Officers
Officers of the Paleoecology Section include a Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Deevey Award Committee Chair, and Student Liaison. Officers are elected by majority vote of members attending the Paleoecology Section business meeting at the ESA Annual Meeting. Section officers serve for one year starting from the date of the annual business meeting, except for the Secretary who serves for two years.
2017-2018 Officers:
Chair: Melissa Chipman, Northwestern University, melissa.chipman@nullnorthwestern.edu
Vice-Chair: Jack Williams, University of Wisconsin – Madison, jwwilliams1@nullwisc.edu
Secretary: Gavin Simpson, University of Regina, gavin.simpson@nulluregina.ca
Chair of the Deevey Award Committee: Philip Higuera, University of Montana, philip.higuera@nullumontana.edu
Student Liaison: Joseph Napier, University of Illinois, jnapier2@nullillinois.edu
Officer History (1976-present):
| YEAR START | YEAR END | CHAIR | VICE CHAIR | SECRETARY / TREASURER | DEEVEY AWARD CHAIR | STUDENT LIAISON |
| 1976 | 1977 | Allen M. Solomon | Harold C. Fritts | Grace S. Brush | NA | NA |
| 1977 | 1978 | Allen M. Solomon | Michael J. Duever | Grace S. Brush | NA | NA |
| 1978 | 1979 | Michael J. Duever | Paul A. Delcourt | Hazel R. Delcourt | NA | NA |
| 1979 | 1980 | Paul A. Delcourt | Kenneth Cole | Hazel R. Delcourt | NA | NA |
| 1980 | 1981 | Kenneth Cole | Hazel R. Delcourt | Allen M. Solomon | NA | NA |
| 1981 | 1982 | Hazel R. Delcourt | Michael J. Duever | Allen M. Solomon | NA | NA |
| 1982 | 1983 | Grace S. Brush | Edward J. Cushing | Emily W. B. Russell | NA | NA |
| 1983 | 1984 | Harold C. Fritts | Michael W. Binford | Emily W. B. Russell | NA | NA |
| 1984 | 1985 | Michael W. Binford | Eric Grim | Emily W. B. Russell | NA | NA |
| 1985 | 1986 | Eric Grim | Ray Spear | Emily W. B. Russell | NA | NA |
| 1986 | 1987 | Emily W. B. Russell | Paul A Colinvaux | Mark W. Schwartz | NA | NA |
| 1987 | 1988 | Emily W. B. Russell | Kenneth Cole | Mark W. Schwartz | NA | NA |
| 1988 | 1989 | Kenneth Cole | Jonathan Overpeck | James S. Clark | NA | NA |
| 1989 | 1990 | Jonathan Overpeck | Jane Beiswenger | James S. Clark | NA | NA |
| 1990 | 1991 | Jane Beiswenger | Allen Solomon | Steve Jackson | NA | NA |
| 1991 | 1992 | Allen Solomon | Steve Jackson | Shinya Sugita | NA | NA |
| 1992 | 1993 | Steve Jackson | Gearge A. King | Shinya Sugita | NA | NA |
| 1993 | 1994 | George A. King | Ray W. Spear | Shinya Sugita | NA | NA |
| 1994 | 1995 | Ray W. Spear | Richard Brugam | Shinya Sugita | NA | NA |
| 1995 | 1996 | Richard Brugam | Virgina M. Card | Shinya Sugita | NA | NA |
| 1996 | 1997 | Virginia M. Card | Feng Sheng Hu | Shinya Sugita | NA | NA |
| 1997 | 1998 | Feng Sheng Hu | Dirk Verschuren | William Hilgartner | NA | NA |
| 1998 | 1999 | Dirk Verschuren | Andrea Lloyd | William Hilgartner | NA | NA |
| 1999 | 2000 | Virginia M. Card | Emily Heyerdahl | Tim Parshall | NA | NA |
| 2000 | 2001 | Emily Heyerdahl | Jack Williams | Tim Parshall | NA | NA |
| 2001 | 2002 | Jack Williams | Dan Gavin | Holly Ewing | Emily Heyerdahl | NA |
| 2002 | 2003 | Dan Gavin | Bryan Shuman | Holly Ewing | -999 | NA |
| 2003 | 2004 | Bryan Shuman | Robert K. Booth | -999 | Jason Lynch | NA |
| 2004 | 2005 | Robert K. Booth | Sara Hotchkiss | -999 | Jason Lynch | NA |
| 2005 | 2006 | Sara Hotchkiss | Sara Finkelstein | -999 | Jason Lynch | NA |
| 2006 | 2007 | Sara Finkelstein | Richard Brugam | Philip Higuera | Jason Lynch | NA |
| 2007 | 2008 | Richard Brugam | Kendra McLauchlan | Philip Higuera | Jason Lynch | NA |
| 2008 | 2009 | Kendra McLauchlan | Kendra McLauchlan | Philip Higuera | Jason Lynch | NA |
| 2009 | 2010 | Kendra McLauchlan | Dave Nelson | Philip Higuera | Jason Lynch | NA |
| 2010 | 2011 | Dave Nelson | Paul Henne | Jennifer Marlon | -999 | -999 |
| 2011 | 2012 | Paul Henne | Jacquelyn Gill | Jennifer Marlon | Kendra McLauchlan | -999 |
| 2012 | 2013 | Jacquelyn Gill | Philip Higuera | -999 | Kendra McLauchlan | William John Calder |
| 2013 | 2014 | Philip Higuera | Jacquelyn Gill | William John Calder | Ryan Kelly | Melissa Chipman |
| 2014 | 2015 | Jacquelyn Gill | Gavin Simpson | Melissa Chipman | Ryan Kelly | Kyleen Kelly |
| 2015 | 2016 | Gavin Simpson | Carolyn Dash | Jacquelyn Gill | Melissa Chipman | Kyleen Kelly |
| 2016 | 2017 | Carolyn Dash | Melissa Chipman | Gavin Simpson | Gavin Simpson | Matias Fernandez |
| 2017 | 2018 | Melissa Chipman | Jack Williams | Gavin Simpson | Philip Higuera | Joe Napier |