrom) Mast (Northern Arizona University)
1995-1997: Jacob Bendix (Syracuse University); Ken Young (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
1994-1996: Patricia Fall (Arizona State University)
1993-1995: David Shankman (University of Alabama); Susanna Tong (University of Cincinnati)
1992-1994: Melissa Savage (University of California, Los Angeles)
1991-1993: Janet Franklin (San Diego State University); Kam-Biu Liu (Louisiana State University)
1990-1992: Kathy Parker (University of Georgia)
1989-1991: Robert Frenkel (Oregon State University); Lisa Graumlich (University of Arizona)
1988-1990: Sally Horn (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
1987-1989: Susan Beatty (University of California, Los Angeles); George Malanson (University of Iowa)
1986-1988: Deborah Elliot-Fisk (University of California, Davis)
1985-1987: Robert Frenkel (Oregon State University); Garry Rogers (Columbia University)
1984-1986: Larry Price (Portland State University)
1983-1985: Deborah Elliot-Fisk (University of California, Davis); Albert Parker (University of Georgia)
1982-1984: Jeanne Kay (University of Utah)
1981-1983: Thomas Veblen (University of Colorado-Boulder); Hartmut Walter (University of California, Los Angeles)
Past BSG Newsletter Editors
2020-2023: Tony Stallins (University of Kentucky)
2014-2020: Chris Underwood (University of Wisconsin-Plattville)
2013-2014: John Waldron (University of West Florida)
2008-2013: Joy (Nystrom) Mast (Carthage College)
2000-2008: Duane Griffin (Bucknell University)
1997-2000: Eric Edlund (University of Montana)
1991-1997: Michael DeMers (New Mexico State University)
1985-1991: Susan Woodward (Radford University)
1981-1985: Lee Henry Slorp (Miami University)
Past BSG Treasurer-Secretary
2004-2020: Taly Dresner (York University - Toronto)
2000-2004: Scott Mensing (University of Nevada - Reno)
1994-2000: Darrel McDonald (Stephen F. Austin State University)
1990-1994: William Baker (University of Wyoming)
1988-1990: Clarissa Kimber (Texas A&M University)
1986-1988: Laura Conkey (Dartmouth College)
1984-1986: Jeanne Kay (University of Utah)
1982-1984: Tom Vale (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
1981-1982: Dean Wilder (University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse)
Past BSG Grad Student Representatives
2023-2024: Rabindra Parajuli (Florida Atlantic University)
2022-2023: Audrey Denvir (University of Texas - Austin)
2021-2022: Mara McPartland (University of Minnesota)
2020-2021: Jackie Guz (Clark University)
2019-2020: Rosemary Downing (University of Colorado-Denver)
2019-2020: Nicole Zampieri (Florida State University)
2018-2019: Clay Tucker (Louisiana State University)
2017-2018: Nathan Gill (Clark University)
2016-2017: Thomas (Tommy) Patterson (University of North Carolina)
2015-2016: Chris Kaase (University of South Carolina)
2014-2015: Amanda Young (Pennsylvania State University)
2013-2014: Jeremy Johnson (Texas A&M University)
2012-2013: Melanie Stine (Texas State University-San Marcos)
2011-2012: Clayton Whitesides (Texas State University-San Marcos)
2010-2011: Arvind Bhuta (Virginia Tech)
2009-2010: Stockton Maxwell (West Virginia University)
2008-2009: Jacquelyn Gill (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
2007-2008: Jenn Marlon (University of Oregon)
2005-2007: Chad Lane (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)