July 2026 – June 2027
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PRESIDENT: Ginger Paige, University of Wyoming, gpaige@uwyo.edu
PAST-PRESIDENT: Lucas Gregory, Texas A&M University, lfgregory@ag.tamu.edu
PRESIDENT-ELECT: Alexander (Sam) Fernald, New Mexico State University, afernald@nmsu.edu
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Jackie Gillespie, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, crimjac@siu.edu
Board Members
Laura Bowling, Purdue University, bowling@purdue.edu
Mary Foltz, Oklahoma State University, mary.foltz@okstate.edu
Drew Gholson, Mississippi State University – NCAAR, drew.gholson@msstate.edu
Anna Gitter, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, anna.gitter@uth.tmc.edu
Bridget Guerrero, West Texas A&M University, bguerrero@wtamu.edu
Erin Haacker, University of Nebraska, ehaacker2@unl.edu
Andrea Ludwig, University of Tennessee, aludwig@utk.edu
Mike O’Driscoll, East Carolina University, odriscollm@ecu.edu
Julie Padowski, Washington State University, julie.padowski@wsu.edu
Student Board Member
Alyssa Wentzel, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, alyssa.wentzel@students.tamuk.edu
Committee Chairs
2026 Conference Chair: Jerry Kauffman, University of Delaware, jerryk@udel.edu
2026 Conference Technical Program:
2026 Warren Hall Medal Selection: Ginger Paige, University of Wyoming, gpaige@uwyo.edu
2026 Board Elections: Lucas Gregory, Texas A&M University, lfgregory@ag.tamu.edu
2026 NIWR Liaison: Alexander (Sam) Fernald, New Mexico State University, afernald@nmsu.edu
