Current Officers of the Botanical Society of America

Board of Directors

Dr. Jenny Xiang   Dr. Brenda Molano-Flores   Ken Cameron
PRESIDENT*
Dr. Jenny Xiang (2023-2026)
North Carolina State University
qyxiang@ncsu.edu
  PAST PRESIDENT*
Dr. Brenda Molano-Flores (2022-2025)
University of Illinois
molano1@illinois.edu

  PRESIDENT ELECT*
Ken Cameron (2024-2027)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
kmcameron@wisc.edu

         
Norman Wickett   Allison Miller   Melanie Link-Perez, Program Director
SECRETARY*
Dr. Norman Wickett (2022-2027)
University of Vienna
norman.wickett@univie.ac.at
  TREASURER*
Dr. Allison Miller (2022-2025)
St. Louis Univeristy
Danforth Plant Science Center
allison.j.miller@slu.edu
  PROGRAM DIRECTOR*
Dr. Melanie Link-Perez (2020-2026)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
mlinkperez@gmail.com

         
Jennifer Cruse-Sanders   Rachel Jabaily, At-large Director - Education   Emily Sessa, Director at Large for Publications
Director at Large for Development
Jennifer Cruse-Sanders (2020-2026)
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
University of Georgia
crusesanders@uga.edu
  Director at Large for Education
Rachel Jabaily (2021-2027)
Assistant Professor
Organismal Biology & Ecology,
Southwest Studies
Colorado College
rjabaily@coloradocollege.edu
  Director at Large for Publications
Emily Sessa (2019-2025)
University of Florida
esessa@nybg.org
         
Karolina Heyduk, Director at Large for DEI   Josh Felton   Benjamin Ajayi
Director at Large for Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion
Karolina Heyduk (2023-2026)
University of Connecticut
karolina.heyduk@uconn.edu
  STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Josh Felton (2023-2025)
Cornell University
feltonjosh@icloud.com
  STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Benjamin Ajayi (2024-2026)
Florida State University
baa23a@fsu.edu
         
       
  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
Ph. 314-577-9566
hcacanindin@botany.org
   

Publications Officers

Pamela Diggle, BSA President   Mackenzie Taylor, Editor PSB  
EDITOR IN CHIEF
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
Pamela Diggle (2015-2025)
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269
pamela.diggle@uconn.edu
  EDITOR
PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN
Mackenzie Taylor (2015-2025)
Assistant Professor
Plant Reproductive Biology and Development
Clare Boothe Luce Chair for
Women in Science
Department of Biology
Creighton University
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178-0103
Office: Hixson-Lied 424
Lab: Rigge Science 505
Ph. 402-280-2157
MackenzieTaylor@creighton.edu
 
EDITOR IN CHIEF
APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES
Briana L. Gross (2022-2027)
University of Minnesota Duluth
207 Swenson Science Building
1035 Kirby Drive
Duluth MN 55812
Ph. 218-726-7722
blgross@d.umn.edu
         

* indicates a member of the BSA Board of Directors Executive Committee

Sectional Representatives

The Council also consists of representatives from each of the following 19 sections:

Past BSA Officers