In 1982, these twelve ESA presidents and past-presidents gathered at the annual meeting for a photo. They represent 32 years of ESA history, from 1951 to 1981, but quite a few are missing. The earliest president in attendance for this photo is Samuel Charles Kendeigh, who served in 1951, immediately following ESA’s first female president, E. Lucy Braun, who was…
Read MoreAt the 2016 annual meeting in Fort Lauderdale, David Lodge took office as ESA’s president. As Director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University, he is an expert on invasive species, with research focused on freshwater ecology; invasive species biology and bioeconomics; ecological risk analysis; global changes and biodiversity; and environmental ethics and policy.In September, Dr….
Read MoreAfter their term is up, presidents of the ESA give a speech. Originally a “President’s Address,” this task later became a primary project of the outgoing Past President. Addresses are given at the Annual ESA Meeting one year after the president leaves office and two years after a president takes office. They are published in the ESA Bulletin the following…
Read MoreThe Council Member-at-Large positions started in 1948 and were transferred to the Governing Board on its creation in 1995. Three members-at-large were elected for two-year terms. In 2022 the position of Member-at-Large was eliminated and replaced by Governing Board Member. Board Members serve three-year term. All officers assume their positions at the conclusion of the annual meeting. Past and current…
Originally, ESA members elected a President, Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer, so this was a combined role. A separate office of Treasurer was created in 1939, but was gradually supplanted by the Business Manager office, created in 1952/54. Transitions in office occur at the annual meeting each year. “For the first 22 years of its existence, ESA had a combination secretary-treasurer. Recognizing…
The Business Manager office began as a position supporting production of the Society’s journals in 1920. It was discontinued in 1995, with the reorganization that created a Governing Board and professional paid staff to replace the ESA Council that was organized in 1946. According to Robert Burgess, who wrote a history of the Society circa 1976: “Both major journals have…
Effective spring 1995, ESA shifted to a Governing Board that makes most decisions, currently consisting of eleven elected officers: the President, President-Elect, Past President, Vice-President for Finance, Secretary, and six Board Members. The President serves a total of three years on the Governing Board, including one as President-elect and one as Past President. All other members are elected for three-year terms….
ESA members initially elected one Vice-President. After a restructuring in 1995 four individual Vice-Presidents managed responsibilities in Science, Public Affairs, Finance, and Education and Human Resources, respectively. In a further restructuring in 2022 all Vice Presidents except Finance were eliminated. The Vice President for Finance serves a 3-year term and is part of the Governing Board. All Vice-Presidents are displayed…