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
Beth Jakob
University of Massachusetts Amhersty
(2025-2026)Email
1st President-Elect
Eileen Lacey
UC Berkeley
(2025-2026)Email
2nd President-Elect
Greg Grether
University of California, Los Angeles
(2025-2026)Email
Past-President
Emily DuVal
Florida State University
(2025-2026)Email
Secretary
Norman Lee
St. Olaf College
(2025-2028)Email
Treasurer
Scott MacDougall-Shackleton
University of Western Ontario
(2023-2026)Email
Program Officer
Michele Johnson
Trinity University
(2025-2026)Email
Program Officer-Elect
Kasey Fowler-Finn
Saint Louis University
(2025-2026)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
COMMUNITY SUPPORT OFFICER
Alex Trillo
Gettysburg College
(2023-2026)Email
Member-At-Large
Swanne Gordon
Cornell University
(2025-2026)Email
Member-At-Large
Eva Fischer
University of California, Davis
(2025-2026)Email
Member-At-Large
Elizabeth Hobson
University of Cincinnati
(2025-2026)Email
Communications Officer
Kate Laskowski
University of California Davis
(2025-2028)Email
