ASHS Committees

ASHS Committee Descriptions

Committee Annual Report Form

Annual Conference Technical Program Committee

Dennis Ray, Co-Chair
Carl Sams, Co-Chair
Sandra Wilson, Co-Chair (2021-2025)
Kathryn Orvis, Co-Chair (2022-2026)
Per McCord (2021-2025)
Wusheng Liu (2022-2026)
Julie Campbell (2023-2027)
Emmanuel Torres Quezada (2023-2027)
Holly Little (2024-2028)
Yiqun Weng (2024-2028)
Daniel Leskovar (ASHS President, 2024-2025)*
Tracy Shawn (ASHS Chief Administrative Officer)*

Awards Committee

Louise Ferguson (2020-2025), Chair
Kimberly Moore (2021-2026)
Essie Fallahi (2022-2027)
Dean Kopsell (2023-2028)
Daniel Leskovar (2024-2029)

ASHS Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, Social Justice, and Accessibility (DEIJA) Committee

Ryan Contreras (2024–2025), Chair
Tom Bewick (2023-2024)
Leo Lombardini (2023-2025)
Heather Kirk-Ballard (2023-2025)
Alicain Carlson (2023-2026)
Chad Miller (2023-2026)
Ashley Jernigan (2024-2027)
Ping Yu (2024-2027)
Vanessa Vassilaros (2024-2027)

Endowment Fund Committee

Wusheng Liu (2020-2025), Chair
Lekha Sreedhar (2020-2025)
Jean Dodson Peterson (2020-2025)
Curt Rom (2020-2025)
Manoj Shukla (2021-2026)
Lu Zhang (2021-2026)
Sandy Wilson (2022-2027)
Essie Fallahi (2022-2027)

Louise Ferguson (2022-2027)
Kimberly Moore (2023-2028)
Rosemarie Somers (2023-2028)
Mica McMillan (2024-2029)
Hongmin Qin (2024-2029)
Amy Wright (ASHS Treasurer)*
Tracy Shawn (ASHS Chief Administrative Officer)*

Executive Committee

Dean A. Kopsell, ASHS Board Chair (2022-2025)
Daniel Leskovar, ASHS President (2023-2026)
Rolston St. Hilaire, ASHS President-elect (2024-2027)
Amy Wright, ASHS Finance Committee Chair (2024-2026)
Tracy Shawn (ASHS Chief Administrative Officer)*

Fellows Screening Committee

Alan Lakso (2022-2025), Chair
Patricia Knight (2022-2025)
Zhanao Deng (2022-2025)
Mengmeng Gu (2023-2026)
David Kopsell (2023-2026)
Bhimanagouda Patil (2023-2026)
Randolph Beaudry (2024-2027)
Desmond Layne (2024-2027)
Dilip Nandwani (2024-2027)
Daniel Leskovar, ASHS President (2024-2025)*


Finance Committee

Amy Wright (2020-2026), Chair
Chris Gunter (2022-2028)
Larry Knerr (2024-2030)
Dean A. Kopsell, ASHS Board Chair (2022-2025)
Daniel Leskovar, ASHS President (2023-2026)
Rolston St. Hilaire, ASHS President-elect (2024-2027)
Tracy Shawn (ASHS Chief Administrative Officer)*

Horticulture Hall of Fame Selection Committee

Sandy Wilson (2022-2025), Chair
Alan Lakso (2022-2025)
Sandy Wilson (2022-2025)
John Dole (2023-2026)
Louise Ferguson (2023-2026)
Larry Knerr (2023-2026)

Robert Paull (2023-2026)
Qi Zhang (2024-2027)
Essie Fallahi (2024-2027)
James Grey (2024-2027)
Nathan Eylands (2024-2027)
Daniel Leskovar, ASHS President (2024-2025)*
(ASHS Archivist/Historian)*

 Membership Committee

Ahmad Omar (2020-2026), Chair
Teresita Amore (2021-2025)
Derald Harp (2021-2025)
Christine Hensley (2022-2026)
Kedong Da (2022-2026)
Julie Campbell (2023-2026)
Laura Barth (2024-2027)
Lorenzo Rossi (2024-2027)
Daniel Leskovar (ASHS President, 2024-2025)*
Tracy Shawn (ASHS Chief Administrative Officer)*

