Secretary Salazar Announces New Members of Invasive Species Advisory Committee

09/21/2011
Last edited 09/05/2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has appointed six new members to the Invasive Species Advisory Committee, which provides advice and recommendations to the National Invasive Species Council.

Established by Executive Order in February 1999, the National Invasive Species Council is co-chaired by the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture and Commerce. Its members include the Secretaries of State, Defense, Transportation, Treasury, Health and Human Services and Homeland Security; and the Administrators of the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration, the National Air and Space Administration, U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Trade Representative.

The members of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee include 29 individuals representing a broad ran
ge of stakeholders including scientific, conservation and agricultural groups; state and Tribal governments; and industry organizations that are impacted by invasive species. For more information, see www.invasivespecies.gov.

The members of the seventh convening Invasive Species Advisory Committee – including the six new members - are:

Peter Alpert, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts		 N. Marshall Meyers (New)
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council
Patrick Burch (New)
Dow AgroSciences		 Edward L. Mills, Ph.D. (Reappointed)
Cornell University
Earl Chilton, II, Ph.D.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department		 Stephen Phillips
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Joseph DiTomaso, Ph.D. (Reappointed)
University of California, Davis		 Jamie K. Reaser, Ph.D.
Congruence, LLC
Otto Doering, III, Ph.D. (Reappointed)
Purdue University		 Kristina Serbesoff-King
The Nature Conservancy
Susan Ellis (Reappointed)
California Department of Fish and Game		 Celia Smith, Ph.D.
University of Hawaii
Amy Frankmann
Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association		 David E. Starling, D.V. M. (Reappointed)
Aqueterinary Services, P.C.
Ann Gibbs
Maine Department of Agriculture
(Representing National Plant Board)		 Nathan Stone, Ph.D. (Reappointed)
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Bonnie Harper-Lore (New)
Private Invasive Species Consultant		 John Peter Thompson (New)
Maryland Nursery and Landscape Association
Scott Hendrick
National Conference of State Legislatures		 John Torgan
Save the Bay
Phyllis Johnson
University of North Dakota		 Robert Van Steenwick, Ph.D. (New)
University of California, Berkeley
Eric Lane
Colorado Department of Agriculture		 Jennifer Vollmer, Ph.D.
CPS Timberland
Susan Kedzie (New)
Leech Lake Band Of Ojibwe		 Damon E. Waitt, Ph.D. (Reappointed)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
University of Texas at Austin
Timothy Male
Defenders of Wildlife		 Robert H. Wiltshire (Reappointed)
Invasive Species Action Network
(Representing the Federation of Fly Fishers)
Robert McMahon
University of Texas at Arlington
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