Current Officers of the Botanical Society of America

Board of Directors


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


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


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


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

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


EDITOR IN CHIEF AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY Sean W. Graham (2025-2030) Department of Botany The University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada swgraham@mail.ubc.ca	EDITOR PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN Carolina M. Siniscalchi (2025-2030) Mississippi State University Libraries Mississippi State, MS E-mail: CSiniscalchi@library.msstate.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

Sectional Representatives

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

BSA Sectional Officers

Past BSA Officers

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