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Officers & Council Members

Dr. Jay Bolin

President 2022 - 2024

Historical Office Holders - President

Numbers in parenthesis after a name represents the total number of consecutive terms an individual served.
  • 1936 Frank A. Gilbert (4)
  • 1940 H. L. Blomquist (3)
  • 1943 B. W. Wells (4)
  • 1947 Aaron J. Sharp (2)
  • 1949 Arthur Stupka
  • 1950 Earl L. Core
  • 1951 Royal E. Shanks
  • 1952 William B. Fox
  • 1953 Wilbur H. Duncan
  • 1954 Carroll E. Wood, Jr.
  • 1955 Arthur Stupka
  • 1956 Edgar T. Wherry
  • 1957 Wilbur H. Duncan
  • 1958 Royal E. Shanks
  • 1959 R. K. Godfrey
  • 1960 Donovan S. Correll
  • 1961 Ruskin S. Freer
  • 1962 Mason E. Hale
  • 1963 H. R. Totten
  • 1964 Paul M. Patterson
  • 1965 James W. Hardin
  • 1966 Dorthy Crandall
  • 1967 Albert E. Radford
  • 1968 Arthur W. Cooper
  • 1969 Frank H. Barclay
  • 1970 Samuel B. Jones, Jr.
  • 1971 George S. Ramseur
  • 1972 Jesse F. Clovis
  • 1973 Madeline P. Burbanck
  • 1974 Edward C. Clebsch
  • 1975 C. Leland Rodgers
  • 1976 Wilbur H. Duncan
  • 1977 J. Dan Pittillo
  • 1978 Hal DeSelm
  • 1979 Robert H. Mohlenbrock
  • 1980 James F. Matthews (2)
  • 1982 John E. Fairey, III
  • 1983 Jimmy R. Massey
  • 1984 Jerry M. Baskin
  • 1985 William H. Martin, III
  • 1986 Gene S. Van Horn
  • 1987 Robert R. Haynes
  • 1988 Eugene Wofford
  • 1989 Donna M. E. Ware
  • 1990 Janice Coffey Swab
  • 1991 Michael Baranski
  • 1992 John M. Herr, Jr.
  • 1993 Gary Dillard
  • 1994 Larry Mellichamp
  • 1996 Donald Windler
  • 1998 Nancy C. Coile
  • 2000 Joe Winstead
  • 2002 Zack Murrell
  • 2004 Michael Held
  • 2006 Howard Neufeld
  • 2008 Conley K. McMullen
  • 2010 Lytton Musselman
  • 2012 Wendy Zomlefer
  • 2014 Katherine Mathews
  • 2016 Charles Horn
  • 2018 Brian Keener
  • 2020 Rebecca Cook
  • 2022 Jay Bolin
Dr. Rebecca Cook

Past-President

Dr. Matt Estep

Treasurer

Historical Office Holders - Treasurer

  • 1936-1957 Nelle Ammons
  • 1958-1967 Roy B. Clarkson
  • 1968-1971 Herald D. Bennett 1972-1977 John M. Barry
  • 1978-1981 Carl Keener
  • 2002-2016  Charles N. Horn
  • 2016-2020 Kunsiri Grubbs

From 1936 until 1981 the Treasurer position was of an indefinite term; starting in 2002 the position was recreated with a 4-year term.

I’m professor of botany and curator of the herbarium at the University of Southern Mississippi. My research interests are the flora of the southeastern United States and the systematics of tropical Salicaceae (formerly Flacourtiaceae).

SABS is one of the first professional organizations I joined, and I have enjoyed the camaraderie, meetings, journal, newsletter, and shared passion for eastern plants for more than 20 years.

Historical Office Holders - Recording Secretary

  • 1998-2001 David Hill (term completed by Ruth Douglas)
  • 2002- 2013  Ruth Douglas
  • 2013-2015 Susan Farmer
  • 2015-2020 Jay Bolin

Established in 1982 as a 4-year term. In 2002 the position was split into Treasurer and Recording Secretary.

Dr. Tom Diggs

Membership Coordinator

I’m an associate professor of botany at the University of North Georgia, at the Gainesville campus.  I study the evolution and biogeography of Southeastern native plants along with my undergraduate research students. 

We are especially interested in the taxonomic puzzles surrounding Calycanthus, and many coastal plain species of the Fabaceae (the legume family).  We also work with the biochemistry of native plants, as well as population genetics. 

I am honored to be a part of SABS.  I am deeply committed to the study and preservation of Southeastern biodiversity.

Historical Office Holders - as Membership Secretary

  • 2002-2008 Patricia Cox
  • 2008-2019 Michael Held
Council Member Puppo
Dr. Pamela Puppo

Member-at-Large, Council

Dr. Jessica Budke in herbarium
Dr. Jessica Budke

Member-at-Large, Council

Dr. Chris Randle

Editor-in-Chief Castanea

Lytton Musselman with plant
Dr. Lytton Musselman

Editor Chinquapin Newsletter

Katie Horton

Student Representative

Dr. Jonathan Horton

Member-at-Large, Council

SABS

Award Committees

Richard and Minnie Windler Award Committee

Jonathan Horton

(2021-2023)
University of North Carolina - Asheville

Dr. Chris Randle

Chair
(2020-2022)
Sam Houston State University

Jennifer Boyd

(2022-2024)
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Wayne Barger

(2022-2024)
Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources

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Earl Core Student Research Award Committee

Lisa Wallace

(2022-2024)
Old Dominion University

Jonathan Horton

Chair
(2020-2022)
University of North Carolina - Asheville

Matt Estep

Appalachian State University
(2021-2023)

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John E. Fairey Biological Field Station Scholarship

Daniel Koenemann


(2022 - 2024)
Claflin University

Dr. Suman Neupane
Suman Neupane

Chair
(2021 – 2023)
Murray State University

Katherine Matthews

(2020 – 2024)
Western Carolina University

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Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew Award

Zack E. Murrell

(2021 - 2023)
Appalachian State University

Dr. Wendy Zomlefer
Wendy Zomlefer

Chair
(2020 - 2022)
University of Georgia

Ron Lance
Ron Lance

( 2022 - 2024)
North American Land Trust

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Student Presentations Awards Committee

Shawn Krosnick

(2021 - 2023)
North Carolina State University

Council Member Puppo

Pamela Puppo

Chair
(2020- 2022)
Marshall University

Matt Estep

(2022 - 2024)
Appalachian State University

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Student Conference Support Awards Committee

Chris Randle

Sam Houston State University
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Charles Horn

Chair
Newberry College
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Steph Jeffries

NC State University
email

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SABS

Standing Committees

Symposium Committee

Brian Keener

(2020-2021)

Chris Randle

Chair
(2019-2020)

Katie Horton

(2020-2021)

Auditing Committee

Curtis Hansen
Michael Woods

Chair

Alvin Diamond

Finance Committee

Lisa Wallace

Chair
2023
Furman University

Matt Estep

2021-2024
Appalachian State University

Michael Woods

(2020-2022)
Troy University

Alvin Daimond

(2020-2022)
Troy University

Nominating Committee

Rebecca Cook

Chair

Tom Diggs
Charles Horn
Shawn Krosnick
Conley McMullen

Communications Committee

Conley McMullen
Ben Gahagen
Ashley Morris

ASB Fieldtrip Committee

Jay Bolin
Kunsiri “Pum” Grubbs
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