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 voting council and participate in annual Council Meetings:
NAME
POSITION
E-MAIL
John Green
President
[email protected]
Jennifer Sherman
President-elect
Dreamal Worthen
Past President
Shannon Monnat
Vice President
Scott Sanders
Executive Director/Treasurer
Michael R. Cope
Kathleen Sexsmith
Secretary
Kenneth Robinson
Chair (Awards & Endowment)
Kristal Jones
Chair-elect (Awards & Endow.)
Dani Deemer
Chair (Development)
Mary Hendrickson
Chair-elect (Development)
Chair (Diversity)
Rebecca Som Castellano
Chair-elect (Diversity)
Ethan Schoolman
Chair (Membership)
Debarashmi Mitra
Chair-elect (Membership)
Greg Fulkerson
Chair (Publications)
Chair-elect (Publications)
Stephanie Teixeira Poit
Program Co-chair (2022-2023)
Kara Woods
Morgan Rachelle Montanez
Grad Council Rep (2022-2023)
Hazel Velasco Palacios
Nominations (non voting)
Aysha Bodenhamer
Chair (Nominations)
Kristi Leikes
Chair-elect (Nominations)
Ethics Committee (non voting)
Marcia Owens
Chair
Leanne Avery
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.