National Issues Committee

Peter Hirst (2021-2025), Chair
Thomas Björkman (2014–2025)
Kevin Folta (2021-2025)
Mae Culumber (2021-2025)
Kimberly Moore (2021-2025)
Ryan Contreras (2022-2026)
Heather Kirk-Ballard (2022-2026)
Frank Louws (2022-2026)
Julie Campbell (2022-2026)
Essie Fallahi (2022-2026)
William Randle (2023-2025)
T. Casey Barickman (2024-2028)
Ruth Carll (2024-2028)
Gregory Peck (2024-2028)
Mark Uchanski (2024-2028)
Curt Rom (ASHS Associate Director for Engagement and Outreach)
Tracy Shawn (ASHS Chief Administrative Officer)*

Nominations and Elections Committee

Education Division
Vacant (2023-2025)
Vacant (2023-2025)
Vacant (2024-2026)
Vacant (2024-2026)

Extension Division
Mengmeng Gu (2023-2025)
Shital Poudyal (2023-2025)
Qianwen Zheng (2024-2026)
Most Tahera Naznin (2024-2026)

Industry Division
Mark Yelanich (2023-2025)
Brian Corr (2023-2025)  
Vacant (2024-2026)
Vacant (2024-2026)

International Division
Leo Lombardini (2023-2025)
Erik Runkle (2023-2025)
Derek Barchenger (2024-2026)
Genhua Niu (2024-2026)

Research Division
Amir Khoddamzadeh (2023-2025)
Wenhao Dai (2023-2025)
Patricia Knight (2024-2026)
Krishna Bhattarai (2024-2026)



Scholarship Awards Committee

Giverson Mupambi (2022-2025), Chair
Tongyin Li (2022-2025)
Azlan Zahid (2023-2026)
Sarah Lowder (2023-2026)

Diana Cochran (2024-2027)
Emily Merewitz (2024-2027)
Amy Wright (ASHS Treasurer/Finance Committee Chair)*

Award Committees
Selection Committees for Career  and Achievement Awards

Outstanding Extension Educator Award
Cheryl Boyer (2022-2025), Chair
Steve Sargent (2022-2025)
Justin Moss (2022-2025)
Michael Chamberland (2023-2026)
Wenjing Guan (2023-2026)
Annette Wszelaki (2023-2026)
Louise Ferguson (2024-2027)
Ankit Singh (2024-2027)
Eric Stafne (2024-2027)

Outstanding Industry Scientist Award
Nirit Bernstein (2022-2025), Chair
Daniel Leskovar (2022-2025)
Shamel Alam-Eldein (2022-2025)
Razieh Khajehyar (2023-2026)
Holly Little (2023-2026)
Jozsef Racsko (2023-2026)
(2024-2027)
(2024-2027)
(2024-2027)

Outstanding Researcher Award

Rebecca Sideman (2022-2025), Chair
Patricia Knight (2022-2025)
Channa Rajashekar (2022-2025)
Emily Merewitz (2023-2026)
Manjul Dutt (2023-2026)
Michelle Jones (2023-2026)
Alisheik Atta (2024-2027)
Kedong Da (2024-2027)
Anne Plotto (2024-2027)

Outstanding Graduate Educator Award 
David Picha (2022-2025), Chair
J. Pablo Morales-Payan (2022-2025)
Channa Rajashekar (2022-2025)
John Dole (2023-2026)
Guochen Yang (2023-2026)
Lu Zhang (2023-2026)
Bruce Dunn (2024-2027)
Melinda Knuth (2024-2027)
Youping Sun (2024-2027)

Outstanding International Horticulturist Award
Samir Debnath (2022-2025), Chair
Chuan Shen (2022-2025)
Chad Miller (2022-2025)
Aboubacar Diagne (2023-2026)
Marcus Nagle (2023-2026)
Nisha Karki (2023-2026)
Bonny Oloka (2024-2027)
Zora Singh (2024-2027)
Guochen Yang (2024-2027)

Outstanding Undergraduate Educator Award and Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor Award
J. Pablo Morales-Payan (2022-2025), Chair
Shad Nelson (2022-2025)
Chad Miller (2022-2025)
Donglin Zhang (2023-2026)
Skyler Brazel (2023-2026)
Diana Cochran (2023-2026)
Kent Kobayashi (2024-2027)
Tim Pannkuk (2024-2027)
Sam Wortman (2024-2027)

Outstanding Leadership and Administration Award and Professional Early Career Award 
Toktam Taghavi (2022-2025), Chair
Leonard Githinji (2022-2025)
Sathish Kuma Ponniah (2022-2025)
Kaylee South (2023-2026)
Qianwen Zhang (2023-2026)
Xin Zhao (2023-2026)
William Baird (2024-2027)
Claude 'Judy' Jean (2024-2027)
Kimberly Moore (2024-2027)

