The 2010 AIBS Public Policy Review Committee

The AIBS Public Policy Review Committee, whose membership includes representatives from AIBS societies and organizations that are funding the AIBS Public Policy Office (PPO) at the Participant level or above serves in an advisory capacity. The committee is asked to (1) provide the PPO with guidance in identifying experts to serve as witnesses in Congressional testimony, and as participants in Congressional briefings and similar activities; (2) assist the PPO in crafting public policy/position statements that reflect the concerns of the biological sciences community and current scientific knowledge; (3) serve as a communication conduit for public policy matters between AIBS and the society or organization that the member represents on the committee; and (4) work with the PPO in preparing periodic reports to the AIBS Board.

Committee Chair

American Ornithologists' Union

Joel Cracraft, Department of Ornithology, AMNH, NY
j...@amnh.org

Committee Members

Biological Sciences Curriculum Study

Brooke Bourdelat-Parks
BBpa...@bscs.org

Society of Wetland Scientists

Dennis F. Whigham
whig...@si.edu

Society of Systematic Biologists

Keith Crandall, Brigham Young University
Keit...@byu.edu

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

Peter DeFur, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
plde...@vcu.edu

Society for the Study of Evolution

Kent E. Holsinger, University of Connecticut
k...@darwin.eeb.uconn.edu

Organization of Biological Field Stations

Brian D Kloeppel, Western Carolina University
bklo...@wcu.edu

American Society of Mammalogists

Alicia Linzey
avli...@verizon.net

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

John Lundberg, Academy of Natural Sciences
lund...@ansp.org

Association of Ecosystem Research Centers

Lucinda Johnson, University of Minnesota
ljoh...@umn.edu

Botanical Society of America

William Dahl, Botanical Society of America
wda...@botany.org

Long Term Ecological Research Network

Dr. Robert "Bob" B. Waide, Long Term Ecological Research - Network Office, University of New Mexico
rwa...@lternet.edu

Committees

• The AIBS Awards Committee
• The AIBS Education Committee
• The AIBS Finance Committee
• The AIBS Diversity Affairs Committee
• The AIBS Long-Range Planning Committee
• The AIBS Nominating Committee
• The AIBS Public Policy Review Committee
• The AIBS Publications Committee