All reports due by Monday, July 1

1. Approval of Minutes of the 2024 Council Meeting  
   
   
2. Reports of Executive Committee, Editors, and Staff
   
   

   A. President (Jenny Xiang)  

   B. Past President (Brenda Molano-Flores)

   C. President Elect (Ken Cameron)
   

   D. Treasurer Financial Report,  FY2025 P&L,  FY2025 Budget vs. Actual,

       FY2026 Budget  (Allison Miller) 

   E. Program Director Report (Melanie Link-Perez) 

   F. Editor, American Journal of Botany (Pamela Diggle) (see Publications Report)

   G. Editor, Applications in Plant Sciences (Briana Gross)(See Publications Report)

   H. Editor, Plant Science Bulletin (MacKenzie Taylor) 

   I. Business Office Report -Executive Director (Heather Cacanindin)
   

3. Reports of Committees, Sections, and Representatives
   
   

   A. Standing Committees and Other Administrative Reports
   

   1. Executive Committee (Jenny Xiang) See President's Report
      
   2. Annual Meetings Program Committee (Melanie Link-Perez) See Program Director's Reoprt
   3. Committee on Committees / Committee Appointments (Ken Cameron)   See President-Elect's report
   4. Development Committee (Jennifer Cruse-Sanders)
      
   5. Financial Advisory Committee (Linda Watson)
   6. Education Committee (Rachel Jabaily)
   7. Publications Committee (Emily Sessa)
      
   8. Election Committee (Brenda Molano-Flores)   - See Past President's Report
   9. DEI Committee (Karolina Heyduk)
   10. Information Technology Committee - nothing to report
       
   11. Investment Committee (Austin Mast) 
   12. International Affairs Committee  - (Susanne Renner or Julie Barcelona)
       
   13. Public Policy Committee (Naomi Fraga)
       
   14. Early Career Professional Development Committee (David Wickell)
   15. Student Representatives (Josh Felton and Ben Ajayi)
       
   16. Ad Hoc Membership Committee (Amelia Neely)

   B. Standing Committees (Awards and Prizes)

   1. Corresponding Members Committee  (Brenda Molano-Flores) See Past-President's Report
      
   2. BSA Distinguished Fellows and Emerging Leader Awards Committee (Jim Leebens-Mack)
   3. Bessey Award Committee (Rachel Jabaily)- see Education Report
   4. Cheadle Award Committee (Yaowu Yuan)- See D&S Section report
   5. Esau Award Committee (Yaowu Yuan?) - See D&S Section report
      
   6. Donald R. Kaplan Memorial Lecture Committee (Mark Olson)
      
   7. Moseley Award Committee (see Paleo report)
   8. Kaplan Award in Comparative Morphology (Natalia Pabon-Mora)
   9. Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Comparative Plant Biology (Dave Tank)
   10. Graduate Student Research Awards Committee (Richard Moore)
       
       

   C. Sections

   1. Bryological and Lichenological Section (Daphne Stone)
   2. Developmental and Structural Section (Yaowu Yuan)  
   3. Ecology Section  (Francesco Martini)
   4. Economic Botany Section (Emily Warshefsky)  
   5. Genetics Section (Michael Moody) 
   6. Historical Section (Phil Gibson) 
   7. Paleobotanical Section (Mihai Tomescu)
   8. Physiological and Ecophysiological Section (Jessica Savage) 
   9. Phytochemistry Section (Josh Widhalm)
   10. Pteridological Section (Alejandra Vasco) 
       
   11. PUI Section (Nathan Jud)
   12. Systematics Section (Jennifer Mandel) 
   13. Teaching Section (Robert Noyd) 
       
   14. Tropical Biology Section (Vinita Gowda) 
   15. Northeastern Section (Amy Faivre / Bonnie Isaac)
   16. Southeastern Section (Jeremy Rentsch) 
       
       

   
   5. Old Business
   
   

   6.  New Business
               A.  FY2026 Budget - Allison Miller

               B. Corresponding Members Recommendation - Brenda Molano-Flores
            
   
   Please download the reports and read them PRIOR to the meeting. We will discuss the contents of the reports at the Council meeting.