{"id":25,"date":"2016-10-04T09:27:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T13:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ges\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:28:34","slug":"officers-and-committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ges\/officers-and-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Officers and Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Officers 2025-2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

President: Shimat Joseph
President-Elect: Josh Gibson
Past President:\u00a0 Ash Sial
Secretary-Treasurer:\u00a0 Stan Diffie
Historian:\u00a0 Kris Braman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Committees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Local Arrangements Committee<\/strong>
Ted Cottrell, Chair
Angel Acebes-Doria
Brett Blaauw
Scott Horn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Committee<\/strong>
David Shapiro-Ilan, Chair
Stan Diffie
Michelle Tremblay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications Committee<\/strong>
Wayne Gardner, Chair
David Buntin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insect Survey Committee<\/strong>
Mark Abney, Chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards and Recognition Committee<\/strong>
Michael Toews, Chair
Stan Diffie
Yanzhou Zhang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Affairs Committee<\/strong>
Evan Lampert, Chair

Nominations Committee<\/strong>
Dan Suiter, Chair
Scott Croxton
Scott Horn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audit Committee<\/strong>
Alton Sparks, Chair
Phillip Roberts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Site Selection Committee<\/strong>
Ted Cottrell, Chair
Brett Blaauw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Relations Committee<\/strong>
Michael Toews, Chair
Alan Harvey
Michelle Tremblay
Brett Blaauw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GES Scholarship Committee<\/strong>
Ed Mondor, Chair
Dan Suiter
Michael Toews<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resolutions Committee<\/strong>
Shimat Joseph, Chair
David Buntin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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J. H. Oliver, Jr. Award<\/strong>
(Best B.S. Student Presentation)<\/em> <\/strong>
Kris Braman, Chair
Shaohui Wu
Alan Harvey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T. L. Bissell Award<\/strong>
(Best M.S. Student Presentation)<\/em><\/strong>
Kris Braman, Chair
Shaohui Wu
Alan Harvey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. M. Beckham Award<\/strong>
(Best Ph.D. Student Presentation)<\/em><\/strong>
Phillip Roberts, Chair
Shaohui Wu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U. E. Brady Award<\/strong>
(Best Student Poster)<\/em><\/strong>
Ash Sial, Chair
Brett Blaauw
Shimat Joseph<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O.I. Snapp Award<\/strong>
(Best Regular Member Presentation)<\/em><\/strong>
Wayne Gardner, Chair
Scott Croxton
Wally Holden
Brett Blaauw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Salon Committee<\/strong>
Lisa Ames, Chair
Dan Suiter
David Buntin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry Panel Committee<\/strong>
Scott Croxton, Chair
Keith Rucker
Hunt Sanders
Phillip Roberts
<\/a>Xinzhi Ni <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Membership and Computer Resources Committee<\/strong>
Michael Toews, Chair
Stan Diffie
David Riley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Operating Guidelines Committee <\/strong>
Ed Mondor, Chair
Dan Hagan
Dan Suiter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sporting Events Committee<\/strong>
Will Hudson (Fishing)
Jason Schmidt (Run)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Officers 2025-2026 President: Shimat JosephPresident-Elect: Josh GibsonPast President:\u00a0 Ash SialSecretary-Treasurer:\u00a0 Stan DiffieHistorian:\u00a0 Kris Braman Committees Local Arrangements CommitteeTed Cottrell, ChairAngel Acebes-DoriaBrett BlaauwScott Horn Program CommitteeDavid Shapiro-Ilan, ChairStan DiffieMichelle Tremblay Publications CommitteeWayne Gardner, ChairDavid Buntin Insect Survey Committee Mark Abney, Chair Awards and Recognition CommitteeMichael Toews, ChairStan DiffieYanzhou Zhang Student Affairs CommitteeEvan Lampert, Chair Nominations CommitteeDan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-sidebar","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}