The Council members of RSS are elected each year by the members by a majority vote or appointed by the President. The following positions are part of the voting council and participate in annual Council Meetings:
NAME
POSITION
E-MAIL
Jennifer Sherman
President
[email protected]
Kenneth Robinson
President-elect
John Green
Past President
Stephanie Teixeira Poit
Vice President
Scott Sanders
Executive Director/Treasurer
Michael R. Cope
Kathleen Sexsmith
Secretary
Kristal Jones
Chair (Awards & Endowment)
Aysha Bodenhamer
Chair-elect (Awards & Endow.)
Mary Hendrickson
Chair (Development)
Florence Becot
Chair-elect (Development)
Chair (Diversity)
Chair-elect (Diversity)
Debarashmi Mitra
Chair (Membership)
Kelli Russell
Chair-elect (Membership)
Guangqing Chi
Chair (Publications)
Chair-elect (Publications)
Program Co-chair (2022-2023)
Becky Schewe
Morgan Rachelle Montanez
Grad Council Rep (2022-2023)
Hazel Velasco Palacios
Nominations (non-voting)
Kristi Leikes
Chair (Nominations)
Chair-elect (Nominations)
Ethics Committee (non-voting)
Leanne Avery
Chair
Chair-elect (Ethics)
RSS members Shoshanah Inwood, Andrea Rissing, and Florence Becot recently published the article Young Farmers Struggle With Child Care and Health Insurance – and that can threaten the future of family farms (May 2021) in The Conversation.