Governance
The Acarological Society of America Governing Board is utilizing a continuous strategic planning process to make balanced decisions and utilize Society resources to meet member expectations. This page provides governance documents including the current Bylaws, the Manual of Operations, and Guidelines that provide direction for ASA (See attached file – Protocol & Procedures ASA.PDF).
Governance Document
Constitution & Bylaws
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Protocol & Procedures
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Board Members
Orlando Combita
President
2024 - 2025
Emilie Demard
President Elect
2025 - 2026
Kaitlin Campbell
Secretary/Treasure
2025 - 2027
David Nielsen
Governing Board Member
2023 - 2025
Livia M. S. Ataide
Governing Board Member
2024 - 2026
Marcello De Giosa
Governing Board Member
2025 - 2027
Marielle Berto
Governing Board Member
2023 - 2025
Andrew Jansen
Governing Board Member
2025 - 2027
Denise Navia
Governing Board Member
2024 - 2026
Paola Villamarin
Student Representative
2025 - 2027
Allan Busuulwa
Social Media Manager
2025 - 2026
Sofia Gonzalez Salazar
Social Media Manager
2025 - 2026
Current Board Members
| Name | Position | Term | Institution | Acarological Speciality | Webpage | |
| Orlando Combita | President | 2024-2025 | Ohio State University | combitaheredia.1@osu.edu | ||
| Emilie Demard | President-Elect | 2025-2026 | University of Florida – CREC | IPM, biological control, taxonomy of Phytoseiidae | edemard@ufl.edu | |
| Alexandra Revynthi | Past-President | 2023-2024 | University of Florida – TREC |
Behavioral-chemical mite ecology, biological control, mites–virus interactions | arevynthi@ufl.edu | Website |
| Kaitlin U. Campbell | Secretary/Treasurer | 2019-2021; 2022-2024; 2025-2027 |
University of North Carolina at Pembroke | Ant associated mites, phoresy, biodiversity, community ecology | Kaitlin.Campbell@uncp.edu | Website |
| Andrew Jansen | Governing Board Member | 2025-2027 | USDA | andrew.jansen@usda.gov | ||
| Marcello De Giosa | Governing Board Member | 2025-2027 | University of Florida -TREC | Ecology, Integrated Mite Management, taxonomy of Tenuipalpidae | m.degiosa@ufl.edu | |
| Livia M. S. Ataide | Governing Board Member | 2024-2026 | University of Florida – TREC |
Mite-plant interaction, IPM, biological control | lsilvaataide@ufl.edu | |
| Marielle Berto | Governing Board Member | 2023-2025 | University of Florida – TREC | Phoretic mites, IPM | mdemoraesberto@ufl.edu | |
| David Nielsen | Governing Board Member | 2023-2025 | USDA | david.nielsen@usda.gov | ||
| Denise Navia |
Governing Board Member | 2024-2026 | INRAE | denise.navia@inrae.fr | ||
| Paola Villamarin | Student Representative |
2025-2027 | University of Florida -TREC | Ecology, IPM, Tetranychidae | wpaola.villamari@ufl.edu | |
| Allan Busuulwa | Social Media Manager | 2025-2026 | University of Florida – GRC |
Biological control, Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae | abusuulwa@ufl.edu | |
| Sofia Gonzalez Salazar | Social Media Manager | 2025-2026 | Arizona State University | sgsalaza@asu.edu |
Past Board Members
| Emilie Demard | Governing Board Member/Social Media Manager | 2022-2024; 2023-2024 | University of Florida-CREC |
| Carrie De Jesus | Governing Board Member | 2022-2024 | Navy Entomology Center of Excellence |
| Amy Murillo | President | 2022-2023 | University of California Riverside |
| Carlos Barreto | Governing Board Member/Social Media Manager | 2021-2023 | Algoma University |
| Patricia Pietrantonio | President | 2021-2022 | Texas A&M University |
| Lorena Lopez | President | 2020-2021 | Virginia Tech |
| Maria Navajas | Governing Board Member | 2019-2022 | INRAE |
| Ray Fisher | Governing Board Member | 2019-2022 | University of Arkansas |
| Paula Lado | Governing Board Member | 2019-2022 | Colorado State University |
| Monica Farfan | President, Secretary/Treasurer; Website Manager | 2019-2020; 2016-2018; 2018 | Colorado State University |
| Joel Hutcheson | Governing Board Member; President | 2017-2020; 2012-2014; 2015-2016 | USDA-APHIS |
| Sam Bolton | President | 2018-2019 | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
| Raul Villanueva | Governing Board Member, President | 2017-2020; 2012-2013 | University of Kentucky |
| Wayne Knee | Governing Board Member | 2014-2017 | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| Patricia Pietrantonio | Governing Board Member | 2017-2019 | Texas A&M University |
| Pavel Klimov | Governing Board Member | 2014-2016 | University of Michigan |
| Cesar Monzo Ferrer | Governing Board member | 2013-2015 | University of Florida |
| Fred Beaulieu | Governing Board Member | 2014-2017 | Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes |
| Jim Amrine | Governing Board Member; Secretary Treasurer | 2013-2014 | West Virginia University |
| Mariam Lekveishvili | President | 2013-2014 | Shenandoah University |
| Cal Welbourn | President | 2011-2012 | Florida Department of Plant Industry |
| Jose Carlos Verle Rodrigues | President | 2010-2011 & 2016-2017 | University of Puerto Rico |
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