Committees 2026

PSA Officers & Executive Committee

President

Chris Lane, University of Rhode Island

Past President

Schonna Manning, Florida International University

Vice-President/President Elect

Hilary McManus, Le Moyne College

International Vice-President

Hwan Su Yoon, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

Secretary

Sarah Hamsher, Grand Valley State University

Treasurer

Julie Koester, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Florida Wildlife Research Institute

Program Director

Chris Lane, University of Rhode Island (interim PD)

Membership Director

J. Mark Cock, Station Biologique de Roscoff

Chair, Board of Trustees

Charles D. Amsler, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Co-Chairs, IDEA (Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Access) Committee

Deb Roberston, Clark University

Fund Manager of the Endowment

Eric W. Linton, Central Michigan University

Managing Editor, Journal of Phycology

Kirsten Müller, University of Waterloo

Communications Director

Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory and William & Mary

Student Member Representative

Emma Jourdain, University of British Columbia

Committees 2027

PSA Officers & Executive Committee

President

Hilary McManus, Le Moyne College

Past President

Chris Lane, University of Rhode Island

Vice-President/President Elect

Arthur Grossman, The Carnegie Institution for Science 

International Vice-President

Hwan Su Yoon, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

Secretary

Sarah Hamsher, Grand Valley State University

Treasurer

Bruce Cahoon, University of Virginia at Wise

Program Director

Thea Popolizio, Salem State University 

Membership Director

J. Mark Cock, Station Biologique de Roscoff

Chair, Board of Trustees

Charles D. Amsler, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Co-Chairs, IDEA (Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Access) Committee

Juliette Brodie, Natural History Museum London

Fund Manager of the Endowment

Eric W. Linton, Central Michigan University

Managing Editor, Journal of Phycology

Kirsten Müller, University of Waterloo

Communications Director

Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Laboratory and William & Mary

Student Member Representative

Emma Jourdain, University of British Columbia