Esmaeil and Bahar Fallahi Award for Integrity and Professionalism
Curt Rom (2024-2027), Chair
Gregory Lang (2024-2027)
Sandra Wilson (2024-2027)
Nahla Bassil (2024-2027)
(2024-2027)

Screening Committees for Publication Awards

Cross-Commodity Publication Award
Tripti Vashisth (2022-2025), Chair
Carolyn Scagel (2022-2025)
  (2022-2025)
Jeffrey Brecht (2023-2026)
Eunhee Park (2023-2026)
Kuan Qin (2023-2026)
Geno Picchioni (2024-2027)
Soo-Hyung Kim (2024-2027)
Mercy Olmstead (2024-2027)

Extension Publication Award
Lu Zhang (2022-2025), Chair
Shawn Steed (2022-2025)
Amaya Atucha (2022-2025)
Michael Chamberland (2023-2026)
Wenjing Guan (2023-2026)
Charlie Rohwer (2023-2026)
Laura Scholz (2024-2027)
Manisha Kumari (2024-2027)
Michelle Jones (2024-2027)

Ornamentals Publication Award
Justin Moss (2022-2025), Chair
Jianjun Chen (2022-2025)
Megan Bowman (2022-2025)
  (2023-2026)
Amanda Solliday (2023-2026)
Donglin Zhang (2023-2026)
Cai-Zhong Jiang (2024-2027)
Xingbo Wu (2024-2027)
Zhanao Deng (2024-2027)

Education Publication Award
Ali Sarkhosh (2022-2025), Chair
Sven Svenson (2021-2026)
Tongyin Li (2022-2025)
Elina Coneva (2022-2025)
Guodong Liu (2023 - 2026)
Tie Liu (2023 - 2026)
J. Pablo Morales-Payan (2024-2027)
Elisa Lauritzen (2024-2027)

Fruit Publication Award
Steve Sargent (2022-2025), Chair
Xinwang Wang (2022-2025)
Zora Singh (2022-2025)
Patrick Conner (2023-2026)
Mark Ritenour (2023-2026)
Xiuxiu Sun (2023-2026)
Andrew Bierer (2024-2027)
Renee Moran (2024-2027)
Muhammad Shahid (2024-2027)

Vegetable Publication Award
Mary Rogers (2022-2025), Chair
Arianna Bozzolo (2022-2025)
Amol Nankar  (2022-2025)
Emmanuel Torres Quezada (2023-2026)
Ainong Shi (2023-2026)
Nan Xu (2023-2026)
Shivani Kathi (2024-2027)
Zheng Wang (2024-2027)
Fayrouz Buojaylah (2024-2027)

2022-2023 Ad Hoc and Special Committees


General Administration

Horticultural Landmarks Selection Committee
Tina Marie Waliczek Cade (2022-2025), Chair
John Griffis (2021-2026)
Ewelina Jacygrad (2022-2027)
Larry Knerr (2023-2028)
John Dole (2024-2029)
Mary Lewnes Albrecht, Archivist/Historian

Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH)
Leslie Halleck (2023-2027), Chair
David Zlesak (2021-2025)
Casey Seals (2021-2025)
Chris Gunter (2023-2027)
Jeff Wilson (2023-2027)
Greg Church (2024-2028)
Sathish Ponniah (2024-2028)

ASHS Education Planning Committee 
Amir Khoddamzadeh (2022-2025), Chair
Julie Campbell (2019-2025)
Gerald Burgner (2020-2027)
Bodie Pennisi (2022-2025)
Curt Rom (2022-2025)
Ahmad Omar (2022-2025)
Fernanda Krupek (2023-2026)
Girish Panicker (2023-2026)
Jeffrey Brecht (2023-2026)
Ben Campbell (2024-2027)
Sheri Dorn (2024-2027)
Dennis Nicuh Lozada (2024-2027)
Navreet Mahal (2024-2027)
Janel Ohletz (2024-2027)

Media Communications Committee
Jyostna Devi Mura (2022-2025), Chair
Brian Pearson (2021-2025)
Heather Kirk-Ballard (2022-2025)
Teresita Amore (2022-2025)
Milt McGiffen (2023-2026)
Ibrahim Moshood (2023-2026)
Amanda Philyaw Perez (2023-2026)
Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez (2024-2027)
Joshua Harvey (2024-2027)
Ewelina Jacygrad (2024-2027)
Zilfina Rubio (2024-2027)

