MSA Officers and Roster

Officers of the MSA are elected by our members. The election for the 2025-2026 year has been completed.

Please consult the full listings below for current and past elected officers and their contact information. The Roster includes elected officers plus all other MSA appointments. This information is restricted to MSA members only. If you are a non-member, you may view the list of Officers below without their contact information

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    • Marin Brewer, President (2026-2027) Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
    • Gregory Bonito, President-Elect (2026-2027) Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
    • Sara Branco, Vice President (2026-2027) University of Colorado, Denver, and Division of Environmental Biology, US National Science Foundation
    • Priscila Chaverri, Executive Vice President (2024-2027) Department of Natural Sciences, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD
    • Heather Hallen-Adams, Treasurer (2025-2028) Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
    • David Geiser, Immediate Past President (2026-2027) Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
    • Timothy James, Past President (2026-2027) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Diana Vargas-Hernandez, Chair Student Post-Doc Section (2025-2026) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
    • Leonora Bittleston, Councilor Ecology & Conservation (2025-2027) Boise State University, Boise, ID
    • Posy Busby, Councilor, Ecology & Conservation (2024-2026) Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
    • Alfredo Justo, Councilor Systematics & Evolution (2025-2027) New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB, Canada
    • Jana U’Ren, Councilor, Systematics & Evolution, (2024-2026) Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
    • Monika Fischer, Councilor Genetics & Cell Biology (2025-2027) University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Sunny Liao, Councilor, Genetics & Cell Biology (2024-2026) Department of Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    •  Teddy Garcia Aroca, Councilor, Symbiosis & Pathology (2025-2027) Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
    • Matt Kasson, Councilor, Symbiosis & Pathology (2024-2026) Department of Forest Pathology and Mycology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV