Leadership

Leadership

Presidents

Presidents, Officers, and Councilors of ATBC work together to advance the goals of the Association, as set out in the Strategic Plan. They are involved in committees and task forces as well as discussions, debates, and decisions about ATBC activities and organization.

Jorge Meave

President-Elect

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
(Mexico)

Natalia Norden

President

Instituto Alexander von Humbodlt (Colombia)

Juan Posada

Past-President​

Universidad del Rosario
(Colombia)

Leadership

Officers

Catherine Cardelús

Executive Director
2025-2030

Colgate University (USA)

Lisa Davenport

Treasurer
2025-2030

University of Florida (USA)

Stefan Schnitzer

Treasurer
2025-2030

Marquette University (USA)

Karina Boege

Secretary
2025-2030

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (México)

Rhett Harrison

Editor-in-Chief, Biotropica 2025-2030

World Agroforestry (Zambia)

Iván Ortiz-Rodríguez

Conferences Coordinator
2021-present

Mariana Soto Rueda

Communications Coordinator
2023-present

Leadership

Councilors

Farah Carrasco-Rueda

3rd-Year Councilor
2024-2026

Field Museum (Perú)

Louis Santiago

3rd-Year Councilor
2024-2026

University of California, Riverside (USA)

Alejandra Jaramillo

3rd-Year Councilor
2024-2026

Universidad Militar Nueva Granada (Colombia)

Sumita Chatterjee

2nd-Year Councilor
2025-2027

Ethos of Engagement (Portugal)

Gbadamassi G.O. Dossa

2nd-Year Councilor
2025-2027

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

Felipe Zapata

2nd-Year Councilor
2025-2027

University of California, Los Angeles
(USA)

María Natalia Umaña

1st-Year Councilor
2026-2028

University of Michigan (Colombia)

Rehema Mwasaga Ulimboka

1st-Year Councilor
2026-2028

The University of Dodoma (Tanzania)

Michiel van Breugel

1st-Year Councilor
2026-2028

National University
of Singapore
(Singapore)

Leadership

ATBC Chapter Voting Members of Council

Onja H. Razafindratsima

Africa Chapter Chair
2026-2028

University of California, Berkeley (USA)

Vinita Gowda

Asia-Pacific Chapter Chair
2026-2028

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (India)

Vania Tejeda-Gomez

Neotropical Chapter Chair
2026-2028

Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (Peru)

Leadership

Past Councilors, Past Officers, and Past Presidents

Past Councilors
Council members work together to advance the goals of the ATBC, as set out in the Strategic Plan. Councilors are elected by ATBC members and they serve actively for three years, by attending the council meetings and being involved in committees and task forces.
 
 
2023-2025Meghna Krishnadas, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (India)
– Gonzalo Rivas Torres, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador)
– Myriam Mujawamariya, University of Rwanda (Rwanda)
2022-2024– Jedediah Brodie, University of Montana (USA)
– Vinita Gowda, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (India)
– Amy Zanne, University of Miami (USA)
2021-2023– Divya Vasudev, Conservation Initiatives, India
– João Campos Silva, Instituto Juruá, Brazil
– Amy Dunham, Rice University, USA
2020-2022– Catherine Cardelús, Colgate University, USA
– Paul V.A. Fine, UC Berkeley, USA
– Orou Gaoue, University of Tennessee, USA
– I-Fang Sun, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
2019-2021– Daisy Dent, University of Stirling, Scotland
– Gabriel Colorado, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
– Imma Oliveras, University of Oxford, UK
– Onja Razafindratsima, South Dakota State University, USA
2018-2020– Natalia Norden, Instituto Alexander von Humboldt, Colombia
– Marcelo Tabarelli, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
– Edu Effiom, Cross River State Ministry of Climate Change, Forestry Commission, Nigeria
– Sabrina Russo, University of Nebraska, USA
2017-2019– Corine Vriesendorp, Field Museum, USA
– Alice Hughes, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China
– Juan Posada, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
– Liza Comita, Yale University, USA
2016-2018– Rebecca Ostertag, University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA
– Zak Zahawi, University of Hawaii, USA
– Patricia Wright, Stony Brook University, USA
– Christina Martinez-Garza, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, México
2015-2017– Bettina Engelbrecht, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
– Saara DeWalt, Clemson University, USA
– Lisa Davenport, Duke University, USA
– Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, University Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia
2014-2016– Kyle Harms, Louisiana State University, USA
– Jennifer Powers, University of Minnesota, USA
– Yadvinder Malhi, University of Oxford, UK
– Norbert Cordeiro, Roosevelt University, USA
2013-2015– Christopher Baraloto, INRA, French Guiana
– Karina Boege, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
– Sophie Calmé, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
– Stefan Schnitzer, University of Wisconsin, USA
2012-2014– Marisol Toledo, Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Bolivia
– Pieter Zuidema, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
– Simon Lewis, University of Leeds, UK
– Vojtech Novotny, Institute of Entomology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
2011-2013– Claudia Romero, University of Florida, USA
– Maria Uriarte, Columbia University, USA
– Tuyeni Mwampamba, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
– William A. Hoffmann, North Carolina State University, USA
2010-2012– Beth Kaplin, Antioch University New England, USA
– Christopher W. Dick, University of Michigan, USA
– Navjot S. Sodhi, National University of Singapore, Singapore
– Nina Farwig, University of Marburg, Germany
2009-2011– Emilio Bruna, University of Florida, USA
– Pia Parolin, University of Hamburg, Germany
– Stephen M. Turton, Australian Tropical Forest Institute at James Cook University, Australia
– Susan G. Warriner Laurance, James Cook University, Australia
2008-2010– Campbell (“CAM”) O. Webb, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University stationed at Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia
– Ellen Andersen, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
– Lúcia G. Lohmann, University of São Paulo, Brazil
– Qing-Jun LI, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China
2007-2009– Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, University of Alberta, Canada
– Julieta Benitez-Malvido, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico
– Min Cao, Xishuamgbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China
– Nigel Stork, James Cook University, Australia
2006-2008– Frans Bongers, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
– Kaoru Kitajima, University of Florida, USA
– Priya Davidar, Pondicherry University, India
– Richard Corlett, The University of Hong Kong, China
2005-2007– Jin Chen, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China
– Marielos Peña-CLAROS, Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal, Bolivia
– Patricia Morellato, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil
– Susan J. Mazer, University of California – Santa Barbara, USA
2004-2006– José M. V. Fragoso, State University of New York, USA
– Lourens Poorter, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
– W. Scott Armbruster, University of Portsmouth, UK
– William F. Laurance, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
2003-2005– Elizabeth K. V. Kalko, University of Ulm, Germany
– Heraldo Vasconcelos, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil
– James L. Hamrick, University of Georgia, USA
– Pierre-Michel Forget, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France
2000-2002– Guadelupe Williams-Linera, Instituto de Ecología, Mexico
– Jess K. Zimmerman, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
– Rita Mesquita, INPA, Brazil
1999-2001– Bette Loiselle, University of Missouri, USA
– G. Wilson Fernandes, ICB / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
– Michelle Pinard, University of Aberdeen, UK
1998-2000– Duncan Mackay, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia
– Laura Arriaga-Cabrera, Conabio, Mexico
– S. Joseph Wright, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
1997-1999– Jorge Jimenez, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica
– Pamela Hall, University of Aarhus, Denmark
– Roberto Cavalcanti, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
1996-1998– Carol Horvitz, University of Miami, USA
– Eduardo Santana, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
– Suzanne Koptur, Florida International University, USA
1995-1997– David Neill, Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Ecuador
– Susanne Renner, University of Mainz, Germany
– Victor Rico-Gray, Instituto de Ecología, Mexico
1994-1996– Nalini Nadkami, Evergreen State College, USA
– Otto Huber, Caracas, Venezuela
– Robert B. Waide, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1993-1995– Enrique Forero, New York Botanical Garden, USA
– Gong Wooi-Khoon, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
– Mercedes Foster, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USA
1992-1994– David P. Janos, University of Miami, USA
– Francis E. Putz, University of Florida, USA
– Lucinda McDade, University of Arizona, USA
1991-1993– Frank Crome, CSIRO, Australia
– Linda de Escobar, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
– Rodolfo Dirzo, UNAM, Mexico
1990-1992– Alwyn H. Gentry, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA
– Robin Chazdon, University of California at Berkeley, USA
– W. John Kress, Smihtsonian Insitution, USA
1989-1991– Abraham Willink, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
– Adelaida Chaverri, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
– Harold F. Heatwole, University of England, Australia
1988-1990– Deborah A. Clark, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica
– Theodore H. Fleming, University of Miami, USA
– Warren H. Wagner, University of Michigan, USA
1987-1989– James Herbrard, University of Nairobi, Kenya
– Madhav Gadgil, Indian Institute of Science, India
– Margaret Lowman, The University of New England, Australia
1986-1988– Ariel E. Lugo, USDA Forest Service, Institute of Tropical Forestry, Puerto Rico
– Julian Steyermark, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA
– Kamaljit S. Bawa, University of Massachusetts, USA
1970– F. R. Fosberg, Smithsonian Institution, USA
– William Hartley, Australia
– D. S. Rabor, Mindanao State University, Philippines
– Reina Torres de Araúz, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá
– Paulo Emilio Vanzolini, Secretaria de Agricultura, Brazil
– David Wasawo, University College, Kenya
1965– Richard A. Howard (1965,1966
– William L. Stern (1965, 1966,
– Abraham Willink (1965, 1966), Argentina
1964– Marta Vennucci (1964, 1965, 1966)
1963– A. C. Smith (1963, 1964, 1965)
– Bassett Maguire (1963, 1964)
– Joel W. Hedgpeth (1963, 1964), USA
– John De Abate (1963, 1964, 1965)
– Jose C. de N. Calvalho (1963, 1964, 1965), Brazil
– Paul meme T key W. Richards (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
– Tobias Laser (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)Graham
Past Executive Directors

