ABS Officers
The Animal Behavior Society is led by experts in the field of animal behavior research who volunteer their time and have been elected by the ABS membership. The following is a list of officers that form the Executive Committee (2025-2026).
President
Eileen Lacey
UC Berkeley
(2026-2027)Email
1st President-Elect
Greg Grether
University of California, Los Angeles
(2026-2027)Email
2nd President-Elect
Tamra Mendelson
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
(2026-2027)Email
Past-President
Beth Jakob
University of Massachusetts Amhersty
(2026-2027)Email
Secretary
Norman Lee
St. Olaf College
(2025-2028)Email
Treasurer
Stacey Weiss
University of Puget Sound
(2026-2029)Email
Program Officer
Kasey Fowler-Finn
Saint Louis University
(2026-2027)Email
Program Officer-Elect
Aimee Dunlap
University of Missouri-St. Louis
(2026-2027)Email
Past Program Officer
Michele Johnson
Trinity University
(2026-2027)Email
Parliamentarian
Julia Saltz
Indiana University
(2025-2028)Email
Executive Editor
Scott Sakaluk
Illinois State University
(2025-2028)Email
Student Representative
Sekhar M A
North Dakota State University
(2025-2027)Email
Historian
Susan Margulis
Canisius University
(2022-2028)Email
DIVERSITY OFFICER
Nora Prior
Cornell University
(2026-2029)Email
Member-At-Large
Eva Fischer
University of California, Davis
(2026-2027)Email
Member-At-Large
Elizabeth Hobson
University of Cincinnati
(2026-2027)Email
Member-At-Large
Jessica Cusick
Utah Valley University
(2026-2027)Email
Communications Officer
Kate Laskowski
University of California Davis
(2025-2028)Email