Partnership Development Committee
Nathan Jahnke (2022-2025), Chair
Jonathan Egilla (2021-2025)
Ajay Nair (2021-2025)
Kauahi Perez (2021-2025)
Craig Campbell (2021-2025)
Derek Woolard (2022-2025)
Laura Barth (2022-2025)
Melinda Knuth (2022-2025)
Megan Bowman (2022-2025)
Daniel Donahue (2022-2025)
Yosef Al Shoffe (2022-2025)
Lu Zhang (2022-2025)
Sean Campbell (2023-2026)
Michelle McDonald (2023-2026)
Lisa Alexander (2023-2026)
Jayesh Samtani (2023-2026)
Mark Mason (2024-2027)
Milt McGiffen (2024-2027)
Azlan Zahid (2024-2027)

Plenary (William A. "Tex" Frazier) & Invited Speakers Selection Committee
Wusheng Liu (2021-2025), Chair
Curt Rom (2022-2026)
Vijay Joshi (2023-2027)
Jun Song (2024-2028)

Education Division

Education Advisory Council
Carolyn Robinson (Education Division Vice President), Chair
Nicole Waterland (Education Division VP-elect), Chair-elect
Tina Marie Waliczek Cade (Past Education Division Vice President)
The Council consists of the Chairs and Chairs-Elect of each group within the division, and any interested ASHS Member.

Collegiate Activities Committee (CAC)
Kimberly Moore (2023-2025), Chair
Dennis Ray (2019-2025)
Lauren Garner (2021-2025)
Carolyn Robinson (2022-2026)
Cole Etheredge (2022-2026)
Elizabeth Diehl (2024-2027)
Cynthia Domenghini (2024-2027)
Kaitlin Hopkins (2024-2027)
Amir Khoddamzadeh (2024-2027)
Curt Pierce (2024-2027)
Nicole Waterland (2024-2028)
Undergraduate Interest Group Chair

Graduate Student Activities Committee
Rhuanito Ferrarezi (2021-2025), Chair
Kent Kobayashi (2017-2025)
Shital Poudyal (2020-2025)
German Sandoya (2023-2027)
Penelope Perkins-Veazie (2023-2027)
Bridget Bolt (2023-2027)
Joshua Craver (2023-2027)
Marlee Trandel-Hayse (2024-2028)
Leonard Githinji (2024-2028)
Ibraheem Olasupo (2024-2028)
Shivani Kathi (2024-2028)
Amita Kaundal (2024-2028)
Carolyn Robinson (2023-2026)
Nicole Waterland (2024-2028)
Lorenzo Rossi, ex officio

Extension Advisory Council

Rebecca Brown (Extension Division Vice President), Chair
  2025 election (Extension Division VP-elect), Chair-elect
Ajay Nair  (Past Extension Division Vice President)
The Council consist of the Chairs and Chairs-elect of each group within the division, and any interested ASHS Member.

Industry Division Advisory Council

Alicain Carlson (Industry Division Vice President), Chair
  2025 election (Industry Division VP-elect), Chair-elect
Javier Castillon  (Past Industry Division Vice President)
The Council consist of the Chairs and Chairs-elect of each group within the division, and any interested ASHS Member.

International Advisory Council

Leo Lombardini (International Division Vice President), Chair
Bhimanagouda Patil (International Division VP-elect), Chair-elect

Mengmeng Gu (Past International Division Vice President),
The Council consist of the Chairs and Chairs-elect of each group within the division, and any interested ASHS Member.

Research Advisory Council

Sarah White (Research Division Vice President), Chair
T. Casey Barickman (Research Division VP-elect), Chair-elect
Ryan Contreras (Past Research Division Vice President)
The Council consist of the Chairs and Chairs-elect of each group within the division, and any interested ASHS Member .

ASHS Editorial Boards

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
Paul Bosland, Editor in Chief
H. Brent Pemberton
Carolyn F. Scagel
Rolston St. Hilaire
Marisa M. Wall 

HortScience
Paul Bosland, Editor in Chief
Lisa Alexander
Jianjun Chen
Christopher Currey
Ivette Guzman                                                                

HortTechnology
Paul Bosland, Editor in Chief
Tina M. Waliczek Cade
Charlie R. Hall 
Mark A. Ritenour
Rebecca G. Sideman

ASHS Representatives to Other Societies

ISHS Executive Council
Kim Hummer
Daniel Leskovar
Esmaeil Fallahi

Meyer Medal for Plant Genetic Resources Committee
John Clark

*ex officio