Lúcia Lohmann

Executive Director 2020-2024

Robin Chazdon

Executive Director 2014-2019

W. John Kress

Executive Director 1999-2013

Robert L. Dressler

Executive Director 1965-1968

Julie Denslow

Executive Director 1989-1998

Paul A. Opler

Executive Director 1988

D. Mueller-Dombois

Executive Director 1987

Edward Ayensu

Executive Director 1970-1971

Thomas Soderstrom

Executive Director 1969

Past Presidents

Juan Posada

2025

Tuyeni Mwampamba

2024

Norbert Cordeiro

2023

Beth Kaplin

2022

Emilio Bruna

2021

Saara DeWalt

2020

Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz

2019

Yadvinder Mahli,

2018

Marielos Peña-Claros

2017

Kaoru Kitajima

2016

Jaboury Ghazoul

2015

Susan Laurance

2014

Lúcia Lohmann

2013

Richard Corlett

2012

Nigel Stork

2011

Frans Bongers

2010

Priya Davidar

2009

Pierre-Michel Forget

2008

Miguel Martinez-Ramos

2007

William Laurance

2006

Thomas Lovejoy

2005

Joe Wright

2004

Richard Primack

2003

Nalini Nadkarni

2002

Ted Fleming

2001

Kamal Bawa

2000

Paulo Oliveira

1999

Robin Chazdon

1998

Deborah Clark

1997

Jack Putz

1996

Lucinda McDade

1995

Rodolfo Dirzo

1994

John Kress

1993

Don Wilson

1992

Ariel Lugo

1991

John J. Ewel

1990

Gary Hartshorn

1989

Julie Denslow

1988

Jose Sarukhan

1987

Dieter Mueller-Dombois

1986