ASAS Committees

ASAS has five types of committees or special representative assignments: 1) Board Committees, 2) General Committees/Working Groups, 3) Special Representative appointments to other groups, 4) Awards Committees and 5) Annual Meeting Program Committees. Each type of committee or special representative appointment provides a chance to contribute to the society and to become involved in the society leadership.

Committee assignments are for three years and committee terms are from July to July. Please contact us at asas@asas.org throughout the year if you are interested in serving on committees. We try to ensure that anyone interested in serving on a committee has that opportunity.

BOARD COMMITTEES (2025-2026)

Board committees are committees made up of board members. These committees may be defined within the by-laws or be a special board-designated committee.  *Ex Officio

Executive Committee
OK - R.D. Coffey (Chair)
TX- C.R. Krehbiel
WA - K.A. Johnson
TX - K.E. Hales
KS - L.A. Motsinger
TX - P.K. Riggs
ND - C.S. Schauer
GA - T.R. Callaway
IA - J.M. Reecy
MO - A.M. Meyer
IL – J.L. Sartin*
IL – J.E. Bartlett*

Finance Committee
ND - C.S. Schauer (Chair)
MI - C.W. Ernst
NC - D.H. Poole
IA – J.M. Reecy
OK - R.D. Coffey
TX - C.R. Krehbiel
WA - K.A. Johnson
IL – J.L. Sartin*
IL - J.E. Bartlett*

Membership Committee
GA - T.R. Callaway (Chair)
OK - R.D. Coffey
TX - C.R. Krehbiel
WA- K.A. Johnson
MO - A.M. Meyer
GA - T.R. Callaway
TX - P.K. Riggs
KS - L.A. Motsinger
IA - J.M. Reecy
ND - C.S. Schauer
TX - K.E. Hales
MN - D.L. Hancock
CO - E.A. Melchior
KS - R.D. Goodband
IA - L.L. Greiner
MI - C.W. Ernst
NC - D.H. Poole
CT - C. Summers
ND - K.M. Hauxwell

General Committees/Working Groups (2025-2026)

General committees/working groups are generally formed for topics or programming important to the membership. These committees are made up of a combination of general membership and board members. The yearly expectations for these committees are described in the committee assignment documents. 
*Ex Officio ***EiC

Publications Committee
TX - K.E. Hales (Chair)
KY - D.L. Harmon
IA - L.L. Greiner
KS – R.D. Goodband
CT - C. Summers
OK - R.D. Coffey
WA - K.A. Johnson
CT – S.A. Reed***
IA – E.J. Huff-Lonergan***
WI – J.J. Parrish***
IL - D.D. Boler***
IL – J.L. Sartin*

Public Policy Committee
TX - P.K. Riggs (Chair)
TX – H.R. Cross
TX – R.W. Godfrey
AL - D.R. Mulvaney
VA – L.W. Randel
TX – D.R. Tolleson
MD - C.D. Wray-Cahen
TX - E. Memili
TX - T.A. Davis
OK - R.D. Coffey
OH - S. Speight
IL – J.L. Sartin*

Ethics and Community Committee
NC - R.D. Ekmay
GA - F.L. Fluharty
ND - K.M. Hauxwell
CT - S.A. Reed
OK - R.D. Coffey
IL - J.L. Sartin*

Foundation Committee
IA - J.M. Reecy (Chair)
IA – E. Otto-Tice (Vice Chair)
MN - D.L. Hancock
CO - E.A. Melchior
ND - C.S. Schauer
TX - N.A. Cole
OK - S. Armbruster
TX - B.P. Holland
NE - T.A. Rathje
AR – E.B. Kegley
AL - W.B. Smith
WA - K.A. Johnson
IA - A. Brainard*
IL – J.L. Sartin*

Council for Accreditation
MN – M. Bauer (Chair)
KS – M.J. Brouk
ND - D.S. Buchanan
IN – S.A. Crowder
VA - A.D. Ealy
AL – N.K. Gurung
AR – M.L. Looper
CO - E.A. Melchior
IA – J.A. Sterle
WA – M.E. Benson

Industry Engagement
NC - M.E. Davis (Chair)
MN - D.L. Hancock
MN - A.E. Lutz
IL - J.L. Sartin*
IA - A. Brainard*

Annual Meeting Program Committees (2025-2026)

ASAS Annual Meeting Program Committees propose symposia, review abstracts, and help fundraise for the meeting.  *ASAS Staff, ** ASAS Foundation Staff

Overall Programming Committee
MO – A.M. Meyer (Chair)
MI - C.W. Ernst (Vice-Chair)
KS - R.D. Goodband
CO - E.A. Melchior
ND - K.M. Hauxwell
CANADA - A. Canovas
CANADA - G. Ribeiro
CANADA - R. Petri
OK - R.D. Coffey
IL – J.L. Sartin*
IL - D. Zagorski*
IL - J.E. Bartlett*
IL - M.E. Burnett*
IA - A. Brainard**

Animal Behavior & Well-Being
OR – J. Ranches*
NE - J. Morrill
MS - P. Fan
CANADA - J. Chou

Animal Breeding & Genetics
WV – C. Ashwell*
CANADA – C. Baes
NE - B. Engle
GA - S. Peters

