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2015-2016 VAS COUNCIL MEMBERS

NOTE:   The composition and responsibilities of Council are covered in Article VII of the

VAS Constitution. 

Elected VAS Officers:

Position Name Contact Information

President Conley McMullen mcmullck@jmu.edu

President-Elect Deborah Neely-Fisherdneely-fisher@reynolds.edudneely-fisher@verizon.net

Vice President Robert Atkinson atkinson@cnu.edu Secretary Christopher Osgood cosgood@odu.edu 

Treasurer Pieter deHart dehartpa@vmi.edu 

Most Recent Past-Presidents (3):

Position Name Contact Information

Past-President (2014-2015) David Crosby dcrosby@vsu.eduPast-President (2013-2014) Deborah O’Dell  dodell@umw.edu

Past-President (2012-2013) Ralph Eckerlin reckerlin@nvcc.edu

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Section Council Representatives: 

Section Name Contact Information

 Agriculture, Forestry& Aquaculture

David Crosby dcrosby@vsu.edu

 Astronomy, Math &Physics

Donald Whitney misalotdad@cox.net

Biology Gary Isaacs gdisaacs@liberty.edu

Biomedical & GeneralEngineering

Thomas Haas twhaas@vcu.edu

Botany Marion Lobstein mblobstein@earthlink.net

Chemistry George Grant ggrant@tcc.edu

Computer Science Robert Marmorstein marmorsteinrm@longwood.eduEducation Chuck English cenglish@smv.org

Environmental Science Richard Groover rgroover@reynolds.edu

Medical Sciences (vacant)

Natural History &Biodiversity

Werner Wieland wwieland@umw.edu

Psychology Hilary Stebbins hstebbin@umw.edu

Statistics Darcy Mays dpmays@vcu.edu

Structural Biology,Biochemistry & Biophysics

(vacant)

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Standing Committee Chairs: 

Committee Name Contact Information

 Archives Werner Wieland wwieland@umw.edu

 Awards Darcy Mays dpmays@vcu.edu

Constitution & ByLawsDavid Crosby dcrosby@vcu.edu

Richard Groover rgroover@reynolds.edu

Environment Michael Bass mbass@umw.edu 

Finance & Endowment Donald Whitney misalotdad@cox.net

Fund RaisingDeborah O’Dell  dodell@umw.edu

Susan Booth susan.science@gmail.com

Junior Academy of Science Se Jeong swj3af@virginia.edu

Long Range Planning Richard Groover rgroover@reynolds.edu

Membership Chris Osgood cosgood@odu.edu

Nominations and Elections Ralph Eckerlin reckerlin@nvcc.edu

PublicationsDeborah Neely-Fisher

dneely-fisher@reynolds.edudneely-fisher@verizon.net

Christopher Osgood cosgood@odu.edu 

Research Eugene Maurakis emaurakis@smv.org

Science Advisory Pieter deHart dehartpa@vmi.edu

Science Education Mike Wolyniak mwolyniak@hsc.edu

Trust Elsa Falls defalls4ur@aol.com

Virginia Flora Marion Lobstein mblobstein@earthlink.net

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Special Committee Chairs: 

Committee Name Contact Information

Executive Officer SearchCommittee

Richard Groover rgroover@reynolds.edu

SMV History Committee James O’Brien  jobrien@tcc.edu

Directors:

Position Name Contact Information

Director, VJAS Susan Booth susan.science@gmail.com

 Associate Director, VJAS(non-voting)

David Torain david.torain@hamptonu.edu

Director, Visiting Scientists

Program/VRSN(vacant)

Editors:

Position Name Contact Information

Editor, VA Journal of Science Werner Wieland wwieland@umw.edu

Editor, VA Scientists Deborah Neely-Fisher dneely-fisher@reynolds.edu

Representatives:

Position Name Contact Information

 AAAS/NAAS Representative David Torain david.torain@hamptonu.edu

SMV Trustee Representative(Ex-offico)

James O’Brien  jobrien@tcc.edu

VAS Representative toJeffress & Gwathmey

 Allocations CommitteeMichael Bass mbass@umw.edu

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Others Expected to Attend Council Meetings: 

Position Name Contact Information

VAS Executive Officer(non-voting) 

 Arthur Conwayaconway@smv.org caconway@vcu.org 

VAS Associate Executive Officer(non-voting) 

Carolyn Conwayvas@smv.org caconway@vcu.org 

VAS Executive Officer“in training”   (non-voting) 

Philip Sheridan meadowview@pitcherplant.org 

Other VAS Staff (non-voting)  (vacant)

SMV Representative to VASCouncil (non-voting) 

Eugene Maurakis maurakis@smv.org 

Representative(s) from AnnualMeeting Local Arrangements

Committee

Werner Wieland wwieland@umw.edu 

Deborah O’Dell  dodell@umw.edu 

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