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At AERE, we understand the importance of volunteers.Volunteers are AERE's most precious resource, lending their time and expertise to help the association, and the profession, advance. AERE has volunteer opportunities to suit every interest and availability level, including service on the Board of Directors. As we look forward to future initiatives, we hope you will consider being part of our volunteer community. Volunteer applications are now being accepted! Express your interest here.

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Board of Directors

AERE is governed by a Board of Directors, which meets at least twice each calendar year to transact all business of the association as guided by its bylaws.The voting members of the Board consist of the President, President-Elect (or Immediate past President, in alternate years), Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and six other Board members elected by the association membership. Neither the Officers nor the Board members of AERE receive any financial consideration in exchange for their services. 

Officers

Directors

Ex-Officio Board Members

Committees

Volunteers are AERE's most precious resource, lending their time and expertise to help the association, and the profession, advance. AERE has volunteer opportunities to suit every interest and availability level, including service on the Board of Directors. Volunteer applications are accepted November 1 - March 31 each year here.

Nominating Committee

Responsible for assembling a slate of candidates to stand for election as Officers and Board Members and for filling open committee slots

• Chair: AERE Vice President Sarah A. Jacobson, Williams College
• Sathya Gopalakrishnan, The Ohio State University
• Derek Lemoine, University of Arizona
• Shanjun Li, Cornell University

Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Responsible for fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion in AERE-organized professional activities and duties

• Chair: Beia Spiller, Resources for the Future
• Teevrat Garg, University of California, San Diego
• Jimena Gonzalez, Manhattan College
• Noelwah R. Netusil, Reed College

Graduate Student Engagement Committee

• Co-Chair: Lea-Rachel Kosnik, University of Missouri - St Louis
• Co-Chair: Julia Berazneva, Middlebury College
• Jancy Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, expires 6/30/2024
• Alivia Cochran, University of Wyoming, expires 6/30/2025
• Sampriti Sarkar, Michigan State University, expires 6/30/2025

AERE Scholars Program Committee

• Chair: Jill Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University
• Sheila Olmstead, University of Texas at Austin and Resources for the Future, expires 6/30/2024
• Steven Dundas, Oregon State University, expires 6/30/2024
• Matthew Gibson, Williams College, expires 6/30/2024
• Benjamin A. Jones, University of New Mexico, expires 6/30/2025
• Jacqueline Doremus, Cal Poly, expires 6/30/2025

Advisory Board

• Diane Dupont, Brock University
• Ludovica Gazze, University of Warwick
• Jimena Gonzalez Ramirez, Manhattan College
• Alex Hollingsworth, The Ohio State University
• Ian Lange, Colorado School of Mines
• Hongxing Liu, Lafayette College
• Alaz Munzur, University of Calgary
• Ann Wolverton, U.S. EPA / NCEE

Oates Dissertation Award Committee

Responsible for selecting the winner of the Oates Dissertation Award annually

• Chair: Casey Wichman, Georgia Institute of Technology, expires 6/30/2024
• Katherine Carson, US Air Force Academy, expires 6/30/2024
• Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Arizona State University, expires 6/30/2025
• David Keiser, University of Massachusetts Amherst, expires 6/30/2025
• Akhil Rao, Middlebury College, expires 6/30/2026
• Laura Grant, Claremont McKenna College, expires 6/30/2026

Publication of Enduring Quality (PEQ) Award Committee

Responsible for selecting the winner of the PEQ Award annually

• Chair: Will Wheeler, Federal Government Economist, expires 6/30/2024
• Klaus Moeltner, Virginia Tech, expires 6/30/2025
• Ashley Langer, University of Arizona, expires 6/30/2026

Best JAERE Paper Award Committee

Responsible for selecting the winner of the Best JAERE Award annually

• JAERE Co-Editors: Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Shanjun Li, Cornell University, expires 6/30/2024
• AERE member: Nathan Chan, University of Massachusetts Amherst, expires 6/30/2024

AERE@AAEA Program Committee

• Chair: Gabriel Lade, Macalester College, expires 6/30/2024
• Katherine Zipp, Penn State University, expires 6/30/2025

AERE@ASSA Program Committee

• Chair: Benjamin Jones, University of New Mexico, expires 12/31/2024
• Todd Gerarden, Cornell University, expires 12/31/2025
• Tihitina Andarge, University of Massachusetts Amherst, expires 12/31/2026

AERE Sessions at Regional Meetings

• AERE@EEA: Jimena Gonzalez, Manhattan College, and Loujaina Abdelwahed, The Cooper Union
• AERE@MEA: Lea-Rachel Kosnik, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• AERE@SEA: Brian Vander Naald, Drake University

• AERE@WEAI: Noelwah R. Netusil, Reed College

AERE@OSWEET

• Ed Rubin, University of Oregon
• Katherine Wagner, University of British Columbia
• Max Auffhammer, UC Berkeley
• Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Cornell University

Advisory Committee for 2024 AERE Summer Conference

Responsible for advising the AERE Summer Conference Organizing Committee

• AERE President: Karen Fisher-Vanden, Pennsylvania State University
• AERE President-Elect: Sheila Olmstead, University of Texas at Austin and Resources for the Future
• AERE Vice President: Sarah A. Jacobson, Williams College
• AERE Treasurer: David A. Evans, Federal Government Economist
• AERE Board Member: Will Wheeler, Federal Government Economist

Organizing Committee for 2024 AERE Summer Conference

Responsible for organizing the AERE Summer Conference

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE)

World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations (WCEREA) Representatives

• AERE President Karen Fisher-Vanden, Pennsylvania State University
• Randall Walsh, University of Pittsburgh