Animal Health
IN - N. Horn*
GA - H. Perez
MT - C. Yeoman
KY - R. Cole

Beef Species
TX – M. Beck*
TX - L. Walter
MT - M. Van Emon
SD - Z. Smith

Companion Animal (2026)
CANADA – J. Templeman*
IA - J. Guazzelli Pezzali
KS – C.G. Aldrich
MO - K. Barry
CANADA – C. Cargo-Froom
PA - A. Dainton
IL – M.R. de Godoy
CA - K. Kerr
TN – S.E. Kitts-Morgan
CA - L. Koutsos
MN - A. Millican
KS - L. Motsinger
IL - M. Oba
CANADA – A.K. Shoveller
WA - C. Linn
CO - I. Corsato Alvarenga

Comparative Gut Physiology
AL - A. Hines*
MN - J. Remus
NC - R. Ekmay

Contemporary & Emerging Issues
CT - S. Zinn*
TX - K. Kaniyamattam
TX - E. Memili

Forages & Pastures
NE - J. MacDonald*
OR - T. Mulliniks
KS - L. Thompson
TX - A. Norris

Growth & Development
GA - M. Mendoza*
BRAZIL - M. Ladeira
AL - J. Odhiambo
OH - B. Bohrer

Horse Species
ND – C. Hammer*
FL - S. Brooks
KY - C. Vasco

Meat Science & Muscle Biology
AL - A. Belk*
NM - F. Giotto
OK - A. Ghnenis
OK - R. Ramanathan

Nonruminant Nutrition
TX – E. Posey*
IA - V. Anthony Uyanga
CANADA - O. Babatunde
MN - A.J. Mercado

Physiology & Endocrinology
WY - J. Block*
WA - M. Du
VA - A. Ealy
SD - J. Drum

Production, Management & Environment
ND – Z. Carlson*
TX - J. Prestegaard
MS - B. Roqueto dos Reis
IA - D Smerchek

Ruminant Nutrition
WA – K. Johnson*
LA - M. Vedovatto
UT - K. Thornton
IL - J. Loor

Small Ruminant
ID – M. Ellison*
ID - C. Wilson
NC - O. Oderinwale
MS - L. Rios

Swine Species
TX – A. Petry*
GA - Y.D. Jang
IA - Megan Bible
IL - M. Duarte

Teaching/ Undergraduate & Graduate Education
NE – T. Schmidt*
TX - C. Hoffmann
CO - C. Cadaret
MN - Y. Hung

Graduate Student Poster Competition - MS
MO - S. Behura
AR - M. Snider

Graduate Student Poster Competition - PhD
TX - N. Mast
VA - R. Cockrum

Undergraduate Student Poster Competition
GA - H. Perez
GA - P. Batchu
MO - E. Bryan

Award Committees (2024-2025)

Award committees and participation on the committees is defined in the rules associated with an award. Award committees are posted after all nominations are received for the year, as the structure of the committee often changes to avoid conflict of interest.

IN - K. Ajuwon
KY - L. Anderson
CO - R. Anthony
NM - D. Bailey
MS - C. Bratcher
IN - L. Brito
ND - J. Caton
KY - R. Coffey
TX - R. Cooke
NC - E. Davis
TX - T.A. Davis
IL - A. Dilger
WA - M. Du
CANADA - M. Duarte
SC - S. Duckett
NM - G. Duff
Australia - F. Dunshea

CO - T. Engle
MI - C. Ernst
VA - D. Gerrard
KS - R. Goodband
IA - L. Greiner
TX - K. Hales
IA - S. Hansen
France - J. Hocquette
AL - C. Huntington
WA - K. Johnson
AR - E.B. Kegley
TX - C. Kerth
NE - C. Lents
AR - M. Looper
IL - J. Loor
GA - D. Lourenco

MT - M. MacNeil
NC - C. Maltecca
MN - K. Martinson
MO - A. Meyer
NE - P. Miller
FL - P. Moriel
AL - D. Mulvaney
WA - H. Neibergs
VA - D. Notter
MO - D. Patterson
TX - S. Paudyal
Australia - J. Pluski
OK - R. Ramananthan
TX - R. Randel
NE - G. Rohrer

ND - C. Schauer
MI - A. Schroeder
IA - J. Selsby
IL - K. Swanson
TX - L. Tedeschi
Canada - J. Templeman
KS - M.D. Tokach
KY - R. Trotta
KY - K. Urschel
FL - L. Warren
OK - B. Wettemann
IL - M. Wheeler
TX - S. White-Springer
KS - J. Woodworth
CT - S. Zinn

Assn. for Assessment & Accreditation of Lab. Animal Care Int
IL- J. Salak-Johnson

American Association for the Advancement of Science Council
TX - P.K. Riggs

American Feed Industry Association Nutrition Council
KY–G. L. Cromwell

American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists
AR - M.L. Looper

National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research (NCFAR)
TX - L. Randel

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
AL - J. Sartin

European Assoc. for Animal Production
AL- J. Sartin

Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization
NE - R. Woiwode
CO - L. Edwards-Callaway

Society for Range Management
TX - D.R. Tolleson

World Association of Animal Production
AL- J. L. Sartin