Executive Committee

The responsibilities of the Executive Committee include:

  • guiding policy development and alterations for the program
  • evaluating and approving faculty applications for membership
  • advising the Director and Assistant Director on academic and programmatic issues
  • reviewing the GDPE Curriculum periodically and recommending any curricular changes
  • discussing issues brought forward by the Academic Committee and graduate student representatives
  • reviewing and ranking nominations for the Distinguished Ecologist lecture series, and providing expertise in the selection process 
  • current students can contact student representatives to bring ideas to the Committee and to answer new student questions
  • contact elected members for collegiate representation 

Administration

Ruth Hufbauer

Ruth Hufbauer

Director
Department of Agricultural Biology
Jennifer Neuwald

Jennifer Neuwald

Assistant Director
Department of Biology
Alan Knapp

Alan Knapp

Senior Ecologist
Department of Biology

Elected Members

dana

Dana Blumenthal

Affiliate Scientist Representative
USDA ARS
Term: 2025-2027
anping

Angping Chen

College of Natural Sciences
Biology
Term: 2025-2027
StevenFonte

Steven Fonte

College of Agricultural Sciences
Soil and Crop Sciences
Term: 2024-2027
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Jenna Gardner

Student Representative
Biology
Term: 2026-2027
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Steve Leisz

College of Liberal Arts
Anthropology and Geography
Term: 2025-2027
johnmola

John Mola

Warner College of Natural Resources
Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Term: 2025-2027
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Tayin Wang

Student Representative
Soil and Crop Sciences
Term: 2026-2027